For many of us, oil and its path through the engine is no mystery. But for most of the general public, it's a black art, shrouded in mystery and metal. So how do you show just what's going on inside ...

Acrylic paint is well-suited for detail, and is easy to use. Depending on the technique used by the artist, acrylic can produce results that are like oil or watercolour. Acrylics are water-based which ...

Though the term is used interchangeably with oil-based paints for most practical purposes, alkyd paints are actually not oil-based but alkyd resins mixed in some sort of thinner. When most people ...