In my role as a master paint-maker, I make oil paint, which are made by dispersing pigments in a "drying oil" such as linseed, walnut, poppy or safflower oils. Linseed oil is by far the most important and widely used drying oil. When we are ready to make the paint, the linseed oil is weighed out into 60-litre heavy-duty stainless-steel bowls. Courtesy Adrian Lander/Thames & HudsonThis process can take as long as four hours, but it is not the finished paint. Courtesy Adrian Lander/Thames & HudsonTowards the end of the paint-making process, we take samples of the paint and test it for quality.

Source: CNN May 10, 2019 03:00 UTC