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This drawback led a German monk, Theophilus , in the 12th century to warn against paint recipes including olive oil. It was reported that Aetius Amidenus , a medical writer in the 5th century, mentioned the use of a drying oil as a varnish on paintings. Similarly, it seems that perilla oil was used in Japan in painting after addition of lead in the 8th century. According to Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) the technique of oil painting, as used till now with few technical modifications, was invented or re-invented in Europe around 1410 by Jan van Eyck (1390 -1441).
If you use one earth color and white, to tone your other (prismatic) oil painting colors, it connects the other colors and makes them look natural. The earth tone functions as a unifier. Earth colors are simple paints, and the cheapest ones will do just fine. 1  Amsterdam Oil Colors - these are big tubes of 200 ml, about 7,75 dollars a piece. 2  Blick Oil Colorsare even cheaper. 3  For real earth pigments, check Maimeri Italian Natural Earth Oil Colors.