Original artwork description:

Feared and respected in equal measure, tigers have been used as symbols of power in Asian art and literature.

Through time animals have appeared in paintings, sculptures, and prints. Animal paintings are correlated with fertility and vitality.

Animal Paintings also symbolize power, vigor, and vitality. The image of a tiger was used as a symbol to represent bravery.

Type of canvas: Thick Cotton fabrics.

Sable brushes; While many other natural and synthetic hairs are used for brushes, nothing has quite matched the quality of sable. A brush head made from Kolinsky sable, a Siberian weasel whose hair costs three times the price of gold by weight, is the best for control and pinpoint accuracy.

For solvents, the artist used turpentine, which increases the fluidity of oil paints but makes the binder oil dry faster, also used clove oil as a solvent to delay the dryness of the binder, as it delays the oxidation process.

As a binder, the artist used Linseed oil, which dries to form a strong flexible film, and also Safflower oil(which takes more time to dry).

The artist mixed high-quality pigments with both Binder(linseed oil) and Solvent(turpentine) to create the desired consistency and finish.

Materials used:

oil painting on canvas

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