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The oil paints used to cover these elements had notable quantities of titanium white, a pigment that isn’t in any other part of the painting.—Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 11 June 2026 Students who want to paint must buy their own brushes and panels, but all oil paint is provided.—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 10 June 2026 Lindsay displays a strong desire to learn and explore artistic processes and focuses on, oil paint, acrylic paint, watercolors and most recently digital painting.—Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026 The key development in the sixties was Frankenthaler’s turn from oil paint to acrylic.—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oil paint