# Paint Layers

> Paint Layers is an independent art-history publication about how paintings are made, studied, labeled, and interpreted. It separates visible observation from technical evidence and leaves attribution, conservation, and material identification to documented scholarship rather than attractive guesses.

Paint Layers publishes original, long-form guides about art history & painting facts. Every article opens with a concise direct answer, is structured with clear headings and FAQs, and reflects mainstream expert consensus.

## Working Methods

- [Layers of an Oil Painting: From Support to Varnish](https://paintingfacts.com/layers-of-an-oil-painting/): An oil painting can include a support, size, ground, preparatory drawing or paint, image-forming paint layers, and varnish.
- [What Is Underdrawing in a Painting?](https://paintingfacts.com/what-is-underdrawing/): Underdrawing is the preliminary drawing of a composition on a prepared painting support.

## Museum Reading

- [How to Read a Museum Painting Label](https://paintingfacts.com/read-museum-painting-label/): Read a museum painting label in two passes. First identify the maker or attribution, title, date, medium, dimensions, credit line, and accession number.

## Full text for LLMs

- [llms-full.txt](https://paintingfacts.com/llms-full.txt): every article as plain markdown in one file
- Each article is also available as markdown at https://paintingfacts.com/<slug>.md

## Site

- [About](https://paintingfacts.com/about/): editorial approach and standards
- [All articles](https://paintingfacts.com/all/)
- [Contact](https://paintingfacts.com/contact/)