# 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.

## 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.

## Working Methods

- [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.

## 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/)