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Jul 7th, 2013 | | History | Paint Technical | No Comments

The Myth of Milk Paint

The Milk Maid by Winslow Homer 1878

The Milk Maid by Winslow Homer. 1878 (National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA)

Many Myths have grown up around the subject of traditional paints and painting processes. One that regularly resurfaces is that of milk paint, which conjures an appealing image of contented cows and milkmaids – ‘the world of copper-kettledom’.

You can read more about this in The Anatomy of Colour, published by Thames & Hudson and available from John Sandoe (Books).


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