What is Pigments suspended in a drying oil?

Pigments suspended in a drying oil is like mixing colorful sand into glue that gets sticky when it dries.

Imagine you have colorful sand, that’s your pigment. Now imagine you have glue that starts runny but then becomes hard and strong as it dries, that’s your drying oil. When you mix the colorful sand into the glue, you’re making pigments suspended in a drying oil.

• The pigment gives color, just like how the sand shows up in your drawing.
• The drying oil holds everything together and makes it stick to paper or canvas, like how glue sticks things together when it dries.

When you paint with this mixture, the oil starts runny but then gets firm as it dries. That’s why your painting doesn’t smudge after a while, it becomes strong and colorful!