Paint Mediums, Primers, Finishes, and Tools Used by Decorative Painters
Using only leftover firewood from his cooking fire and the red yellow substance he found in the dirt floor of his Altamira cave dwelling, Paleolithic man painted bison on the cave wall to such a relatively high level of sophistication that had Picasso gasping “After Altamira, all is decadence.” Picasso must have meant that the use by the cave dwellers of crude charcoal and hematite as their paint, and the cave wall as their canvas to express their innermost fears, doubts, and joy is an art form so primal and pure it could never again be duplicated.
All the modern decorative painter might probably want to do is to come up with faux verdigris finish for the cheap metal wall art he came across a thrift shop in Messina to complement the discount wall décor he picked up in a flea market in Milan, and not compete with Altamira for raves (the bison were remarkably life-like, and employed an early version of chiaroscuro, a technique thought to have developed only in the Renaissance). For this task, the modern decorative painter has far superior materials to work with.
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