What is Oil paint?

I know this is an open site but it had some very helpful information because it talks about what is oil paint. Something that was very interesting was the process of oil paint. They mentioned that the way that oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with medium of drying oil. They also mentioned different types of oil like frankincense; poppyseed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil. They also mentioned the techniques of how they began. If you want to know more information on the techniques just go to this website
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_painting