Mixing brands of oil paint

[baldwin8]

Has anyone found any adverse effects to mixing different brands of oil paints? I'm having difficulty finds W & N oils and will have use other brands.

 

[Steve]

Hi, Craig. To answer your question, oils are oils and can be mixed freely. What you may consider, however is the quality of the different brands as mixing say a student type oil with a fine oil could reduce the quality of the mix. That may be splitting hair
though; they all mix with one another.--

 

[Paul Kernan]

Graig I'm with Steve. Don't waste your money on student grade oils. Spend the extra on the artist quality. As for mixing, I've mixed W&N, Sennelier, Grumbacher, etc with no problems. And thank God there is another oil painter out there

 

[Cvikings67]

Like these guys say, stay away from the student grade oils. I tried them for awhile, I was trying to save a buck. Once i went to the artist grade I say a major difference in my work. Chris

 

[baldwin8]

Thank you guys. I made a trip to the very small but friendly art store nearby and they did have the W & N line of Winton colors, so I was able to get the tubes I needed. I hope to have my figure done before too long and hope to post it here.

As well I picked up a bottle of citrus cleaner by DEMCO which I am really liking for cleaning my brushes as an alternative to mineral spirits.

Salut

 

[John Bowery]

I believe that the Winton brand is the Student brand of oil paint from WN?
John

 

[baldwin8]

I've used the Winton paints since I bought a starter set many years ago and have been quite happy with them. It wasn't till just a couple of years ago that I found out they weren't the top line stuff. But I have still been happy using them. And most places I go, they are the only W & N they carry. I'm finding difficult with my work shift and moving here in Montreal to get all the stuff I need.

I appreciate all the comments.