Oil Paint Colors

[Mark S]

What Ron said!!!

Also, check out W&N Water soluble oils as well. I tried them recently and love them.....worth a try, they may not suit you but as I say worth trying a tube or two.

 

[Manos]

Hi all! Agree with Ron. Marc's selection is good as well. Why not try Shep. Paine's (old but still good!!!) suggestion of a ten-oil palette that includes: white, black, blue (both prussian blue or french ultramarine work fine here), chrome yellow, (bright) red, gold ochre, burnt sienna, raw umber, permanent magenta, and cadmium scarlet. From these 10 paints, you'll be able to get hundreds of different sub-colours. I'd only add a mars yellow, a mars orange, and a mars brown that work fine in painting physical products such as leather. Sepia is a necessary evil as well especially for washes and finishing touches.

W&N artists' palette is a superb choice and will last forever unless you paint 10 figures per year. Try also a couple of tubes from Old Holland - awesome brand of the highest quality. Don't mind mixing high quality oils from two top brands.

Hope this helps. And experiment yourself. Oil painting is tough, but once you learn the basics, you may never go back. You may achieve astonishing results.

Good luck

 

[MENTAL DENTAL]

Been using W+N oils over Humbrol enamels for years. Have to agree with Ron plus, if you want a green or dark blue avoid W+N Prussian Blue and ALL greens as they dry shiny. Mix your own greens from any combo of yellows and blues[ not Prussian]. Dark blue is best made from Indigo or Cobalt Blue/ any black.

David

 

[Eludia]

Like Mark, I also use water mixable oils and like them...a lot. I cannot comment on the quality compared to artists' oils as I haven't used the latter but they're plenty good enough for a biff like me. I do not like the greens however and mix my own from yellow and black; greens straight frome the tube always look blotchy and streaky and are really transparent(for me at least) whereas a mix of Cad Yellow and Black gives a nice range of opaque olive greens which cover really well and blend easily.

After a bit of experimentation with skin tones (Caucasian) I now start with a simple mix of Burnt Sienna and White with maybe a spot of red to warm it up or blue to cool it down. Highlights and shades with White and Burnt Sienna. Simples. My stuff won't be winning any prizes but if it looks like a face then I'm happy

I can't comment on my palette as I have somehow acquired the entire W&N Artisan range (see my previous post re having more money than sense) but there are only about half a dozen paints that I use all the time (Burnt sienna, cad yellow, cad red, ultramarine, black and white) and I just dip into the other pile as I need to.

Cheers,
Billy

 

[billyturnip]

I can relate to all of the above post by Billy.

Roger.

 

[colonnello kurz]

Nobody use the Royal Talens Rembrandt oil?....some rewiev?...

 

[Eludia]

OLD Holland-slightly more expensive

I just priced some of these paints on Jacksons Art website, I nearly dropped me chips. Nearly £40 for a 40ml tube of Cerulean Blue.....ooo, I think I need to go for a lie down.

 

[kagemusha]

your looking in the wrong place mate...........http://www.pegasusart.co.uk/712/Old...Paint-Colours-40mls---164-Artist-Colours.html

 

[Eludia]

your looking in the wrong place mate...........http://www.pegasusart.co.uk/712/Old...Paint-Colours-40mls---164-Artist-Colours.html

Lol, it's even more expensive at Pegasus Ron, £41.48:

http://www.pegasusart.co.uk/v/1253006/F39-Cerulean-Blue-.html

 

[kagemusha]

http://www.pegasusart.co.uk/v/1243006/E235-Cerulean-Blue-Deep-.html

 

[Eludia]

Ah, that's better, only £27 a tube

 

[kagemusha]

Cheapskate

 

[theBaron]

I just priced some of these paints on Jacksons Art website, I nearly dropped me chips. Nearly £40 for a 40ml tube of Cerulean Blue.....ooo, I think I need to go for a lie down.

Expensive up front, to be sure, but look at how long a tube lasts. It's like investing in good tools, eg, brushes. It may cost more than cheaper alternatives, but if it lasts and works well all that time, it's an investment, not a cost. As Jeff Smith used to say, "Frugal does not mean cheap-it means you don't waste anything."

Prost!
Brad

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Been using W+N oils over Humbrol enamels for years. Have to agree with Ron plus, if you want a green or dark blue avoid W+N Prussian Blue and ALL greens as they dry shiny. Mix your own greens from any combo of yellows and blues[ not Prussian]. Dark blue is best made from Indigo or Cobalt Blue/ any black.

David

Good point here avoid prussian blue like the plague, keep away from the bottom range paints , and really no need to go to the high end of any of the mid to top paints .
Only got one series 4 colour ; Cad Scarlet but it is really worth the money , will give you the most vibrant reds and it will last a very long time indeed .
When starting out with oils try to keep to the opaque ones to begin with .
Oh and the best White for general use is Titanium ,good black is mars

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Ah, that's better, only £27 a tube

Don't think you really need that colour ,when you got that expense you are looking at professional artists ,there are many oils over the hundred pounds mark but they are not for this hobby.
The £7.50 to £ 15.00 is all you will need ,you may wish to splash out on something more special at a later date.

Generic Pallet

Cad Red
Cobalt Blue
Cad Yellow
Tit white
Mars black

And a couple of earth colours

Gold Ochere
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber
Brown Madder
Raw umber Cost for this lot : about £100 00 ; price of two top end Busts or three 75mm figures


This will get going good style , you may want to add a couple of greys later but not necessary as you can mix your own with what is here.

My paint collection is full of stuff I never use or maybe once a year

 

[Eludia]

I agree Ron, I was just having a laugh. I use W&N Artisan WMO where the most expensive tube is the princely sum of £5.90 (a little more if you buy from The Range). I wouldn't even contemplate spending any more than £10-£15 on a single (small) tube of paint, no matter how good it was.

Cheers,
Billy