Winsor & NewtonArtists' Oil Colour Paint Introductory Set, Ten 21ml Tubes, Crimson,Yellow,Green, 0.7 Fl Oz (Pack of 10)

The class I'm taking sends out the supplies, and we're using Old Holland, which is arguably the most expensive oil paint on the planet. I picked this up for a Creative Bug class on doing an oil painting a day for 30 days and I'm so glad I did. This was a lot easier to work with.For one thing the consistency of the paint was superior. It's just a bit denser than toothpaste without adding any oil, and it takes up oil reasonably gradually, so you can take it to the point where you can manipulate it without it suddenly going to a wash. The consistency is ... well... consistent across all the colors.For another thing the pigments seem to me to be more pure. If I mix the colors they come out really close to what I expect. See, if the blue is more blue with yellow then when you try to mix purple you get a muddy color. If it's blue and nothing but blue, mixed with red and nothing but red, you get a vibrant purple. At least that's my understanding, and that's what I'm experiencing here. I will admit, I've used their watercolors (they are the gold standard for watercolors) and their acrylics and their gouache before, so I am familiar with their color lineup so that might have helped. They just make really great paint across the board so I keep going back to them.These seem to dry a little slower than Old Holland, but I don't know if one is unusually slow or the other unusually fast. I can only compare the two. Normally, that's just the way oil is. It's known to be slow drying.For the class, I switched paints and didn't say anything. I got better results when I started with this paint and more positive feedback from my teachers. The super expensive paint can sit in the box. I'm using the good stuff - Winsor and Newton.

Used with my miniature painting projects to augment acrylic paints. Great color range to start with and perfect for learning and experimentation. High pigmentation lends itself to making washes (by adding mineral spirits to thin).

I found that this oil paint has the texture I love and the only company I use from now on. It blends well even with other oil paints. So to me its a.win win!

All I can tell you is that my granddaughter was thrilled with the paints. I don't paint so I can't tell you.

Good intro set. Please know if you're a beginning artist, you're going to need a lot more white, and if you plan to try to paint any bright colors, you'll need to buy additional tubes. You wont be able to mix pink, for instance, out of this set. Color mixing is a great skill to learn, but it would be nice to see an introductory set include those colors that will be challenging to achieve for beginning color mixers.

This set was a gift to my husband, along with all the other oil colors Winsor & Newton has. He used this brand in an oil painting class he recently took, and they were what the art instructor used and recommended.

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perfect starter kit