Student Oil Paints for Artists
So, you are shopping for some oil paints? All of them seem like the perfect beginning to your oil paint art supplies, but why are some less expensive? Are you wondering what a student-grade oil really is? In essence all paints are a combination of two things… pigment, which gives the paint its color, and binder, which gives paint its consistency and working properties. Oil paint is one of the oldest paint media of all. For centuries artists and colourmen have been mixing different oils with dry pigment to create colors from all over the spectrum.
The most commonly used oils for oil paint are Safflower or Linseed oils. Each pigment is matched up with the most ideal oil to create a paint that is absolutely loaded with the most color possible. What do we mean by this exactly? Well, this simply means that each pigment has its own “mood” or way that it behaves. A trained colourman or paint maker knows how much of each pigment will mix with each oil before the paint becomes too thick. An experienced paint maker can also finely tune each mixture so that each color they make has the most concentrated color available. The technical term for this great characteristic is “pigment load”. Student oil colors have a lower pigment load in order to lower the cost of each tube of paint. As a beginner you would have a hard time noticing the difference because the consistency is very much the same.
Maybe this will mean a little less head scratching when you go to choose the oil paint that is right for you. Find the very best selection of the finest oil paints around right here at Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, your source for artist’s oil painting supplies.
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