OILS AT THE ART BOX

Mediums, varnishes and grounds are found in our Mediums section.

Printmaking Inks are found in our Pens, Inks and Markers section.

 

Artisan Water-Mixable Oil Colors:  37 ml. tubes. Winsor and Newton's water soluble oil paint. 40 genuine oil colors that thin with water and clean up with soap and water. They have the consistency and pigment strength of traditional oil colors. Use Artisan mediums for a full range of oil color techniques. Economically priced for students and leisure painters. Non-toxic. Made in England. The Art Box carries sets and open stock. For more information, visit their website.

Gamblin Artist's Oils: Gamblin Artists Colors Co. is dedicated to oil painting. The only art materials manufacturer in the world making only oil painting materials, Gamblin Artists Colors has earned a reputation for quality and value. Gamblin makes colors from three eras of pigment history. The oldest colors on the palette come from the earth. Iron oxides yield muted reds, yellows and browns, and carbon makes strong blacks. During the Industrial Revolution inorganic pigments became available. These compounds of minerals gave artists cobalts, cadmiums and manganese colors. Modern organic pigments include the quinacridones, pthalo, hansa, napthol and perylene colors. These pigments are often much stronger, less expensive and more lightfast than the mineral colors. For twenty years, Gamblin has invested in the best quality production machinery that transforms the finest quality pigments and oils into luscious, rich artist's colors. Gamblin's primary focus is to provide top quality paint to artists while ensuring their safety from health hazards. Gamblin's paints, mediums and solvents are the basis of "The Safe Studio". One of Gamblin's crowning achievements is the creation of a Flake White replacement that works and looks just like traditional Flake White but contains no lead. This undertaking is typical of the effort Gamblin puts into ensuring that all of it's products are safe and enjoyable to use. Professional artists will find that they do not have to compromise on quality to enjoy a Safe Studio. Made in USA. The Art Box carries sets and open stock. For more information, visit their website. To read about my trip to Gamblin, click here!

Holbein Artist Oil Color:  Holbein's oil paint is the highest-class product that is created from carefully selected pigments and plant oil.  The Art Box carries their stock of 175 oil colors (40mL), as well as Holbein's Oil Color Whites (110mL), Transparent colors (20mL) and Foundational colors (110mL).  The Art Box carries their set of colors as well. For more information, visit their website.

Old Holland Classic Oil Color: How many paint companies can claim a history and tradition that can be directly traced back to the Old Masters? Established in 1664, Old Holland offers unique oil paint, made in accordance with its traditional recipes. Respected within artists� circles around the globe, Old Holland is synonymous with excellence.

Following the tradition of colour mixing established in the 17th century, Old Holland paints are manufactured using cold pressed linseed oil and the highest concentration of pigment to produce the stiffest oil paint available. Theirs is one of the strongest colours right from the tube and this intensity remains in mixing. Old Holland produces the largest palette of colour. Made in Holland.  Each tube of Old Holland oil paint has a colour strip above the label, painted with the colour from the tube in question.  The Art Box carries open stock. For more information, visit their website.

Schmincke's Mussini Resin Oils: In early 1880, Professor Cesare Mussini of the Academy in Florence, was thought to be the last person still preserving the lost formulas for the resin oils of the Old Masters. In 1881, Mr. Josef Horadam and Mr. Hermann Schmincke, two chemist colormen from Germany, travelled to Florence and purchased the recipes. Returning to Germany, they began manufacturing fantastic resin oils at great expense. They named the paints Mussini Resin Oils in honor of Professor Mussini.

From these auspicious beginnings came Schmincke's finest oil paint, the incredible Mussini line which includes 118 tones and 36 transparent colors. The line represents the synthesis of traditional recipes and modern research work to recreate the paint of the renaissance. High quality artists' pigments are bound with linseed and sunflower oils and varying proportions of natural resin solutions. Properly balanced drying time allows durable, tension-free color layers. Yellowing is reduced due to the reduction of fatty oils. Mussini Resin Oils can be used for painting fine layers, transparency, alla prima and for knife painting techniques. Mussini Resin Oils may be mixed with all other artists' oil colors. The Art Box carries sets and open stock. For more information, visit their website.

Schmincke's Norma Oils: Schmincke's (Shming-kuh's) artist quality oil paint line is a wonderful value in the big 120 ml tubes. The Art Box has the 48 top selling colors in these big easy to open tubes. (Clever German design has incorporated a slot in the cap of the tube that allows you to use a coin or a screw driver to open the tube if paint dries around the cap.)  These are premium quality paints loaded with pigment, not fillers like Utrecht and student grade brands. We think you'll love them. Made in Germany. The Art Box carries sets and open stock. For more information, visit their website.

Sennelier Etude Student Oil Colors: Gustave Sennelier created the palette of colors used by C�zanne, Pissaro, Bonnard, Picasso, and others. Now the makers of the acclaimed Sennelier Extra Fine Artist Oils have created these student oil colors as an economical medium for teaching the techniques of the masters.

These vibrant and intense colors resist yellowing and feature excellent lightfastness. The buttery texture allows smooth brushwork in thick application or glazing.  In the tradition of fine sketching oils, they closely match the working characteristics of their famous "parent" colors. The selection is more limited, and the more expensive colors such as the cobalts and cadmiums are recreated as hues that blend modern pigments.  The Art Box sells open stock of the 34mL and 200mL tubes.

Williamsburg Handmade Oil Colors: Williamburg paints are hand-made with the purest, concentrated pigments and premium alkali-refined linseed oil that is ground to enhance the beauty and luminosity of each particular pigment.  The unique individualized approach applied to each oil color means that some will have an extremely smooth feel while others may be slightly gritty in texture. The Art Box offers an open stock of these amazing paints. For more information, visit their website.

Winsor and Newton Artists' Oils: 37 ml. tubes. Known world wide for their high quality, Winsor and Newton Artists' Oil Colours are made with the finest raw materials to ensure purity of color. All colors mix safely, making it possible to obtain a wide variety of shades. The paints contain the maximum pigment consistent with good handling qualities. Made in England. The Art Box carries sets and open stock. For more information, visit their website.

Winton Oils:  37 ml. tubes. Winsor and Newton's student grade oil paint. 48 Carefully selected colors containing traditional pigments like genuine cadmiums as well as some of the modern alternatives. Azo pigments are used in Cadmium Red Hue or Cadmium Yellow Hue to keep these colors within an economical price level. Because of its name recognition and its low price, this is the best selling brand of oils. Made in England. The Art Box carries sets and open stock. For more information, visit their website.

updated 6-23-2009

 

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