Williamsburg Handmade Oil Paint

Founder and painter Carl Plansky searches the world over for the most beautiful raw materials to ensure that his colors exude the beauty and luminosity specific to the particular pigment. Employing the techniques of 19th century French colormakers, Plansky's pigments are made in small batches, ensuring the ultimate in quality control.

Schmincke Norma Oil Colors

Schmincke Norma is a top-quality artists’ oil color for demanding professionals. The Norma Oil Colors are made with the same care as the Mussini Oil Colors, but is considered a modern color palette. These paints contain the best genuine artists’ pigments and the finest linseed and sunflower oils. All colors are carefully ground the traditional way on a three-cylinder mill after which they are aged for several months to optimize pigments and oil absorption before being filled into tubes. The Schmincke Norma professional line contains an outstanding, brilliant range of colors in 35 ml tubes with the highest possible lightfastness.

Schmincke Mussini Oil Colors

Schmincke has been producing artists' colors since 1881. Mussini resin-oil colors are truly the pinnacle of their paint making experience. Mussini offers brilliance and purity with the highest lightfastness. Schmincke oils are stored for three months before the tubes are filled. This allows each pigment's oil absorption rate (the amount of oil needed to bind the pigment) to be optimized. Varying amounts of damar resin are then added to ensure that all colors dry at the same time. This guarantees tension-free and durable color layers. Mussini offers an Old Masters palette that dates back over 100 years: an extensive range of transparent and semi-transparent glaze pigments. Schmincke Mussini Oil Colors are available in 1.2 oz (35 ml) tubes.

Gamblin Artist's Oil Colors

Gamblin Artists Oils are based on alkali refined linseed oil as a binder. It yellows significantly less than cold pressed linseed oil, the traditional binder in oil paints, and makes a strong, flexible paint film. Robert Gamblin has sought out the finest grades of pigment available (yes, there are differences). He has constructed a paint of exceptional durability in a color palette that is proof of his devotion to painter's real concerns. All colors are mixed and packed by a dedicated crew of 20 employees in their sun-drenched (at least when we visited) factory in Southeast Portland. Robert's concern with the longevity of oil paint has led him to national recognition and extensive collaboration with groups such as the National Gallery in Washington, DC. Recently, Gamblin was commissioned to formulate a custom gold finish that was applied to the entire ceiling of the newly rehabilitated Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Robert Gamblin is evangelistic about creating safe environments and work habits for oil painters. We carry all of Gamblin's safe solvent related mediums. We encourage you to check out the extensive information on personally and environmentally responsible studio practices available from Gamblin. This is a paint you can trust from a company we believe in. Made with the finest refined linseed oils, each color retains the unique characteristics of the pigments, including tinting strength, undertone, and texture.

Da Vinci Artists' Oil Colors

Da Vinci searches out the finest raw materials from around the world to formulate oils with the highest permanent pigment concentration. These paints perform with a rich consistency for smooth and easy brushing. All colors are rated at Lightfastness I (excellent) or Lightfastness II (very good). Packed in non-toxic, lightweight aluminum tubes. First-quality certified. Conforms to ASTM D-4302 and ASTM D-4236. Gift Idea — Students and professionals at all levels appreciate Da Vinci Artists' Oil Colors. See Da Vinci Artists' Oil Color Sets for a great gift idea.

Michael Harding Artists Oil Colors

This is a professional line of oil paint formulated to the highest standards. These oils feature high pigment load and excellent mixing power. Color intensities replicate those of handcrafted, limited edition oils produced prior to the invention of the collapsible tube in the 1840s. The consistency is silky, not oily. This enables the artist to paint the thinnest layers or thick impasto brushstrokes with ease. Using techniques dating back to the days of the Old Masters, Michael Harding creates powerful, intense colors of paint that are both beautiful and durable. No fillers or extenders are used. No driers are added to even up the drying time of each pigment within the oil. This ensures against brittleness, cracking, and wrinkling. All colors but one in the line are ground in a grade of refined cold pressed linseed oil that is chosen for its neutral acidity to ensure permanence. Titanium White No. 1 is ground in refined poppy oil.

Sennelier Artists' Extra Fine Oil Paint

Today the descendants of Gustave Sennelier still create their extraordinarily luscious colors from the finest hand-ground pigments combined with pure, first-press non-yellowing safflower oils. They produce an outstanding collection of oils distinguished by a "satin" finish and buttery feel. The paints still entrance artists, just as they did when pioneers such as Paul Cézanne and Camille Pissaro first used them. Many colors are exclusive to Sennelier, including Chinese Orange, Sennelier Transparent Brown, a range of semi-opaque Mars colors, transparent Alizarins, and the unusual Cinnabar and Cobalt Greens. Their Titanium White is considered to be the most opaque Titanium White ever made. Every one of these colors is remarkably rich, vivid, and responsive, as only a Sennelier oil can be.