It’s been more than three years since I first started testing my oil palette colors. My goal with these ongoing color stability tests is to find out to what degree the colors might change over time. If you read my … Read More
My last article talked about some of the benefits of oil painting wet-into-wet. This time we’ll focus on the wet-into-wet process. During the initial stages of my wet-into-wet process I add small amounts of solvent or oil to my paint … Read More
Oil painting can easily become a complicated endeavor. There are so many mediums, solvents and oils on the market that it can be hard to know which ones you actually need. Of course, they can all be useful in particular … Read More
When I visited the M. Graham factory in 2015, I learned some things about how oil paint is made. I also saw some color stability tests they had done comparing their walnut-oil-based colors to those of linseed-oil-based brands. The results … Read More
I just returned with my family from a couple of weeks in Oregon. While we were in the Portland area, I was able to visit the factories of two companies who make artists’ paint and I wanted to share some … Read More