Cheap oil colors for studying?

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Which (cheap) brand of oil colors would you recomand to student/beginner for learning painting with oil colors?

I was using Van Gogh oil colors, Rembrandt oil colors and Water Mixable oil color from Cobra.
They are all great but too expensive for beginner (at least for me).

So what about LOUVRE oil colors, Lefranc oil colors etc. which are at least 3 times cheaper? Are they good enough for studying?


Thanks in advance!

[TinyBird]

http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=230033

[.:WoLf:.]

Thanks!

But what about Lefranc and LOUVRE?

I have 2 Art shops in my town where i can choose between:

Rembrandt
Van Gogh - most expensive
Cobra - water mixable oil colors

LOUVRE - cheap
Lefranc - cheap
Pébéo - cheap

[Damien Levs]

There's a brand we have here in UK called Boldemere or Crimson and Blake...I do not know if you can get them in other places of the world, but they are very cheap...unfortunately the quality goes with cheap. They are not so good. But for beginning they could be ok.

[sone_one]

Rembrandt
Van Gogh - most expensive

strange because as elwell said in the thread tinybird linked to, rembrandt is the professional line, while van gogh is the student grade, by the same company.

[edit] sorry tristan

[Chris Bennett]

'Spectrum' oil colours are a small firm that sell their oil colours in tins and it's pretty good quality for cheaper paint.

Whatever the brand it is a good idea to buy as big a tube (preferably tubs if they do it) as possible since it works out more economical per millilitre in real terms. (i.e. you're not paying for the tubes or containers so much)

[Arshes Nei]

Thanks!

But what about Lefranc and LOUVRE?

I have 2 Art shops in my town where i can choose between:

Rembrandt
Van Gogh - most expensive
Cobra - water mixable oil colors

LOUVRE - cheap
Lefranc - cheap
Pébéo - cheap

I think it's been stated before, there are cheaper versions because of binding. They add a lot of fluff to the oils to make it cheaper. Because of this, this also changes consistency in mixing colors. So you want to go with better grade paints so that later on, you're not wondering why your mixes are different.

[Elwell]

Thanks!

But what about Lefranc and LOUVRE?

I have 2 Art shops in my town where i can choose between:

Rembrandt
Van Gogh - most expensive
Cobra - water mixable oil colors

LOUVRE - cheap
Lefranc - cheap
Pébéo - cheap
Get the Rembrandt.

Student grade paint is a false economy. The expensive pigments are bulked out with fillers to lower the price. Then the less expensive pigments are also bulked out with fillers to keep the mixing properties consistent. Also, because manufacturers try to keep student grade paint at one or two price points, the cheaper pigments end up overpriced to make up for the more expensive ones. So for low cost pigments like earth colors, artist grade paints are not only a better value in relative terms, but sometimes in absolute terms as well.

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Big thanks to all of you for replies!

[Blackthorne]

If those Lefranc's are the "extra fine" line, they are extremely nice paints for the price. If not, I second Rembrandt.