Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oil Color Paint, Beginners Set, 1.25-oz (37ml) Tubes, Set of 6

So far these have worked out very well for me. I’m still working on this first painting, but I will share it here. I use meat packing paper as my palette. It’s waterproof, so it works out well and makes for easy clean up. I painted the first layer in acrylic and it was fully dry. When squeezing out the paint, oil comes out first, but then highly pigmented color comes out. It’s very mixable, not only with water, but with all the other paint colors. It would be great to have two tubes of titanium white in the set. You only need a very small amount of paint, so this set will last a while for smaller painting projects. There is a slight odor. I used Dawn dishwashing liquid and water to clean my paint brushes. That may be a bit harsh over the long term. The paint was still drying when I took a break from working on this painting. I will be going back to it and adding and revising. I’ve only used traditional oil paints once before. This seems like an excellent alternative. Happy Painting!

I’ve been a painter for a long time, but always very intimidated by oil paints. My favorite artist said she used these, so I immediately purchased to try them out! OBSESSED. The colors are so rich and opaque. They mix well and go on smoothly and thick if you’d like. Doesn’t take nearly as long to dry as regular oils, and there’s no odor! I love being able to blend on the canvas, it makes painting skin especially so much smoother and realistic.

These paints behave like traditional oil paints and are nearly as pigmented as the artist's grade traditional oil paints by W&N. They definitely seem more pigmented than the Winton grade. There's an issue with extra oil being in some tubes, and some tubes not being 100% filled upon arrival, but none were tampered with, it just seems to be filling issues. Still, the paints perform wonderfully and this set is great for beginners. The tubes are SMALL, less than 1/3 of what a normal small tube contains. The color selection is very good; you get warm and cool versions of green, blue and red, but only one real yellow as the warm yellow is very orange heavy (cad yellow hue). You will run out of white before all the rest for sure. The earth and skin tones are rich but the selection is not full so keep that in mind if you want to do portraiture. Color selection is mostly missing Burnt Umber, Van Dyke Brown, Sap Green, Prussian Blue, Mars Black, and a Warm Yellow like Winsor Yellow but you've got everything else you'll ever need. The paints dry a significant amount of time faster than standard oil paints, most are touch dry within 36hrs. The paints are a bit stiff so always work lean to fat; add in turpentine or water-mixable solvent (or water) and gradually add more water mixable medium (I use fast drying medium) as you add more layers to the painting. Washing up is a breeze, but if you use solvent, as you should be, the paints will leave behind some sludgy residue inside the deep bristles of the brushes which can harden and bind the bristles if you don't wash it out so you'll need Masters Brush Soap to fully wash them out at the end of every session since these paints will not fully dissolve into solvents like traditional oil paints do. Ultimately if you want to avoid toxic solvents, want water-washable paints, and want something with the rich chroma and varied hues of oil paints but with faster drying and less expense, give these paints a try! P.s. the French Ultramarine is particularly good. So good that I ordered a 200ml tube to keep on hand because it is better than most brands artist grade versions at a tiny fraction of the cost. It's not as good as W&N artist grade french ultramarine, but it's literally less than 1/3 the cost.

I have been painting in oils for 40+ years. I guess you could say I'm a professional, as I've sold so many painting and especially pet portraits. sadlyI have became allergic to traditional oils, so I decided to try these. They are a little less allergy- triggering than traditional oils. Some people buy these for ease of cleaning their brushes in solvent. That is totally unnecessary! I never use solvents on my brushes. I just wipe the paint off with a paper towel, then pthen place a small amount of dawn dish detergent in my gloved palm, rub them around,,,,,then rinses well. With that said, I've just completed one small painting with the Artisan paints. They certainly take some getting used to! I was careful not to over-dilute them with water to avoid them acting like water colors or acrylic paints. I plan to use walnut oil in my next painting instead of water. Bottom line: they didn't help my runny nose and watery eyes very much (perhaps somewhat?). They did seem to dry faster. I also completed an old painting I had given up on, and they covered well. The assortment is odd, and the names of the paints are different (no ultramarine blue), and far too many reds. I'll update as I experiment....

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Tienen variedad de colores y sirven excelente

Die wasserlöslichen Farben sind einfach klasse - lassen sich sehr gut vermalen - in der Konsistenz: sehr angenehm zu verarbeiten - somit ist ein im klassischem Sinne "Malmittel" nicht unbedingt erforderlich. Wenn ich die Farben "fein" auftragen will, feuchte ich lediglich den Pinsel mit sehr, sehr wenig Wasser an. Das anschließende Säubern der Pinsel ist mit etwas Spikeseife simpel und einfach in der Handhabung.

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Gorgeous paints. Easy to blend to make a nice range of colours. Lovely finish. No smell so lovely alternative to traditional oils which require turps/ spirits.Not sure that water is enough to clean brushes but it is enough to paint. Very nice quality. Not cheap but you can't get quality otherwise. They last ages.