Description
What to Expect from This Set:
- Artist Grade Quality: While Camel produces various art supplies, their “Artist Oil Colour” range indicates a higher quality pigment concentration and binder compared to student-grade paints. This means more vibrant colors, better lightfastness (resistance to fading over time), and a smoother, more consistent texture.
- 12 Essential Shades: A 12-shade set typically includes a balanced palette of primary colors (red, yellow, blue), secondary colors (green, orange, violet), and essential neutrals or earth tones (like black, white, burnt sienna, yellow ochre). This provides a good foundation for mixing a wide array of other colors, making it suitable for a beginner or an artist needing a core set of hues.
- 20ml Tubes: The 20ml tube size is standard for introductory or compact sets. It offers enough paint to get started on several paintings without being overly large or expensive. While larger tubes are available for frequently used colors (like white), 20ml is a convenient size for a diverse palette.
- Oil-Based Medium: These are traditional oil paints, meaning they use a drying oil (like linseed oil) as a binder. This gives them distinct characteristics:
- Slow Drying Time: Oil paints dry much slower than acrylics or watercolors, which can be both a challenge and a benefit. It allows for extensive blending on the canvas, subtle color transitions, and the ability to rework areas over long periods.
- Rich Pigmentation and Luminosity: Oil colors are known for their deep, rich hues and unique luminosity. They can be applied thickly (impasto) for textured effects or thinned down for glazes and washes.
- Requires Solvents/Mediums: You’ll typically need to use solvents (like turpentine or mineral spirits) for thinning the paint and cleaning brushes, and possibly painting mediums (like linseed oil or alkyd mediums) to alter consistency, drying time, or sheen.
- Good for Learning and Practice: For aspiring oil painters, this set offers a cost-effective way to explore the medium’s techniques without committing to more expensive professional-grade paints immediately. You can practice blending, layering, glazing, and understanding how colors interact.
