The Oil Colour Book
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Topic: Oil
Sort Desciption: Linseed Oil, Stand Oil, Painting Medium, Fast Drying Medium and Impasto Medium. Remember that mediums are additives and, as such, should be used in modest proportions.
Content Inside:
The Colour Specialist
Acomprehensive resource for painters
The Oil Colour Book
©Colart Fine Art and Graphics Limited 2001
Edited by
David Pyle and
Emma Pearce,
Winsor & Newton
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CIRRUS, SCEPTRE GOLD, UNIVERSITY, MONARCH, ARTGUARD, ARTGEL, LIQUIN,
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Colart Fine Art & Graphics Limited.
Published by Winsor & Newton
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©Colart Fine Art and Graphics Limited 2001
CONTENTS
We know colour
The basics of oil colour
What is oil colour? .7
History 7
Components 8
Characteristics .9
A few words about drying
and the stable paint film .10
Other oil derived media .11
Alkyd colour 11
Permanence and stability of alkyd 12
Water mixable oil colour .13
Solid stick oil colour 14
Student vs. Artists grade colour 14
A word about pigment strength .15
Single pigment colours 16
Hue replacement colours .16
Transparency vs. opacity 17
Series numbers .18
Health & safety information 18
EU legislation .18
Health Labelling for the USA 20
Hazardous materials 21
Studio clean up and safe use tips 22
Travelling with oil colour .24
Label information on all Winsor & Newton
oil colours .25
Attributes shared by all Winsor & Newton
oil colours .26
Winsor & Newton oil products
Artists Oil Colours .27
Winton Oil Colour .30
Griffin Alkyd Fast Drying Oil Colour 33
Using with traditional oil colour .34
Artists Oilbar .35
Artisan Water Mixable Oil Colours .37
Using with traditional oil colour .39
Using with water mixable mediums 39
Use with water as a solvent 40
Suitable varnishes .40
Using synthetic or natural hair brushes 40
Studio Clean up .41
Technical Information - Colour
True pigment characteristics 41
Permanence 41
Contribution to a balanced spectrum .42
The function of pigments 42
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