Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Where online to buy wc and oil paints?

I live in a small town with no art supply stores in the vacinity. I am looking to find a place where I can purchase the CHEAPEST watercolors and oils online. Also, what watercolor brand would you suggest. I normally paints with oils rather, and am not as familiar with watercolors.Where online to buy wc and oil paints?
I have ordered from both these online art supply houses. I have been completely happy with both. Both Cheap Joe's and Daniel Smith make their own Watercolor and Oil paints, but they specialize in watercolors. Cheap Joe's has larger tubes at 37ml, but Daniel Smith has wonderful natural stone pigments, called 'Primatek' colors. They are ground stone and semi precious stone, and were used before chemical colors were invented. They also have iridescent colors that are marvelous. I have quite a few in my paintbox.





http://www.cheapjoes.com/





http://www.danielsmith.com/





Edit: I would NOT go with cheap watercolors. You won't be happy with the results. The paints that Cheap Joe's and Daniel Smith make are professional quality, but at a lower price than some of the others. They both carry other brands of paints in their catalogs; you can compare the prices per tube size.Where online to buy wc and oil paints?
www.OrientalTrading.com and www.unitednow.com are two of the cheapest art suppliers that I know of. They usually carry the same brand of paints that are being sold elsewhere at a much higher price.





If you're a beginner with watercolors then any brand/kind will do. The important thing is for you to experiment with the medium and familiarize yourself with the quality and characteristics of the paint; i.e. the fluency, how it reacts or changes on paper, it's ease of use, etc..





Hopefully this should get you started!
Hi,


You can find some good deals in the links I've provided in sources.


As far as watercolors go, check this out....


http://painting.about.com/od/artsupplies鈥?/a>





Hope this helps.
http://www.dickblick.com/
Utrecht, Dick Blick, or Cheap Joe's.

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