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Martin xxShawxx

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Wondered if you think Langridge is as good as Williamsburg oils? Thinking about trying some but it’s three times the price. Is it three times better? Thanks in advance

Alan Bickley

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It could be! But I’ve never tried it so I can’t comment! I’ll be surprised if anyone on the site has tried it but you never know… I’m in the process of testing out the Wallace Seymour range of oil paints, now I can recommend them! Expensive but pure quality handmade paints.
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Martin xxShawxx

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Wallace and Seymour. Will have a look.  Got to get used to Williamsburg drying so quickly. Now Langridge, they say, it doesn’t matter how much you thin it, it covers still. There is a burnt orange I’m looking at, and if every colour covers and mixes like cadmium’s, reckon it could be worth the buy.  Whats Wallace and Seymour  like Alan?

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Alan Bickley

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Well, I’ve been sent ten 40ml tubes of my own choice to try out and come up with a report - so far I’ve done three decent sized paintings on Belle Arti canvas/MDF board. I’m reasonably impressed with them, ‘buttery’ consistency in the main, a few tubes were a bit more of a solid consistency. Some unusual names that we aren’t familiar with, such as Plumpton Iron Red as an example. All hand ground without fillers, so it goes a long way! On a par with MH and a few of the other top brands I’d say! I’m enjoying working with them for sure! I’ll definitely be buying a few more colours to try out, and I can see them being a permanent fixture on my palette in future!

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Martin xxShawxx

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Price is good too, thanks Alan.  I will give em a try. You know what though, there are aspects of Pebeo that are good too. Hard to believe, I know. About five of their colours are excellent. Maybe more. Cadmium Hues are terrible with them though. 

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Haven't tried Langridge.  Wallace Seymour, once just Pip Seymour, have made a good Manganese Blue, and their acrylics are very distinctive - drying to a gloss finish (unless they've changed them again since I last tried them).   Langridge does have - for what it's worth - a high reputation.  T'would be good if we could try every brand out there, but - it'd be pricey....  Pebeo - well, big fat tubes: not surprised to hear that the higher grade colours, i.e. cadmiums, struggle to make the grade.  But if you want to cover a lot of ground quickly, you could probably do worse.  Haven't tried them, though: might yet. 
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Martin xxShawxx

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I’d try em buddy.   Keep away from yellows, except yellow ochre. They do a red ochre which isn’t much different to mars red in more expensive brands. The ivory white is excellent for me. Just finished with a 200 mil tube for £6.50. Burnt sienna is excellent. Gritty but great. Browns aren’t up to much. Not a bad mixing white. Stay away from ivory black. Go for intense black, their new one. Very good. Some of the greens are pretty cool. Vivid turquoise is great. Blue steel too, other blues not so.

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Definitely value for money -  Pebeo is okay, I’ve got quite a few tubes from a while back, some colours are better than many of the ‘students’ quality from the major brand names!