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I’m just trying out this oil (or acrylic) sketching paper! Obviously it’s in pad form, consisting of 10 supports. Glued on the top edge and each sheet can easily be removed from the pad.
The oil paper is laminated onto a card backboard, perhaps just a touch thinner than mount board, but feels quite sturdy in use.
The surface is really fine and reminds me of a linen grain, but obviously it’s a lot cheaper.
I’ve only done one quick trial oil sketch on it yesterday but I like it… it would be great for plein air work in particular, as well as in the studio!
Comes in two sizes, A4 and A3… I’ve bought the larger size as I can’t paint on small supports. I know the Georgian range is considered to be more ‘student’ grade, but I can’t fault it…
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by Alan Bickley
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The Georgian range contains quantities of zinc oxide - which will either bother you or not (I think I've covered all bases there..) depending on your knowledge of or belief in the damage zinc oxide can do to paint films, particularly in flexible or semi-flexible surfaces. Not every Georgian colour contains it - the one that certainly does is Naples Yellow, which is a perishing nuisance because the real Naples Yellow (the Georgian one is a Hue) is now extremely expensive. D-R used to incorporate a quantity of Zinc in their Titanium White, too - I imagine they still do: it takes a while to turn manufacturing processes around.
But I agree that the quality of the paint is otherwise high - and I know at least one professional artist who uses Georgian colours almost exclusively.
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I’m not talking about the paints here Robert, I wouldn’t go anywhere near the Georgian range personally, although I’m sure they are more than adequate - I was generalising about the student quality of this range, but this oil pad seems to be decent quality!
I only use Artists quality oils in the main, W&N are pretty much my first choice these days…
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by Alan Bickley
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D-R boards and papers are of high quality, almost irrespective of what they might call them. I'll certainly try the oil painting paper; I haven't been too impressed by any papers supplied for acrylic painting, to date at least - paint tended to slide all over them; I might give these pads a try, though.
On paint - yes, I sort of guessed you (Alan) wouldn't use any student range of paints - I was amused though, some years ago, by a Northern Irish (?) painter of some repute, who in fairness did not say he was careful about the quality of the paint he used; and then film of his studio clearly showed Winton and Georgian paint tubes. I wondered if his collectors were aware of that; as it happens, they can work perfectly well, but I wouldn't make them the base from which I built my collection.
W&N artists' quality; Daler-Rowney Artists' quality - I have a preference for the latter, as it happens; but when I can, it's Michael Harding, Wallace Seymour, and Rublev (from Natural Pigments). I've also used the oil colour provided by the Michael Willcox School of Colour, which I think is probably made by Da Vinci. Oh, and Rembrandt (from Talens). The one high value oil I haven't used is Old Holland.
Whatever some may say - referring to a recent controversy into which I plunged both feet - paint quality DOES matter, and to choose the best you can get is not "snobbish": but best not open that can of wriggling worms again.
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Appreciate your comment Robert!
I’ve got a selection of most top brands on the market. Rembrandt! MH, Old Holland, W&N etc…
Many of these have been won in competitions, which has probably saved me the equivalent of a king’s ransom over the years - but if you don’t enter competitions, you ain’t going to win anything!
Unfortunately though, my single entry to this years Patching’s Open competition (TA category) wasn’t accepted! First time in six years… disappointed but I’ve moved on…
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Good points: I've won pastels, acrylics, and coloured pencils in competitions - when I think of the collected value: yes - I see what you mean! I must enter more, obviously. Oh, and winning the first prize always helps: one day. Maybe. I've never tried Patchings, for logistical reasons (and because I didn't think I stood a chance of winning, having seen some of the work submitted). You'll come through again, though - I'm sure of that: they can't keep a good man down.