{"id":1543,"date":"2013-04-02T10:01:54","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T14:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2013-04-02T13:44:48","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T17:44:48","slug":"update-to-oil-paint-brands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/update-to-oil-paint-brands\/","title":{"rendered":"Update to Oil Paint Brands"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve updated the Oil Paint Brands<\/a> material to reflect the recent quality decline of several brands: LeFranc, Rembrandt, and Daniel Smith. All three have fallen from the ‘mid-range, good value’ category to student grade. Avoid except for sketches or grounds.<\/p>\n

One consequence is that Windsor-Newton has tightened its grip on the all-important mid-range category. The others in this category are Blue Ridge and Doak. Williamsburg straddles the cusp between mid-range and high-end. I placed an order with Blue Ridge today and will report after I’ve used them awhile. Their lead whites are good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve updated the Oil Paint Brands material to reflect the recent quality decline of several brands: LeFranc, Rembrandt, and Daniel Smith. All three have fallen from the ‘mid-range, good value’ category to student grade. Avoid except for sketches or grounds. One consequence is that Windsor-Newton has tightened its grip on the all-important mid-range category. The others […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24,1],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-1543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shop_talk","category-uncategorized","tag-oil-paint"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6507,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/rgh-and-blue-ridge-oils\/","url_meta":{"origin":1543,"position":0},"title":"RGH and Blue Ridge oils","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"November 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Along with Winsor Newton, Blue Ridge and RGH oils get a lot of use on my palette. \u00a0 The categories I use to rate manufacturers in my oil paint brand reference--low-end, mid-range, and high-end--are based on price and quality. 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