Winsor Newton has become my choice for mid-range oil paint, supplanting RGH. While not Old Holland, W & N’s quality is consistently high, and I prefer some of their colors over all competing brands, such as madder lake and cadmium scarlet. I like RGH’s cold-pressed, lead-based whites but their tubes are cheap and prone to break and leak. This is a serious problem for large-size tubes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Winsor Newton has become my choice for mid-range oil paint, supplanting RGH. While not Old Holland, W & N’s quality is consistently high, and I prefer some of their colors over all competing brands, such as madder lake and cadmium scarlet. I like RGH’s cold-pressed, lead-based whites but their tubes are cheap and prone to break […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","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":[208,46,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-status","hentry","category-materials","category-reviews","category-shop_talk","post_format-post-format-status"],"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":4059,"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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