{"id":6728,"date":"2017-02-15T18:24:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T23:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=6728"},"modified":"2017-06-14T16:25:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T20:25:16","slug":"review-utrecht-oils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/review-utrecht-oils\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Utrecht oils"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s hard for me to understand this but until this week I never used Utrecht brand oils.  I’m not sure why this is.  I’ve visited their shops in NYC and Cleveland and ordered plenty of other things from them.  True, I was disappointed with the easel I bought from them, but that was recent and doesn’t explain why I’ve never tried their oils in the past.  Whatever the cause, I rectified it this week. <\/p>\n

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Read more<\/span>In the Studio Oct. 14 2012<\/span><\/a><\/div>

I bought four tubes including a 150ml tube of the all important flake white.  Here is my palette with my usual assortment of straight-from-the-tube colors and mixtures.<\/p>\n

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  1. ultramarine violet<\/li>\n
  2. burnt sienna<\/li>\n
  3. Naples yellow<\/li>\n
  4. flake white<\/li>\n
  5. cool grays made from paynes gray and flake white<\/li>\n
  6. warm grays made from ivory black, raw umber, and flake white<\/li>\n
  7. flesh tones mixed from burnt sienna and flake white (between 2 and 4)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Before using the palette<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Here is the palette after several painting sessions. The flake white is acceptable.  This is a big deal because reasonably-priced flake white is becoming harder and harder to find.  I will certainly buy more.<\/p>\n

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    After using the palette<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    Read more<\/span>Stephen Pentak at Bonfoey<\/span><\/a><\/div>

    Most colors are single-pigment paints, which is a good thing, of course.  I like the ultramarine violet.  I use this color for cool grays so I use a lot of it.  The burnt sienna is too orange for me.  This isn’t much of a knock against Utrecht.  Many other brands also make too-orange burnt sienna.<\/p>\n

    The Naples yellow is a blend of several pigments.  Utrecht labels many blends as ‘hues,’ (as do other manufacturers), but not all of them.  Keep this in mind when buying this brand.<\/p>\n

    Grade<\/h3>\n
    Read more<\/span>Cleveland Museum of Art Staff Exhibition<\/span><\/a><\/div>

    Decent mid-range paint. I updated the Oil Paint Brand reference<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Quality: B-<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Read more<\/span>Smooth Move—Smooth Painting Surfaces<\/span><\/a><\/div>

    Price: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    It’s hard for me to understand this but until this week I never used Utrecht brand oils.  I’m not sure why this is.  I’ve visited their shops in NYC and Cleveland and ordered plenty of other things from them.  True, I was disappointed with the easel I bought from them, but that was recent and doesn’t explain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":6720,"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":[208,46,24,87,1],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-6728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-materials","category-reviews","category-shop_talk","category-thumbs-up-down","category-uncategorized","tag-oil-paint"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/utrecht-tubes.gif?fit=800%2C538&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7068,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/goodbye-old-holland\/","url_meta":{"origin":6728,"position":0},"title":"Goodbye, Old Holland","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"May 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0Goodbye, Old Holland, I'm done with you. 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