{"id":9534,"date":"2021-05-15T21:29:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T01:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=9534"},"modified":"2021-05-16T08:26:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T12:26:15","slug":"whats-wrong-with-rembrandt-oils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2021\/05\/whats-wrong-with-rembrandt-oils\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s wrong with Rembrandt oils"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was starting, my budget restricted my paint choices to the cheapest brands. When I had some extra money (haha), I’d treat myself to a tube of Rembrandt paint. Rembrandt was decidedly low-end among the professional-grade oils, but a step up from my day-to-day paints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rembrandt oils are still at the lower end of professional-grade paints. Some things have changed, though. Their quality has fallen from several decades ago. Also, where they used to be slightly more expensive than student-grade paint, today their prices are comparable to mid- or upper-tier paint. In other words, Rembrandt paints are overpriced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/span>Stephen Pentak at Bonfoey<\/span><\/a><\/div>

So, I hardly use them at all anymore. But I thought, “Why not give them another try?” This photo demonstrates why not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This photo shows my palette after adding raw umber from a fresh tube. The pool of oil just poured out. I squeezed the paint next to the lake and sopped up the oil. The other paints from different vendors do not demonstrate Rembrandt’s issues. The cadmium medium red-purple and burnt umber are from RGH. The cadmium scarlet is from Winsor Newton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I was starting, my budget restricted my paint choices to the cheapest brands. When I had some extra money (haha), I’d treat myself to a tube of Rembrandt paint. Rembrandt was decidedly low-end among the professional-grade oils, but a step up from my day-to-day paints. Rembrandt oils are still at the lower end of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":8718,"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":[332,208,46],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-9534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grumpy-review","category-materials","category-reviews","tag-oil-paint"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2020-2-23.jpg?fit=1200%2C1237&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10964,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2022\/08\/reader-questions\/","url_meta":{"origin":9534,"position":0},"title":"Reader questions","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"August 24, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Recently, a reader emailed me several questions that I want to share: i am looking for the perfect oil paint and it is not easy to choose and find the one that suits me. it would save me from buying several brands to test. it scares me.I have seen your\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "materials"","block_context":{"text":"materials","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/materials\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pal-a.jpg?fit=1000%2C587&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pal-a.jpg?fit=1000%2C587&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pal-a.jpg?fit=1000%2C587&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pal-a.jpg?fit=1000%2C587&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5230,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/review-charvin-fine-oils\/","url_meta":{"origin":9534,"position":1},"title":"Review: Charvin Fine Oils","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"July 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I bought some cerulean blue from Charvin. 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