

Also avoid buying sets of paint that come with paint brushes, as the brushes will likely be of poor quality as well.

The most basic collection of oil paints should include the following colors: cadmium yellow, yellow ochre, cadmium red, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, titanium white, and mars black.Paying a few dollars more will give you paints that require one coat instead of two or three for the same vibrancy and blend-ability. Buying cheap, poor quality supplies will make your painting difficult, tedious, and frustrating.

Although there are dozens of brands of oil paint on the market, don’t be drawn in by the attraction of budget supplies. Before you can even consider oil painting, you must get oil paints.
