A Paler Shade of White: Selecting the Best White for Your Oil Painting

Please watch: "Choosing the Best White for Your Oil Painting"
   • Choosing the Best White for Your Oil ...   -~-
This episode of Artist Materials Advisor answers the most important question facing artists: Which white oil paint do I use in my painting? This was not a question facing the old masters because they only had one white available — flake white (lead white). Today, artists have many whites to choose from in their oil paintings: lead white, zinc white, titanium white, lithopone, etc. We examine the most important white oil paints, titanium white and lead white, and lithopone. We show how these whites differ in their mixtures with colors, their brushing properties, and their transparency or opacity. We'll show you all Rublev Colours white oil colors made by Natural Pigments and how each can benefit your painting process. As a bonus, you'll see how transparent whites function and how to make any white oil paint more transparent.

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:10:43 Inside Paint Tubes: Composition of Oil Paint
00:15:37 Comparing Lead White and Titanium White
00:17:06 Comparing Titanium White with 3 Transparent Whites
00:31:35 Comparing 4 Lead White Mixtures
00:38:33 How to Make Transparent Whites
00:44:22 4 Transparent Lead White Mixtures
00:52:55 Questions and Answers