Having attempted my first ever oil painting some 40 years ago, I have since had the opportunity to try out and use a great range of oil paints, of all qualities. So, it was with great pleasure that I was offered Wallace Seymour oil paints to try, as they have a good reputation. These paints are handmade on a farm in the Yorkshire Dales by Pip Seymour and Rebecca Wallace. They come in a wide range of colours that are familiar to us all, as well as some rare and unique colours with quite intriguing names, such as Florentine golden flesh and Gauguin orange.
The colours
When asked to write this report, I opted for colours that I was familiar with: titanium white, permanent yellow light, alizarin crimson genuine, viridian,…
