ZenART Supplies Non-Toxic Oil Paints for Professional Artists - 8 x Large 45ml Tubes - Portrait Palette of Eco-Friendly Paint with Exceptional Pigment and Lustrous Sheen - The Infinity Series by

This is my first time using oil paint and this is how my painting of Jackie Chan came out and I really love it but the thing is it doesn’t have the color black I didn’t notice that. Just be aware of that. But overall it’s really good and ya should get it.I tried mixing to make the color black but it didn’t turn out well at all but never mind that. It’s a good price and a good start if you want to oil paint. It takes a few days or 2 to dry completely tho. So protect the painting in the drying process for like 2 or 3 days.Tip! Don’t use too much refined linseed oil or it will take a lot of more time(days) to dry because the paint itself already contains some refined linseed oil in it.

Quick Summary:Pros:- Smooth buttery consistency- Colors blend well. No mud.- Quality pigments. Toxic pigments are avoided.- Great value for money (at < $50 for the Portrait Palette).Cons:- Portrait Palette is not complete by itself, you can't go off and start painting portraits with this set alone (e.g. there are no blues). Minimally you also need the Essential Palette.- No way (yet) to buy individual tubes (other than a set of whites). When you run out of one color the only options are to buy another full set or get some other brand of paint.- I don't know why, but at the time of this writing Amazon Canada remains sold out of them (other than 3rd party sellers with astronomical prices), though ZenArt continues to sell these palettes on their own website and they are sold on Amazon USA.In DetailSo far I'm still exploring these paints. And frankly, so far there's nothing that I dislike about them. The pigments are what you'd expect quality paints to have, e.g. Yellow Ochre is made with PY42 and Burnt Umber is PBr7, which is what these colors are traditionally made with. There are no "hues" (which quickly turn to mud if you try blend colors together). Their literature says that single pigments were used wherever possible. A few of them are a combination of two pigments, which makes me slightly nervous, but so far I've experienced no issues because of it.A few comments on individual colors:I'm burning through white at a prodigious rate, anticipating running out fairly quickly. I've purchased a large tube of Winton titanium white (I'd probably have gone with the ZenArt whites, but at this time all the ZenArt paint prices are sky high in Canada). If you're going to buy this Portrait Palette (along with the Essential Palette of course) you'll probably also want to pick up the extra box of whites.The Napthol Red in this set has an enormously high tinting strength, it takes only a tiny bit to tint something pink or red. This one tube is probably a lifetime supply for me. They have rated the lightfastness of this paint at "II ASTM" (= very good), but the PR8 pigment it's made from is rated at "III ASTM" (= acceptable) in the pigments database. Something to be aware of.A few reviewers made comment that they saw a bit of oil-pigment separation and a few of their tubes leaked a bit of oil from under the cap. Mine too, but let's not get bent out of shape over it, it's not hard to clean up. All oil paints will separate, unless it has additives and extenders in it. So do you want paint without fillers or do you want paint that won't separate?The marketing literature stresses that these are professional artist quality paints with high pigment loads. I've not seen anything that explicitly qualifies that claim (I've seen no statement that says their paint contains no fillers, for example), but we'll tentatively accept that at face value. Nothing I've experienced with these paints so far contradicts those claims.Bottom Line:These paints seem to be high quality, to the extent of my ability to judge paint. They are very well priced. The one year money back guarantee might induce you to give them a try. Make sure you've got some blue kicking around and enough white though.

Bonitos colores, no se que calidad aún no los he usado

Excelente calidad en las pinturas, colores vibrantes. Ya había comprado unos tubos anteriormente y me encantó, así que ésta es mi segunda compra y estoy muy satisfecha con mi compra.

I'm a digital artist starting to venture into traditional mediums. I've stuck to acrylics up until now because of their inexpensiveness compared to other mediums. Though I've always found their color to be lacking in chroma and would have to resort to lowering the value range of my artwork in order to create the illusion of vibrancy. I decided to give oil paints a try and quickly became discouraged with how much more expensive they were. I tried looking for a value brand that didn't sacrifice quality for price and I stumbled upon ZenArt.The oil paints were kind of hard to remove from the packaging but it really wasn't a serious issue. ZenArt clearly believes in their product as they offer a 1 year warranty, which to me, for an art product, is insane.I attached a quick portrait I did to test out the paints and I gotta say, oil paints are a real pain to clean haha, but man, I'm really excited with the potential these have. The value range is just larger. Brighter tints and darker shades, deeper hues. ZenArt doesn't leave anything to be desired in terms of quality and I'm excited that I can approximate the chroma and saturation that digital art so easily does.