Free pébéo paints

Posted on April 22, 2012

 

My recent order with Dick Blick arrived with a nice little bonus–a free sampler of pébéo paints manufactured in China by a French company Pébéo.

There are three grades of oil paints in the pébéo line. Fragonard extra fine is the top artist grade, then huile d’art (super fine art oil paints) and the Studio fine XL which is what I’m assuming is the student grade.

Dick Blick sent me 5 tubes of the Studio XL line–Ultramarine Blue, Vivid Pink, Bright Green, Transparent Payne’s Grey, and Iridescent Red Blue. I did a small little painting using the colors pure (the green is a mix) shown here on the right. The balloons all have the highlight as the balloon’s color mixed with white. The center is a purple (blue, red mix) and the top is the interference color that does indeed change from red to blue depending on the angle you view it from.

The paints are fun, modern colors and dried a little faster than my regular oils. They

didn’t have that buttery feel that I like for studio use, but I think would be great for

plein air as it flows easily and still holds its shape. I had good results with the palette knife. I would have a few of these tubes in the brighter colors to use in paintings that define our modern clothing or decor. They do have an odor to them (I’ve read some reviews that say they are odorless) but more on the mild side than some of my oils. After a few more paintings using pébéo oils, I’ll come back with an update.

 

 

“LE BALLON”

5″ X 3″ OIL ON PANEL

© 2012 BECKY WHIGHT