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Hi all,
Along with some Kolinsky brushes, I was also given about 50 tubes of Terry Madden paint. Many of them seem to be single pigment, although they all have fancy names (Phthalo blue is “Newport Blue”, etc.) There is little to be found about Terry Madden online, other that that he seems to be an instructor along the lines of Bob Ross. The tubes are enormous (compared to the Winsor Newton ones, which are 5 ml, of which I was also gifted about 40 tubes). Would these be considered “artist” quality or “student” quality. They look pretty good to me, but as a rank beginner, I wouldn’t know! There are some mixes, but even most of those are only 2 pigments, with maybe a bit of white thrown in. I am not sure how old these are, but I know the W/N are from before 2005, as several of the colours have been discontinued since then.
Thanks for any info you can give me about this gift!
Phyrie
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[/B][/COLOR][FONT=Garamond]C&C's always welcome...Generally, paints recommended by working artists are good quality.
Doug
We must leave our mark on this worldIt’s well worth to ask your friend about the paints. If they gave it to you, they would likely know about it. I’ve never heard of the brand but can speculate from the info you’ve provided and googling a tube pic. Firstly, watercolour tubes come in various sizes… some of the common ones are 5ml, 10ml, 15ml. Then there’s Rembrandt with 20ml, Lukas with 24ml and a few others that offer bigger tubes as well so don’t let the size throw you off. From looking at a few close up tube pics online, it seems like the paints come in various series; series 1, 2, 3 etc. This is rather commonly found in artist grade paints to indicate price range. Cobalts and cadmiums would usually be of a higher series number because the pigments cost more. If I’m looking at the correct tubes, they say “hand selected by Terry Madden”. It’s possible Terry collaborated with a watercolour manufacturer to have these paints made. Similarly to how people have said that Jackson’s Watercolours are produced by the same manufacturer as Sennelier Watercolours from how the tubes are almost identical and how the paints behave very similarly. If you send some samples of your range to Jane Blundell, I’m sure she’ll be able to pinpoint which major brand your paints are most similar to. As for how old the paints are, it shouldn’t matter. At least I don’t think so, not unless it’s been centuries. I have paints from back in 1990’s and they’re still good.
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blog: https://paintinhiding.wixsite.com/websiteThank you for your replies. If I could ask the giver, I would, but he’s no longer with us. Good idea though!
I’m gonna go with “they are good paints” and now try to figure out how to choose amongst the 80 or more tubes to reduce the overwhelming confusion about choosing colours. Whew!
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[/B][/COLOR][FONT=Garamond]C&C's always welcome...I’m sorry for your loss, I didn’t realise that was the case.
Oto Kano on youtube has a series on colour theory if you’re interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5IO4uSDQps&list=PLpD2RS3zo8zRBXGjKjp_5ZWBTZnKW-4XE
For a beginner though, I recommend a split primary palette. Oto Kano talks about it in Episode 2. If you need help choosing colours, I’d love to help. If not, just work with the colours that attract you and make you happy.
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