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A few words from Carl Plansky,
founder and owner of Williamsburg Paints
Nearly twelve years ago I began making paint for myself and my friends. I had always been interested in pigments, oils, mediums and old-world recipes; and I enjoyed experimenting with traditional materials. Wherever I traveled I would research the history of painting and the relationship between painters and paintmakers. In France I bought colors from the houses that had made paints for Monet, Matisse, and Cezanne. I analyzed their paint to see how fine or coarse the grind was and to determine where they found their pigments and oils. With this same passion, I now search for the most beautiful raw materials in the world, importing pigments from dozens of countries.

Getting the proper pigment is just the beginning. So much of the quality of oil paint is in the grinding. Each color is ground to enhance the beauty and luminosity specific to that particular pigment. Some of our paint will feel slightly gritty; some, extremely smooth. Our Cerulean Blue will have a beautiful, velvet, light-absorbing surface with an extremely strong covering power; our siennas will often be chunky or gritty to allow light to travel through the vehicle, exposing rich, golden or mahogany undertones instead of just heavy, dull browns.

Our pigment is ground in pure, premium, alkali-refined and PH balanced linseed oil and made in batches no larger than five gallons at a time. This gives us total control over the product, much like the late nineteenth-century French colormakers. All the materials are handmeasured, and every ounce of paint is scrutinized. The paint is packed
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Alizarin Crimson
Alizarin Orange
Alizarin Yellow
Bohemian Green Earth
Brilliant Yellow Pale
Brilliant Yellow Xtra-Pale
Brown Ochre
Brown Pink
Brown Umber
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber
Cadmium Green
Cadmium Green Light
Cadmium Lemon
Cadmium Orange
Cadmium Red Deep
Cadmium Red Light
Cadmium Red Medium
Cadmium Red Purple
Cadmium Red Vermilion
  
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