Cobra Study Oil Paint

When I woke up this morning, my first thought was: I’ve forgotten to clean my brushes! I didn’t get round to painting yesterday or last night. I preferred to go to bed after the workshop and after fixing the painting teacher’s tablet.

As it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find Artisan oil paints (water-mixable), I’ve decided to give Cobra oil paints for beginners a go. These paints currently cost €3.95 for 40 ml, which is 50 per cent cheaper, so I was able to buy twice as many colours (I don’t need to mix them and I can use some of them abroad).

No idea what this will be. Just clouds?





Lees 's see what's in the clouds...





About 30 minutes left before I leave

I haven’t planned anything specific that I want to paint, and so far it’s turned out quite differently from what I’d originally intended, namely, I don’t want it to have the dark background that the Old Masters used. That’s something I find soothing, so who knows, I might go over it tomorrow with Payne’s grey and black.

Do I notice a difference in the quality of Cobra Student compared to Artisan? That’s not something I can judge, as I don’t work with oil paint very often, nor do I use water-mixable oil paint. What Indonlikevitbthe result with the samo brush and the change of color and how light it works. Of course, the thicker layers should come on top of the thinner later (with me the blue clouds).
Who knows, perhaps I’ll be able to say more about this paint and the lasting result in the future. As far as I’m concerned, this type of paint is definitely here to stay. After all, it’s just oil paint with a little something extra.
Incidentally, I mainly paint straight from the tube; only the white did I mix with a bit of medium on a palette this time. And this time I didn’t forget to wash out the brush.

_{Materials: canvas, Cobra oil paint: Prussian blue, titanium white, permanent light green, water, flat brush 12 (Van Bleiswijk), medium for Cobra oil paint mixable with water.
9-8-2026}