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From the Studio Desk of:
Ruth Collis

After doing some checking around, I have found that the paints I use direct from the Nova Color Manufacturer in Los Angeles, California, are still the better deal and quality for your money's worth, even ordering paints individually to make this basic set of colors below, that you will find in most stores.

You will find that to buy several tubes of acrylic paint that cost $7-$9 dollars each, will add up to $42-$54, if bought individually. If you buy in the sets, they are cheaper, but the colors are not as accurate, and they will leave out a black at times. What I mean by inaccurate, is that the Liquitex $15 set red will be more orange in color, and too brightly fluorescent, and not give a true "color wheel standard" red. The yellow will be too dark, and you only get 2 ounces of these paints.

The best Liquitex color set that has the more correct, brilliant red shade and bright standard yellow, and white and black included, is about $42, which is still pricey, and about the same as if you bought them individually.

At Nova Color, their starting size is 4 ounces, not 2, and you get double the paint for the price. It comes straight from the manufacturer. The only plus to getting paint from Michael's or your local craft store, is that you get it right away. Even is you wait for their 40% off coupon to be emailed you (if you sign up at their site for their discounts), you will still get half the paint with 2 ounces. The best deal and double the paint size at 4 ounces, is outlined in this chart I made for Nova Color here.

Nova Color Basic Set
(*prices in effect from 2011)

	113 Permanent Carmine	4 oz	$4.75	translucent
	123 Cadmium Yellow Light	4 oz	$5.75	opaque
	122 Ultra Marine Blue	4 oz	$3.75	translucent
	143 Permanent Green Light	4 oz	$5.75	opaque
	120 Yellow Green (*optional )	4 oz	$5.75	opaque
	118 Titanium White	4 oz	$3.85	opaque
	109 Carbon Black	4 oz	$3.35	opaque
Total before tax			$26.35 (without Yel Green added) $32.10

*120 Yellow Green is a really great addition for green plants and using many green hues for foliage.

This picture is a sample of 4 ounces versus 2 ounces of paint.

If you like to add texture or thicker impasto work to a painting, Gel Medium mixed with your paints will get you those results. You can butter it on the canvas with a palette knife, or use as a glue to adhere your printed template designs to a thicker canvas panel, with no paint mixed in, and it will dry clear. Or mix paint in, and add seashells or other fun small objects, and the binder in this gel medium will make your fun small objects stick.

Some Examples of impasto work: impasto flowers, cave painting, or download this free report of Gel Uses.

BUT if you want to get the most for your money, check out the size and price comparisons below. For the convenience of your local craft store, you can get a small amount right away at a way high price of $12.99 for 8 ounces worth, and may be your chance to see how using this thicker paint will work for you, if just starting out.

But look to the right at Nova Color's size: 32 whole ounces for less than what you'd find in the store. That's a QUART, which means you could fit FOUR of those craft store 8 ounce gels into Nova Color's big 32 ounce. That means you'd pay four times the price for not buying in bulk. That's $51.96 before tax, for 4 eight-ouncer's, for what you could get straight at the Nova Color Manufacturer for $11.25. If you want your buck to go farther, buy from Nova Color.

*These exact prices are reflected as of this date: July 29, 2009. Even as prices go up or change, you will still always see the cost-savings for the quantity that Nova Color gives you.

Here are the different sizes of Nova Color. You could really get serious with some mural painting, and if you buy in bulk quantity, you will save all the more.

My 2 cents worth, and findings. Let my legwork do your deciding.

Ruth

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