Holbein Acryla Colored Gesso is a unique and versatile product for fine artists. It can be used as a traditional underpainting on all surfaces, including paper, cloth, many canvases, wood, stone, and primed metal. It is also a fantastic acrylic paint. It is highly pigmented, with an extremely smooth texture and finishes to a matte surface. It may be overpainted with water-based or oil-based colors or pastels. (Available in a full spectrum of beautiful colors.)
"I begin each painting on red canvas. My "Jasper Red" is a 50/50 mix of Carmine and Orange, making a color much like Cadmium Red. Apply gesso over canvas in a; allow it to dry before painting. You get vibrant color and opaque coverage in one thin coat." -Caroline

Permanent White SF

Titanium White

Cadmium Yellow Lemon

Opaque
Permanent color
Five days to dry
Blue-biased

Opaque
Permanent color
Five days to dry
Unbiased

Holbein Artists' Oil Colors rank as one of the world's finest lines of professional oil paints, utilizing the purest of available pigments and manufactured to the highest level of quality control in the industry.

Holbein maintains its quality standards by test inspection of pigment purity, color tone, applicability and adhesion, physical stability, light stability, thermo-stability, and anti-bacterial stability. The manufacturing process in each of the preparation, mixing, grinding, adjustment, and filling stages is monitored by reference to optimum quality standards.

A unique property is the even consistency across the entire palette of colors. Unlike other manufacturers who use traditional methods, formulas and stone rollers, Holbein uses highly advanced manufacturing techniques to produce their colors. The formulation and blending techniques for each color are modified to compensate for the inherent difference in working characteristics of pigments. Every color is ground 3 to 5 times to achieve a universally consistent viscosity. The result is a world class professional oil color without equal.

Holbein's oil paint is the highest-class product that is created from carefully selected pigments and plant oil. The oil color is made by kneading pigments with plant oil such as poppy oil, and linseed oil. The pigments are encapsulated by the oil, and this oil is exposed to air and oxidized to make the oil color hard. It is due to such a chemical change that oil color does not dry right away even if oil painting is completed.

"Holbein's pigment-loaded oils are like butter... irresistible! Their feel and consistent consistency allow me to apply color straight from the tube, unadulterated by any additives. Colors posted under "Seminar Palette" account for my essential palette of dual-primaries plus dual greens. My paintings often feature the color cerulean (Cerulean Blue or Cerulean Blue Hue, depending upon subject). I love to see it pop against my red ground." -Caroline

Holbein Killington Series is the world's leading professional brush. Finest hand-selected, white hog hair bristles, interlocked construction. Seamless nickel-plated brass ferrules, long polished handles. Bright = short-length hairs. Width and length of brush head is about equal. Useful for short, controlled strokes, and with thick or heavy color. Widths: #4=3/8", #6=1/2", #8=5/8", #10=7/8"
"These are my first choice brushes - excellent quality and durability. You get more bang for your buck with a bright style brush - broad stroke, edge or corner tip application. It's stiff yet flexible. Shorter-length bristles can deliver a decisive color load to the canvas in a single stroke." -Caroline

Holbein Sun Thickened Poppy Oil is a traditional oil painting medium made from condensed poppy oil, produced by the orthodox method of exposure to the sun for prolonged periods. A pale oil when compared to linseed oil and yellows less than linseed oil. A type of glossing oil used for oil mediums, varnishes and glazes. Try to mix oil colors with this oil alone, without the combined use of other mediums, and the result will be a painting of such high gloss as to appear similar to emanels. This oil is an individual choice and many artists who enjoy its features in application.
"Exquisite consistency, like honey! In initial applications, I always use colors untiluted by oil medium. This is the oil prefer to extend colors when layering over previously applied paint and also for glazing (finishing step)." -Caroline

Holbein Poppy Oil Purified is an extract of poppy seeds. Its use as a painting medium imparts a natural lustre to the painting. Slightly more liquid than linseed oil and good archival properties.
Note: Linseed oil is an extraction of the seeds of flax. poppy oil is of the seeds of poppy. Both are used for thinning oil colors. Their use as a thinner imparts a natural lustre to the painting. However, linseed oil is a vegetable based oil, and a slight residue of solid oil is left when dry. This condition sometimes causes a yellowing problem with the passing of time. Poppy oil does not have this disadvantage. Most discerning artists use poppy oil for this reason.
"This poppy oil is more liquid than its sun thickened version, making it more suitable for last step glazing. It is also ideal for oiling out a finished (dry) painting surface, enhancing and unifying oil color lustre." -Caroline                                                                               

Gamblin's Gamsol - odorless mineral spirits. Clear and odorless while still doing the job of cleaning oil paint brushes. Harmful aromatic solvent has been removed rating it most user-friendly of turpentine substitute's on the market.
"My favorite solvent. Pour some into a jar; clean brushes. After paint settles to the bottom; continue reusing it. I've had the same gallon for two years" -Caroline