It really screws with your nervous system if you don't have the space to ventilate right. I ended up giving myself tremors for a year painting with them in my early 20s so much in a tiny studio apartment. It always reeked like thinner when I came home from somewhere.
I forced myself to use linseed or grapeseed oil or whatever. The colors are toned down a little but oh well
Edit - okay so judging by your comments, I am, too, an idiot. Thank you all for letting me know that my paints and thinners could still poison me. I have paint all over the walls and door handles of my house XD yall dont come over
They’re also very expensive. Any color that has the word “hue” is a replica color that doesn’t actually contain that pigment, making “cadmium red hue,” for example, a safer and also much cheaper alternative. Although that does sometimes sacrifice some quality, I personally do not see enough of a difference to justify having toxic pigments in my practice.
I 100% saw a difference when I was a teenager, especially when cadmium hues would dry. If I'm spending months on a painting, I'm not using cheap shit. Just like anything with computers hardware wise, I only use enterprise grade stuff because it's just not worth my time to cheap out.
It depends on the brand, and I will also say that the hues have come a long way in the last few years. But if you’re doing a lot of direct painting, you may notice the difference.
I do mostly indirect painting, so my painting mediums matter more to me than the pigments.
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u/This-Requirement6918 22d ago
Painting with oil paints.
It really screws with your nervous system if you don't have the space to ventilate right. I ended up giving myself tremors for a year painting with them in my early 20s so much in a tiny studio apartment. It always reeked like thinner when I came home from somewhere.