Inspiration

This brush cleaner is suitable for use with Cobra water-mixable oil paint as well as traditional oil paints.

Create your own medium or make your paint fatter with Cobra water-mixable safflower and linseed oil. These oils increase the flow and transparency of the paint.

Cobra water-mixable oil paint can of course be thinned with water, but a thinner can be very useful as well.

When working with oil paint, solvents like white spirit are often used to mix and thin the paint. Our mission is to minimise the use of these solvents since they are harmful for your health and the environment.

While working with oil paint, you create waste that is contaminated by paint. Paint cannot be disposed of in your regular trash or the sewer system, so always make sure to properly dispose of this waste to minimize your impact on the environment. But how do you properly dispose of paint waste? In this video we will show you how to collect the waste, how to clean palettes and brushes and how to handle paint tubes.

Facial features are difficult to recreate, especially when working with oil colours. In this step-by-step plan, artist Zarina Situmorang (@zarinasart on Instagram) shows us how she builds a mouth using Cobra oil colours. “Today we’ll be painting lips together! They will have a soft pastel look. It means that we don’t need saturated colours and high contrasts.” Let’s begin!

Facial features are difficult to recreate, especially when working with oil colours. In this step-by-step plan, artist Zarina Situmorang (@zarinasart on Instagram) shows us how she builds a nose using Cobra oil colours. “Today we’ll paint a nose. I love noses! And I hope that I could share a piece of my love with you by this tutorial.” Let’s begin!

Acrylic paint is completely different to oil paint.