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I just started hand coloring with a small set of Marshall's oils, and I like them a lot. Because Marshall's aren't made any more, can you tell me if there would be any problems with using older sets of them? (as long as the tubes aren't hard and dried up). "Vintage" sets seem to come up on eBay regularly.
I haven't tried an older set of those. I did buy a vintage Kodak Velox set of 'watercolors' I think they're called; they're old enough to be in gray packaging instead of school bus yellow so are probably from pre midcentury. Those are dried powdery tints that come on sheets of waxy paper that are perforated and you dip a wet brush like you would watercolors. Those blended in beautifully and I suppose time will tell how they last but I was astounded at how well they work considering how old they are.
I experimented on prints (*edit - I mean traditional glossy darkroom prints) I saved that were 'duds', ones that I may have not been able to tell from just a strip if I was quite 'there' yet and did a half or whole sheet of paper that turned out too light etc. So I suppose I might try the vintage Marshall oils on strips or whatever you have to practice on if you decide to try them.
I found I needed to use a very tiny amount on the tip of just about the smallest brush size you can buy!