Paint?

[azurechaos]

hi guys, i've been curious about this for a while. i'm an artist who's currently only using pen & ink, and charcoal, but i soon will move into painting. does anyone here know what paints are vegan?

[MsRuthieB]

Alot of paints use casein in them believe it or not. I don't know off the top of my head which are vegan though. Are you looking for oil based or watercolor?

[MsRuthieB]

Anyhow, I buy my supplies here. (http://www.dickblick.com/) They are the cheapest around.

[azurechaos]

most likely oil, i actually was handed down some oil paints and watercolor pencils already, though.

[MsRuthieB]

Most of the better oils are based ith linseed oil. Others are based with saflower oil. And the pigmentation is usually synthetic. The only paint you really need to watch for is the red based paints which can sometimes contain cochineal or variations of.

[azurechaos]

excellent, thank you for the info. which kind of paints use casein?