WHY SO MANY PROBLEMS?

Today I am writing this blog to answer the many problems I see and hear. Every day someone is picking up the brush for the first time and they have many problems. First of all, we all know of the 2 guys who got this technique started, one guy is very popular and they sell a lot of supplies every year. The problem is both "original" companies don't make the same quality or even the same formula of the products the "original" guys used.  What is even worse is the ones who are changing the supplies don't paint or they are just now learning. Tell me, would you want someone to do surgery on you that is just now learning? or would you prefer someone that has been doing it for 10 years successfully? Now the name on the products the "new" guys I mean "old" guys wink, wink, are making might have a name that has been around for 30+ years but the product under the name is not! We're one of the only companies producing art supplies that are designed much in the same way the "original" guys would have used. My mediums are produced to work for oil painting in our technique ( wet-on-wet). That is why the folks who start with us have better success! My brushes are designed for oil painting not painting walls like the other guys who sell their line of brushes. If you want to have success you need the right equipment. We have one of the oldest formulas on the market because it hasn't changed! I created my mediums in 2014 and put them on the market in 2015. You might ask how is that the oldest when the other brand was on the market in the 80's?? that is because the formula has changed about every year since 2014, My medium has stayed the same and actually does its job! My signature mediums are made for our technique. That is why they work! Others are worried more about the marketing term of "non-toxic" than how your painting comes out. That is why their mediums do NOT work! I am worried about how the paintings look if I was worried about toxic mediums I would switch to acrylic or water mix oil paints. I use old school oil paint.  The bottom line is just because the name is original doesn't mean the product is! I designed my products because of the "original" companies changed the quality and formulas. I could see the results from their products in my work and I wasn't happy. I want you to have success, that is why I created Brandon Thomas Art and Brandon Thomas Art Supply.  Even though my brand/name hasn't been around that long, we have the best supplies for wet on wet oil painting!