April 16, 2021
In this video, Emilio Longo visits Langridge Artist Colours in Yarraville, Victoria, to meet founder and master paintmaker, David Coles. Langridge Artist Colours is an Australian based artists’ oil colour manufacturer which was founded in 1992 and since has been serving artists with quality paints both nationally and internationally. The visit features a conversation with David Coles which provides background on David’s history and how he got started in the art materials business through his mother’s art store, in his birthplace of England.
David explains the humble beginnings of Langridge Artist Colours and how he raised it to become one of the leading artists’ oil colour brands in Australia, with it steadily gaining global recognition. This is supplemented with a comprehensive demonstration whereby each stage of the paintmaking process is explained from initial mixing of pigments, milling of oil paint, to final paint tubing.
Langridge Artist Colour’s Website: www.langridgecolours.com