What is Torrit Grey? Well about a year or so a go my good friend Lorna told me about Gamblin Oil Paint Manufacture’s Annual Painting competition using their color
Torrit Grey.
Every spring, Gamblin Artists Colors collects a wealth of pigments from their Torit® Air Filtration system. They filter the air around the areas where they handle dry pigments so that their workers are not exposed to pigment dust. Rather than sending any of our high quality, expensive pigments into the landfill, Gamblin paint makers recycle them into “Gamblin Torrit Grey”. So Torrit Grey is a compilation of all Gamblin’s pigments and each year it is a slightly different color but always seems to lean toward the green side because of their powerful Phthalo green pigment.
“Pigment dust should not go into the earth, water or landfill, but into paint,” says Robert Gamblin.
Torrit Grey can be acquired at most art stores that sell Gamblin paints. If you buy a tube of Gamblin paint they will give you a tube of Torrit Grey for free! I just ordered some Gamblin paint from Jerry’s Artarama on line and they sent me a free tube.
The competition offers a $500 Gamblin Materials first prize and several secondary awards for more information and an entry form click here. Basically you can use only Torrit Grey, Back, and White the subject matter can be anything……