Description
- Smooth buttery consistency
- High level of pigmentation provides good covering power
- Excellent tinting strength and clean mixing for rich, vibrant colours
- Colours remain unchanged from wet to dry
- Very good lightfastness: Mont Marte Premium Oil Paints have a lightfast rating of 6 or above (equivalent to ASTM2). This means that under museum lighting conditions, the pigment will remain unchanged for 50-100 years
- Slower drying time gives you more flexibility to experiment with layering, blending and brush techniques
- Touch dry after 3-4 days (completely cures in 6-12 months)
- Finish varies across colours in the range
- Non-toxic
Handy hints:
- Use oil paints with wooden palettes (solvents such as turpentine and white spirits may damage plastic palettes)
- Change paint consistency by adding small amounts of turpentine and linseed oil
- Prepare your surface with a coat of primer
Techniques:
- Oil painting
- Glazing and sgrafitto
- Wet-on-wet
- Palette knife painting
- Impasto
- Grisaille
- Colour blocking
- Chiaroscuro
- Mixed media