The "Master-Class" series is aimed at the most demanding customers—professional artists. Professional products made from high-quality expensive pigments (including proprietary pigments: coloring earths, cadmium and cobalt pigments) and carefully selected binders ensure maximum authenticity and durability of completed artworks.
The oil paints of the "Master-Class" comprise high-quality pigments (including proprietary pigments: cadmium and cobalt pigments, coloring earths) and a binder. Colors prone to fading are made using a special non-yellowing oil. The base of the other colors consists of specially processed linseed oil. The high-art oil paints of "Master-Class" are products for the most demanding masters.
Among the rich palette of colors, there are paints of amazing origin and history.
Volkonskoite — is a paint made from a unique dark green pigment with a pistachio hue, which is only mined in Russia, in the Ural Mountains. The mineral can be found in various shades from dark green to bright green. Artists appreciate this paint for its transparency along with its pure color and uniqueness of shade.
Particular attention should be paid to the history of the creation of the paint Neapolitan Yellow, which was initially created by order of the State Hermitage for the restoration of Rembrandt's painting "Danaë." The golden rain falling at Danaë's feet was restored using Neapolitan Yellow from the Artistic Paint Factory.
Oil paints are available in 46 ml tubes (114 colors), as well as in sets of 6 colors in 46 ml tubes, and 8 and 12 colors in 18 ml tubes.
The paints do not change their original tone after drying, allowing them to be used in restoration work.
Many paints are mono-pigmented, which enhances color purity and durability, improving the mixability of the paints.