Description
A deeper version of King's Blue, lovely sky blue quality, straight out of the tube onto your palette, it is like squashing little lumps of summer sky with your palette knife.
The name was given by English manufacturers to Smalt, a cobalt-based pigment which was used in the 16th-17th centuries as a more available alternative to Lapis Lazuli. Unfortunately, a few smalt-based paints were prone to fade into a light grey, as some Veronese skies demonstrate.
The introduction of Ultramarine made it almost obsolete, so here is offered a completely reliable substitute blend which evokes the aerial effects of the great Venetian decorators.
Technical Overview
Pigments - PB29 & PW4 & PW6
Vehicle - Linseed Oil
Opacity - Opaque
Munsell - Hue 7.5 PB - Value 6 - Chroma 12
Michael Harding Oil Paint
