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Gamblin Artists' Oil Color, Asphaltum, 150 ml.
Item ID - GA1030-150
Availability: In Stock
Estimated to Ship: within 48hrs
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Gamblin Artists' Oil Color, Asphaltum is a transparent brownish-black. A hundred years after the Masters' great era, there was a revival in their techniques. Asphaltum was used when painters wanted to artificially age their painting to make them look like an Old Master could have painted them. Organic in nature, the original Asphaltum was coal black and crumbly. The pigment was not ground into oil but rather melted into oil and turpentine. Among the few transparent earth colors, Asphaltum was used in glazing and shading. But it was fugitive. By the end of the 18th century, painters were dissuaded from using the color because it caused paintings to fade and deteriorate at an alarming rate. Most Paintings made with liberal use of genuine Asphaltum (a semi-solid organic material found with oil deposits) have fallen apart. The color Asphaltum is worth saving, so Robert Gamblin formulated this Asphaltum to match the original in color only. Gamblin Asphaltum is lightfast and permanent. Pigment: Transparent Mars Red, Bone Black (PR 101, PBk 9), Vehicle: Alkali refined linseed oil, Lightfastness I, Series 3, Transparent
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