Mont Marte Premium Oil Paint offers artists a high-quality medium featuring 46 rich, non-toxic colors with a smooth, buttery consistency. Formulated with high pigmentation, it delivers excellent covering power, strong tinting capability, and clean color mixing that remains vibrant and unchanged from wet to dry. With an impressive lightfast rating of 6 or above (ASTM2 equivalent), artworks maintain their original appearance for 50 to 100 years under museum lighting conditions. The paint dries to the touch in 3 to 4 days and completely cures within 6 to 12 months, offering a finish that varies depending on the chosen color.
The paint's slow drying time provides artists with maximum flexibility to experiment with a wide range of techniques, including glazing, wet-on-wet, palette knife painting, impasto, grisaille, chiaroscuro, and mixed media. For optimal results, surfaces should be prepared with a primer, and consistency can be adjusted using small amounts of turpentine or linseed oil. Because solvents like turpentine and white spirits can degrade plastic, wooden palettes are recommended when working with this versatile oil paint.
