Schmincke Mussini Oil Paint Set Wooden Box 10 x 35ml Tubes

Mussini is an oil paint distinguished worldwide for its unique quality, incorporating natural resins as a binder. The Mussini series features 101 colors and 7 gold tones. Of these, 64 colors consist of a single pigment, ensuring the highest possible level of vibrancy, brilliance, and purity. Additionally, 42 of the colors in the series are exquisite, elegant semi-transparent shades. The pigments are of premium artist quality and possess the highest possible pigment density. As with all paints in the Schmincke artist series, lightfastness and permanence are of the highest grade. The drying process is balanced, occurring at the same rate throughout the paint layer. When applied to the painting surface, Mussini paints form a permanent and tension-resistant paint film. The Mussini series is available in 35 ml tubes for 108 colors and 150 ml tubes for 32 colors. Known globally for its unique texture, quality, and characteristics, Mussini oil paints were born from the centuries-old experience of the Italian painting tradition and are named after Professor Cesare Mussini, who worked at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts. The striking color quality of the Mussini series stems from the use of traditional oil painting techniques preserved over many years, as well as the careful selection of pigments and the use of natural resins as binders. The Mussini series possesses all the essential features that artists worldwide seek in oil paints: brilliant radiance, the highest level of lightfastness, and a pleasant, smooth buttery consistency. Mussini is manufactured by incorporating only the finest traditional pigments and some state-of-the-art pigments at the highest possible density per unit volume. Mixtures made with these paints lose none of their brilliance and produce results as effective as paints composed of single pure pigments. Composed solely of high-quality pigments and natural binders such as linseed oil, safflower oil, and dammar resin, these paints owe their excellent light-refracting properties, enhanced vibrancy, brilliance, and extraordinarily durable color layers to the quality of these raw materials. The superior drying characteristics of Mussini oil paints result from the evaporation of the solvent content in the natural resin as the oil-based components absorb oxygen and expand, causing the paint layer to shrink and settle optimally. This balanced drying process occurs uniformly throughout the paint layer, creating a tension-resistant and permanently guaranteed film. Schmincke Mussini oil paints can be extremely easily mixed with other Schmincke oil paints (Norma Professional, Akademi, and College series) and oil painting mediums to achieve creative tones.