Gamblin : Artist Oil Paint : 37ml (1oz) : Terre Verte

When creating their Artists’ Oil Colours, Gamblin were mindful not only of how an artist works, but also of an artist’s working environment. Gamblin Artists’ Oils have the best qualities of traditionally made oils paints, combined with the latest technical innovations, to give the ultimate working properties. The Artists’ Oil range spans from historically accurate paints to modern, synthetically derived hues.

Terre Verte: Historically used as a bole for gilding and as underpainting for flesh tones in Medieval painting (verdaccio), Terre Verte, or green earth, was made from volcanic celadonite and/or a mineral of sedimentary origin; Robert Gamblin mixed this colour because true natural green earth pigment is unpredictable in colour and availability. Gamblin Terre Verte is an excellent colour for grisaille; it has a weak masstone and very muted tint.

Pigment: Natural hydrated iron oxide, hydrated chromium oxide, bone black (PY 43, PG 18, PBk 9)
Binder: Alkali refined linseed oil
Lightfastness I, Series 2, TRANSPARENT