Series 2Kadmium now stocks, dry powder pigments especially made by Natural Pigments, LLC for icon painters. They are the same pigments used by icon painters of ancient times, such as Andrei Rublev.Each pigment is also useful for other painting techniques. Whether you are a novice or an experienced painter, you'll find Rublev dry powder pigments well suited for use in aqueous mediums, such as egg yolk or whole egg (egg tempera), casein, gum Arabic (watercolor), hide glue (distemper) and acrylic polymers. Most perform well in oil and alkyds. Many of these colors are also suitable for fresco and other painting techniques, such as encaustic. The Rublev Colours Dry Pigments 100g- S2 Cyprus Raw Umber Medium-Dry Pigment