Series 6 Oil-based paints are highly regarded in the artist community and one of the most versatile forms of painting. These oil based paints can be blended, which is an added benefit when you are trying to achieve certain colors. Oil paints are known for being durable and holding their color for a long time and are slow to dry, which allows and artist to rework the paint to achieve the desired effect. Many artists today consider oil painting to be the fundamental art medium.

Rublev Colours Lead White #2 in filtered, pale walnut oil is an opaque white that is soft and slightly ropey. Lead White #2 is a brighter white than our first flake white (also known as Cremnitz white) because of the paler walnut oil.

Lead White #2 (also known as flake white or Cremnitz white) is an opaque white that is smooth and brushes long in the brushstroke direction. The consistency straight out of the tube is ropey yet retains its shape as you manipulate it while being soft yet sculptural.