Id guess the clear oil is either aluminum hydroxide PW24 or calcium carbonate PW18 in oil. More likely to be PW24 because PW18 makes colors matte and alters texture and body a bit whereas PW24 just alters transparency and saturation. PW24 is actually a common additive to colors like pthalos and quinacridones to control their overwhelming intensity, especially pthalos.
Watercolorist here (I started in oils and they are still my first love, my ride or die!) and Maimeri Blu is a very popular watercolor brand. You can find the watercolor products everywhere. I had no idea that they did oils so maybe they are just now getting into producing oils and that's why it's not widely available as of yet? They are known for their non toxic watercolors, they don't use any of the toxic pigments, etc so I'm guessing they are going to do the same with their oil line.
I researched a little bit about Maimeri and it's products as it's one of the few European brands I could buy locally. I believe that they started selling oil paints first. They are most known for their oil paints. The Maimeri Blu line had been reformulated. Before they did use toxic pigments, it might be because their watercolor lines didn't do too well and didn't stand out from the competitors. They even discontinued their student watercolor line, Venezia. I don't think that they will stop using toxic pigments for the oils as there are still so many oil painters who will choose Cadmiums and other toxic pigments even when given other options, whilst watercolorists nowadays tend to prioritize transparent colors which toxic pigments are usually not.
@chivalrousguy2930 oh wow, how cool! Here in the US Maimeri Blu suddenly popped up and everyone was talking about them and how they don't use toxic pigments etc etc. Their "new" non toxic watercolors were the only product anyone would talk about, the only one on the US art sites, etc. Like I said, I had no idea they even made oils! Just goes to show. I do like their watercolors, but not enough to own more than the few tubes I have (Michael Harding, Daniel Smith, Roman Szmal, and Holbein are just better for the types of intense and interesting colors I prefer). And as far as oils go, I would like to try them, to see if they stack up against my Williamsburg, Old Holland, and, again, Michael Harding. I actually don't care one whit about toxic pigments, in either my watercolors or oils, I don't like cadmium anyway, I think they're ugly, but you will have to pry cobalt out of my cold, dead, rigor mortis stiffened hands. So if they sell oils that have pigments I enjoy I'll have to invest in some. Thank you! Without digging deep I would never have known all that.
You're welcome! Sorry if I went out of line by replying in the first place. I'm in Japan so for watercolors, Holbein's easy to get and cheap compared to imported brands. Love Daniel Smith but it's quite hard to find. Same here, Cobalt Turquoise is one of my favorite color! So won't stop using Cobalts too. I don't know if they sell all of the Maimeri oil paint grades there in the US. Maimeri Puro is their highest grade oil line, there are also Artisti (artist grade), Classico (student grade) and Terre Grezze D'Italia (which are earthy and beautiful looking but really dirt-like coarse unlike normal oil paints) Hope you find the pigments you enjoy!
@chivalrousguy2930 Your comment was absolutely welcome and I would never consider it out of line, even on a bad day! I love learning new things, especially about the topics that interest me. And now I'm even more interested in their oils - I had no idea they had so many different lines too! I would love to try the Puro line since, I'm sure you know, most brands just go from student to artist grade (also calling the artist grade their "professional"), sometimes with an even lesser line branded for kids. So again, thank you and I hope all of your endeavors for the future work out for you!
A store called Hartem in Spain lists 40 ml tubes of this on their website, but it's out of stock. Seems to be a brand new thing on the Maimeri website, so maybe it's just not out very widely yet.
I'm in the UK: Jackson's is the store I go to when I can't find an obscure art product or brand _anywhere else_ over here. I'd have to check, but Maimeri is a pretty unfamiliar name. I'd assume it doesn't clutter the shelves of too many UK art shops. 😅 So I guess I'm off to browse the Jackson"s site again...
Judging by how it looks coming out of the tube, it might be oil + chalk. Chalk becomes transparent when mixed with oil and will give the oil some body. Natural pigments has something similar called Velazquez medium, which will be thicker than this because it uses stand oil.
Id guess the clear oil is either aluminum hydroxide PW24 or calcium carbonate PW18 in oil. More likely to be PW24 because PW18 makes colors matte and alters texture and body a bit whereas PW24 just alters transparency and saturation. PW24 is actually a common additive to colors like pthalos and quinacridones to control their overwhelming intensity, especially pthalos.
Watercolorist here (I started in oils and they are still my first love, my ride or die!) and Maimeri Blu is a very popular watercolor brand. You can find the watercolor products everywhere. I had no idea that they did oils so maybe they are just now getting into producing oils and that's why it's not widely available as of yet? They are known for their non toxic watercolors, they don't use any of the toxic pigments, etc so I'm guessing they are going to do the same with their oil line.
I researched a little bit about Maimeri and it's products as it's one of the few European brands I could buy locally. I believe that they started selling oil paints first. They are most known for their oil paints. The Maimeri Blu line had been reformulated. Before they did use toxic pigments, it might be because their watercolor lines didn't do too well and didn't stand out from the competitors. They even discontinued their student watercolor line, Venezia.
I don't think that they will stop using toxic pigments for the oils as there are still so many oil painters who will choose Cadmiums and other toxic pigments even when given other options, whilst watercolorists nowadays tend to prioritize transparent colors which toxic pigments are usually not.
@chivalrousguy2930 oh wow, how cool! Here in the US Maimeri Blu suddenly popped up and everyone was talking about them and how they don't use toxic pigments etc etc. Their "new" non toxic watercolors were the only product anyone would talk about, the only one on the US art sites, etc. Like I said, I had no idea they even made oils! Just goes to show. I do like their watercolors, but not enough to own more than the few tubes I have (Michael Harding, Daniel Smith, Roman Szmal, and Holbein are just better for the types of intense and interesting colors I prefer). And as far as oils go, I would like to try them, to see if they stack up against my Williamsburg, Old Holland, and, again, Michael Harding. I actually don't care one whit about toxic pigments, in either my watercolors or oils, I don't like cadmium anyway, I think they're ugly, but you will have to pry cobalt out of my cold, dead, rigor mortis stiffened hands. So if they sell oils that have pigments I enjoy I'll have to invest in some. Thank you! Without digging deep I would never have known all that.
You're welcome! Sorry if I went out of line by replying in the first place.
I'm in Japan so for watercolors, Holbein's easy to get and cheap compared to imported brands. Love Daniel Smith but it's quite hard to find. Same here, Cobalt Turquoise is one of my favorite color! So won't stop using Cobalts too. I don't know if they sell all of the Maimeri oil paint grades there in the US. Maimeri Puro is their highest grade oil line, there are also Artisti (artist grade), Classico (student grade) and Terre Grezze D'Italia (which are earthy and beautiful looking but really dirt-like coarse unlike normal oil paints) Hope you find the pigments you enjoy!
@chivalrousguy2930 Your comment was absolutely welcome and I would never consider it out of line, even on a bad day! I love learning new things, especially about the topics that interest me. And now I'm even more interested in their oils - I had no idea they had so many different lines too! I would love to try the Puro line since, I'm sure you know, most brands just go from student to artist grade (also calling the artist grade their "professional"), sometimes with an even lesser line branded for kids. So again, thank you and I hope all of your endeavors for the future work out for you!
A store called Hartem in Spain lists 40 ml tubes of this on their website, but it's out of stock. Seems to be a brand new thing on the Maimeri website, so maybe it's just not out very widely yet.
I'm in the UK: Jackson's is the store I go to when I can't find an obscure art product or brand _anywhere else_ over here. I'd have to check, but Maimeri is a pretty unfamiliar name. I'd assume it doesn't clutter the shelves of too many UK art shops. 😅
So I guess I'm off to browse the Jackson"s site again...
Hi Cally, could you do a review on the Giallo di Napoli oil color. The most opaque brands of this color
I'll do my best to find some, but it seems to be an italian-only brand. Google is not helping particularly much...
@@CallyKariShokka Grazie
Judging by how it looks coming out of the tube, it might be oil + chalk. Chalk becomes transparent when mixed with oil and will give the oil some body. Natural pigments has something similar called Velazquez medium, which will be thicker than this because it uses stand oil.
*the comment, like the oil, is clear, there's nothing here ooooh spoooooky*