Master Class Pro

MASTER CLASS
PROFESSIONAL OIL

✓ 128 colours, including 86 single-pigment colours. Maximum concentration of artists’ pigments for rich, pure and expressive colours. Individually balanced pigment-to-linseed-oil ratios maximise the unique properties of each colour and allow every pigment to reveal its full character.

✓ Extensive palette of traditional and modern pigments, including unique cadmium and cobalt colours produced from in-house pigments. A broad collection of natural pigments includes natural earths, Armenian earth pigments and pigments derived from Ural minerals.

✓ Trusted by professional artists and art conservators for its exceptional painting qualities, colour mixing performance and long-term reliability.

MASTER CLASS - The Tradition of Professional Painting

Master-Class is a professional range of oil paints created for artists who demand the highest standards from their materials. The range features the maximum concentration of artists’ pigments, delivering rich, clean and expressive colours with outstanding painting qualities. The palette comprises 128 colours, including 86 single-pigment colours, providing predictable colour mixing and allowing each pigment to reveal its individual character to the fullest.

The formulation is based on high-quality artists’ pigments and purified linseed oil. Modern technological components are used only in the minimum quantities necessary to ensure stability, consistency and long-term durability of the paint film. The ratio of pigment to linseed oil is carefully adjusted for each individual colour according to the specific properties of the pigment. This approach allows every colour to achieve its maximum depth, purity, transparency or opacity, tinting strength and handling characteristics.

The range includes both traditional and modern high-quality pigments. A distinctive feature is its extensive collection of natural pigments, including natural earths, Armenian earth pigments and pigments derived from Ural minerals. The palette also features unique cadmium and cobalt colours produced using pigments manufactured in-house. Maintaining an in-house pigment production base allows Nevskaya Palitra to preserve long-standing traditions in artists’ materials production, ensure consistent quality and create colours of exceptional character and artistic value.

The high pigment load provides excellent colour mixing, expressive brushwork and versatility for both classical layered painting techniques and alla prima painting. Thanks to its high pigment concentration, stable formulations and broad selection of traditional artists’ colours, Master-Class is trusted not only by professional artists but also by art conservators and restorers.

MASTER CLASS IN THE ARTIST’S STUDIO

The video shows Andrey Bazanov working with Master Class oil colours, from the initial colour mixtures to the development of form and the final stages of the portrait. The artist works with a palette of earth colours, cadmiums, cobalt colours, ultramarine and ochres, exploring their behaviour both individually and in mixtures.

The painting process reveals the richness and depth of colour, the consistency of the paints and their ability to build complex tonal and colour relationships.