Description
Cassel Earth is a very dark brown verging on black, transparent paint supposedly used by Anthony van Dyke in his paintings. The pigment is sourced from Germany and the intense brown is due to the presence of lignite and iron/manganese oxides, the same substances present in coal and peat which gives an indication of the hue.
Not to disparage the paint in any way, it has the feel and hue of old engine oil and I can imagine you could build some magnificent Rembrandt type, deep, airy, darks by applying multiple glazes of it.
This version is particularly transparent and quite lean. You could almost glaze with this one straight from the tube.
It is lightfast and slow drying.
Technical Overview
Pigment - PBr8
Opacity - Transparent
Drying Time - Slow
Binder - Linseed Oil
