Description
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Crisp body, doesn't slump.
Mica lead white is a semi-opaque white. Lead carbonate ground in Walnut Oil with the addition of a small amount of mica. The mica changes the handling slightly, making it crisper and less stringy and long.
The mica also changes the refractive index, making it semi-transparent and lends it a slightly higher value than traditional lead white, so useful in highlights and making clean high-value tints.
It is lead based paint and should be treated with respect, and sensible studio practice should be maintained (don't let it near children, wear gloves, don't eat and use it, don't wipe onto clothes).
Technical Overview
Pigment - PW1
Binder - Walnut Oil
Opacity - Semi-Transparent
Drying Rate - Medium
Munsell - Hue N - Value 10 - Chroma N/A
