Comments about Maimeri Classico Oil Colors:

Because of my fondness for Maimeri watercolors and the price point and spectrum of the Classico line, I had wanted these paints to be awesome, extremely awesome maybe! What I have noticed in having used several different colors including organic, synthetics and earths is that while I am not blown away maybe, I am quite satisfied. Most recently I had purchased Cadmium yellow deep and Cad lemon as the Cad orange was not available and I was a bit disapointed with the Cad Y deep being so close in hue and value to the lemon (I had wanted the orangish yellow standard cad deep shade) The Cad yellow deep is generally a yellow bordering on orange but the Classico offering is more like a nicely saturated Cad yellow medium from the more standard artsit line oils. On other hand I really am quite impressed with the Cerulean Blue Hue in that it mixes well and has better covering power then I had hoped. I like the oil content of the Clasico line versus Winton and Georgian paints, another bright spot as the Classico's work well out of doors straight from the tube...the Classico seem more like a higher quality paint then to a student grade in that regard. All in all the Classico is a serious value and of high enough standard to use for work that will/should last a lifetime, though I use a different brand of whites! Last note would be to beware of the line up's use of pigment combinations...so many thalo combo hues etc. that one (I) might want to stick with a fairly compact palette and mix for hue, as the Classico single pigments seem of better value then the mixtures..to me. I would recommned obviously and will purchase more myself.

Comments about Maimeri Classico Oil Colors:

I ordered 2 tubes of this paint to try it, having fallen in love with Maimeri Puro. One tube was fine - nice consistency and color, the other was a mess, spewing oil all over my palette -- the paint was apparently separating from the oil. But, Blick was great, and replaced the bad tube immediately, and the new tube they sent is fine. So this may explain why the reviews here are so mixed. Apparently Maimeri has trouble with quality control. So, if you're feeling lucky, this paint is both very nice and a great value.

Comments about Maimeri Classico Oil Colors:

I paint directly, without glazes and Classico oils are great for me. The consistency is soft and the colors are bright. They handle well even without medium.

Comments about Maimeri Classico Oil Colors:

The light yellow is sublime ! Violet lake is delicious !

Who knew paint could be so fabulous?

Coats more and delivers even more !

Comments about Maimeri Classico Oil Colors:

this in my opinion is the best student grade paint you can find, I have used many brands Winton,Lefranc,Lukas,Amsterdam you name it and all have much more titing power and are more thicker but when they dry all have a terrible chalk effect cause all the fillers they have in them! instead these are very oily but when they dry they dry like oil paint so they remain glossy and don't have the color shift of the brands that become flat. only thing is that in the U.S they cost almost 6 bucks !?! that is not the cheapest buy... at that price I would but some Archival by Chroma or some other good brand.

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You get what you pay for. If you are a professional artist, steer clear of these paints. I got a bad batch of these paints once. I had done part of a painting using one of the yellows and within several weeks weird, cloudy films had formed on the surface of the painting from the paint. So I had to start over and wipe off/paint over the screwed up parts. I was not a happy camper.

Now, however, if you are a beginning student/starving artist/Sunday painter go for it. They are definitely very economical...but it comes with a price!

Comments about Maimeri Classico Oil Colors:

RE: 500 ml - The blue, red and yellow have tough clumps . Even scooping it out and attempting to press the gel out with a palate knife, it still had waxy lumps that were difficult to work with. Once you get below the surface, it was better but it is still very waxy and shiny with a semi-opaque quality. I am sure it can be used to make some cool effects. I think it would be best for abstract. Definitely, NOT paint for fine art!