Stack Lead White Michael Harding Oil Colour Cold Pressed - Medium heat and freezing

heat and freezing

the durability

In contrast to the many major producers of acrylic paints

and mixed media

The 44 glazing colours are characterized by the highest brilliance and luminosity and create a unique depth of light-effect in the paint film

Stack Lead White Michael Harding Oil Colour Cold Pressed - Medium heat and freezingFor my stack Lead White process I take strips of lead and hand roll them into spirals and place them in small clay pots where they stay suspended above a small amount of vinegar. The pots then are buried beneath mounds of steaming, biologically active horse dung. The chemistry is simple: vapours of acetic acid from the vinegar first corrode the lead creating a coating of lead acetate, then carbonic acid from the warm horse dung converts the white