This set contains a range of ten French earth colours that are sourced from regions with historical importance. Natural earths provide a type of texture, physical presence, and subtlety of colour that synthetic iron oxides simply cannot provide.

Williamsburg's oil paint accumulated a following and international presence while preserving the handmade integrity of the paint. Each colour is ground to enhance the beauty and luminosity specific to that particular pigment. Some colours will feel slightly gritty, others extremely smooth. The pigments are ground in pure, premium, alkali-refined and PH- balanced linseed oil and made in batches no larger than five gallons at a time. This gives total control over the product, much like the late nineteenth-century French colour makers. All the materials are hand measured, and every ounce of paint is scrutinised.

Contents: French Terre Verte, French Yellow Ochre Deep, French Raw Sienna, French Ochre Havane, French Brown Ochre, French Burnt Umber, French Light Sienna, French Ardoise Grey, French Raw Umber, French Rouge Indien, all in 37ml tubes.