Review on 🎨 DANIEL SMITH 37ml Tube of Original Caucasian Flesh Tone Oil Color Paint, SKU: 284300142 by Summer Hendricks

This less expensive natural ultramarine (lapis lazuli) from Daniel Smith is not from Afghanistan (which is a more expensive clear blue form). This is a dark ash blue that is still very useful for glazing and dropping colors for shadows. I use it quite often. Keep in mind that the pigment distribution in real ultramarine is uneven (and varies in size), resulting in more refraction of light in the glaze than in synthetic ultramarine (whose pigments are very uniform and therefore less refractive). My big issue with this brand is that the ash blue lapis lazuli is ground in safflower oil, which has a less cohesive and durable paint film (safflower is generally considered less archival, having only been used since the mid-20th century). Because lapis lazuli has unique properties, it's best to spend big (around $100) on a tube of Afghan-mined paint. Michael Harding and Natural Pigments are two great companies, and their real ultramarine is ground in linseed oil. I also bought Daniel Smith's Genuine Malachite (out of curiosity) because it was Titian's favorite (and nobody else makes it). This is a beautiful light green flaxseed country and it gets five stars. I'm just going to end here and say that I'm still giving Daniel Smith (Ultramarine Ash Blue) (Genuine Lapis Lazuli) four stars because I use it quite a bit in my drawings.