Immerse yourself in the smooth, saturated colour of Liquitex Professional Heavy Body. Dive into its high pigment peaks and defined brush strokes. Experience its thick, buttery consistency, comparable to oil paints. Palette knife and brush strokes remain visible when dry, making it ideal for traditional art techniques, experimental contemporary styles, and mixed media. Impasto applications are free of cracks and chips and flexible when dry. Available in over 100 professional colours. A single pigment-rich transparent blue with green undertones. Allegedly named because it was thought 'bluer than the sea', ultramarine was originally made from semi-precious lapis lazuli. The current pigment was created by French chemist Guimet in 1828 as a synthetic, but chemically-identical alternative. Series 1.