TEXTURE - As any quality oil paint should, these paints have a smooth and buttery consistency that makes them easy to blend and layer on the canvas. MIXABILITY - Artists can easily mix and blend colours to achieve their desired hues and create subtle transitions in their artwork. Achieve a multitude of colour shades, allowing you to completely customise your work. DRYING TIME - These paints have a slower drying time compared to acrylics, allowing artists more time to work and manipulate the colours on the canvas. Create textured results with the consistency and drying time. SURFACES - Faber-Castell oil paints work well on a range of canvas surfaces, including stretched canvas, canvas boards, and even wood.Try your hand at a different surface to make an exciting new project! The compact sets are an easy and inexpensive way of getting started with new painting techniques. Each set contains 12 selected colours, respectively chosen for each technique. Hobby artists are inspired by the high pigmentation and extraordinary brilliance of the colours which can be applied dirctly from tube. The different product features open up new ways of application possibilities.