Serious about your art? You've probably heard of GOLDEN paints. This is their Heavy Body Acrylic in Cobalt Blue, and it's a favorite for a reason. The consistency is what artists love – it's exceptionally thick, smooth, and buttery straight from the 2 fl oz tube. That means it holds brushstrokes and palette knife marks beautifully, perfect for creating texture and impasto techniques. It's a professional-grade paint, so it doesn't have any fillers, extenders, or dyes junking it up. You're getting pure, high-quality pigment. The color is a vibrant, semi-transparent cobalt blue with excellent permanency and lightfastness, so your finished work won't fade over time. Once dry, the paint film is flexible, water-resistant, and UV resistant. It conforms to ASTM safety standards (just a heads-up, it has a Prop 65 warning for a chemical known in California to cause cancer, which is common in many artist pigments). Made right in the USA. If you want rich, expressive color and top-notch performance, this is a studio staple.