Master Class is the artists' line of Nevskaya Palitra, the St Petersburg colour works, and the box says so: the ЗХК mark sits top left, Saint Petersburg is printed inside the diamond beside Master Class, and the range is called Extra-fine ARTISTS' ACRYLIC COLOURS. A corner block gives the format plainly — 12 COLOURS above 18 ml. The tubes lie in a black moulded tray inside a white sleeve.

Extra-fine is a grade claim about pigment grinding rather than marketing filler: it means the pigment is milled finer and loaded heavier than a student paint, which shows as stronger tinting and less filler in the mix. Nevskaya Palitra has been making colours since 1934 and Master Class is its top acrylic range, so this sits alongside our Daler-Rowney System 3 rather than anywhere near the student sets.

The price is the thing to be straight about. Twelve 18 ml tubes is 216 ml, so Rs. 7,650 works out to Rs. 637.50 a tube and Rs. 35.42 a millilitre. That makes it the second most expensive acrylic on our entire shelf, behind only the Daler-Rowney Neon & Glow sampler. Our Daler-Rowney System 3 tubes are Rs. 23.73 a millilitre and our Winsor & Newton Galeria set is Rs. 22.50, so Master Class costs around half again as much as either.

Whether that is worth paying depends entirely on whether you can use the extra pigment load. If you are working thinly, glazing, or mixing precisely, a heavily-loaded extra-fine paint goes further than the price per millilitre suggests, because you use less of it to reach the same strength. If you are covering canvas, it is simply expensive, and our Mont Marte Signature 36 ml sets at Rs. 5.27 will serve you better.

One thing we cannot confirm. Every photograph of this set shows **two Master Class branded brushes** laid beside the tray, and they look like part of the package rather than props. Our supplier's listing describes twelve colours and does not mention brushes. We have not claimed them as included — please ask us on WhatsApp before ordering if the brushes are what decide it for you, and we will confirm with the supplier.

We list this set from 12 years up. The Safencia price is Rs. 7,650 with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan. Stock, your city and delivery charges are confirmed on WhatsApp before dispatch.

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