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CREATING A LEVELING GESSO GROUND OBJECTIVE:Create a beautiful, matte, level ground for painting. Not suitable as a pouring ground. GOLDEN PRODUCTS:– GOLDEN Black or White Gesso– GOLDEN Color Pouring Medium MATTE– GOLDEN Gloss Medium (if needed) TOOLS / MATERIALS:– Rigid painting surface– Container with lid for mixing and storing– Soft brush STEP – BY – … Read more
Homepage CREATING A POURED PASTEL GROUND OBJECTIVE: Create a toothy level ground for use with dry media. GOLDEN PRODUCTS:– GOLDEN Pastel Ground (8 oz.)– GOLDEN Color Pouring Medium MATTE (8 oz.) TOOLS / MATERIALS:– Rigid painting surface– Container with lid for mixing and storing (16 oz.) STEP – BY – STEP: STEP 1: Start … Read more
Translucent Matte Pour over a Drawing OBJECTIVE: Create a beautiful, matte, level surface over a drawing for painting or as a finished product, free of brush strokes or tool marks. GOLDEN PRODUCTS:– GOLDEN Fluid Acrylics Raw Umber – GOLDEN Color Pouring Medium MATTE (8 oz.) TOOLS / MATERIALS:– Rigid painting surface– Mixing stick or palette knife– Container … Read more
This chart provides information on pigments used in Golden Acrylics. Pigment density is one of many factors affecting the behavior of acrylic paints within color pours. Generally, heavier pigments will have a tendency to sink and lighter pigments could rise to the surface. To see a larger image, click here to download the chart as a PDF. … Read more
Unpolished Stone Natural Stone is available in many forms and finishes, with porous ones providing the best adhesion. Before using, always make sure the stone is thoroughly cleaned. It is generally fine to draw or paint directly on clean stones with acrylics, oils, and watercolors. If less absorbency is desired, apply a commercial masonry primer … Read more
Raw Aluminum Often found in hardware and building supply stores. Comes in a wide range of types and thicknesses, and may have surface treatments. See Painting on Metal: An Introduction for more detail. At minimum, scuff the surface, degrease with isopropyl alcohol, then use a commercial DTM (Direct to Metal) or Bonding Primer suitable for … Read more
Aluminum Composite Material (Dibond®, E Panel®, Alucobond®, AlumaComp®, etc.) Aluminum composite material (ACM), popular in the sign painting industry, is comprised of two prepared sheets of aluminum with a solid polyethylene core. It comes in different finishes, with a polyester-based white or clear coating being the most common. Before priming, lightly sand or abrade and degrease … Read more
Plywood (Common) Qualities of plywood vary greatly. If applying water media on thin plywood. Cradling or bracing is recommended to avoid warping. Although you can draw or paint directly on the plywood panel with oils, watercolors, or dry drawing media, we recommend a barrier for most applications. When painting with any acrylic paint, medium, gesso, … Read more
Unfinished Artist Panel (Maple, Birch, or similar) These products are typically found in art supply stores and are generally a good option; kiln dried, relatively stable, and engineered for this purpose. Acrylics, Oils, Watercolors & Drawing: You can draw or paint directly on wood panel. When painting with any acrylic paint, medium, or ground, 2 or more … Read more
Paper varies widely. Follow the recommendations for media by the manufacturer. Thicker ones are less prone to buckling with water media. For best results, use the media as recommended by the paper manufacturer and test. When working on these types of papers, acrylics, watercolors, and dry drawing media, a barrier is not required. However, when … Read more
