Value of Plastics as a Painting Support

Artists have been using plastics as a substrate for their work since their development as a consumer material. Early plastics were heralded with such acclaim that they were awarded special honors during the London 1862 World’s Fair. These nitrocellulose plastics were used in constructions by artists Naum Gabo and Antoine

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Good Wetting and Poor Wetting

Acrylfarbe auf Plastik

Von Vaikunt Raghavan, Ph.D. Grundlagen der Benetzung und Haftung Wenn eine Flüssigkeit mit einem Feststoff in Berührung kommt, entstehen neue Schnittstellen oder Grenzen zwischen diesen unterschiedlichen Materialien. Obwohl es viele Faktoren gibt, die die Haftung der Acrylfarbe auf dem festen Kunststoff fördern oder verhindern, ist das wichtigste Element die Fähigkeit

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Die Wissenschaft hinter QoR

Dow® Chemical patentierte erstmals 1977 unser neues Aquarellbindemittel für QoR, (Poly(2-ethyl-w-oxazolin). Es ist heute eher als Aquazol® bekannt, da es an einen anderen Hersteller lizenziert wurde. Zu seinen zahlreichen einzigartigen Eigenschaften gehörte seine Löslichkeit in einer Vielzahl von Lösungsmitteln einschließlich Wasser. Seine Eigenschaften für die Verwendung als Klebstoff wurden erstmals

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QoR Watercolor Effects

QoR Mediums and Grounds

The recent introduction of QoR®, our new and original take on watercolors, gave us the opportunity to broaden the range of techniques and applications possible with a companion line of Mediums and Grounds. QoR Grounds greatly expand the breadth of surfaces that can accept watercolor paint and provide the freedom

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Williamsburg Wax Medium

From the very beginning, oil painters have used mediums to extend, modify, tweak and transform their paint in one way or another. These have run the gamut from the simple use of solvents when creating an initial wash to much more complex concoctions and recipes that involve the blending of

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Williamsburg Upside Down Can

Turning the World of Cans Upside Down

Recently we set about testing a variety of solutions for what has been a constant problem: preventing a can of paint from forming a skin, especially when stored for months or even years at a time. Plastic wrap pressed against the surface definitely worked, but also created a mess when

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Friedel Dzubas Monumental Works

Friedel Dzubas Monumental Works

By the middle of the twentieth century the traditional notion of the artists studio, that of the ‘garret’, gave way to the availability of spacious commercial lofts in downtown New York City that had been abandoned in the post-war period. As manufacturing moved out of New York, artists moved into

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Made In Paint

Made In Paint

The second annual Made in Paint exhibition opening was among the most highly attended events hosted by the Golden Foundation to date. Approximately 300 visitors filled the Sam and Adele Golden Gallery (The SAGG) on April 12, 2014 to view the works of 20 artists from around the world. These

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From Mark Golden

Dear Just Paint readers, We’ve just reached our 30th edition of Just Paint and with it, just a moment of reflection on what we have tried to create with our newsletter. First, a huge thank you to our Editor for the last 20 issues of Just Paint, Jodi O’Dell. Without

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Using High Flow

Markers, Mops, Daubers and GOLDEN High Flow

Drawing with pens and ink in artwork is not new. Artists have always combined drawing with painting, and the very act of painting itself incorporates drawing as line whenever one color or value is placed beside another, a thicker passage shows its edge against a thinner passage, or wet paint

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