Golden Artist Colors has launched a new podcast. Paint Stories, a podcast about what has made the journey of the company so special, focuses on the stories of hundreds of amazing artists who have invited Mark and his family into their lives, to share their love of materials and the
Brushes carry our paint from the palette to the canvas. They give us control over our marks and assist us in handling paint and mediums. Therefore, brushes are an important tool for any painter and worth looking into deeper. At GOLDEN, we produce paint in three different mediums: oils, acrylics,
INTRODUCTION Typical waterborne acrylic paints and mediums dry relatively quickly due to the evaporation of water and some other volatile components. Traditional uncovered palette systems only work well with acrylics if you are working very quickly because of this fast dry time. Our very slow-drying OPEN Acrylics are an exception,
Mark Golden: I’m here with Scott Fischer, one of our Material and Application Specialists on staff, to discuss his career as an artist and his journey in the visual arts. What began your passion with art? Scott Fischer: Growing up my focus was on sports. I was a swimmer. I had an
Editor’s Note: Added April 26, 2022 For some time, our recommendation for artists using oils over acrylic has been to work over harder, matte acrylic surfaces and avoid working on softer gels and gloss products. Our intention was to optimize the level of adhesion that would be achieved on a
Für Künstler, die mit gemischten Medien arbeiten, ist es für gewöhnlich die beste Option Ihre Arbeiten hinter Glas mit UV-Schutz auszustellen. Dies bietet ultimativen Schutz vor UV-Licht, Schmutz und Staub. Wer sich gegen eine Montage hinter Glas entscheidet, kann ein Firnis oder Decklack in Erwägung ziehen, was jedoch schwierig werden
Is there a best orientation for stretching fabric and does this really make much of a difference for primed and painted canvas? Well, the general consensus is that the weft should be in the shortest dimension since it is the most reactive. But what is the weft, how can one
When oil painters visit our factory, we always show them these colors. The response is unanimously positive, especially from those who use darker tones or blacks in their work. Williamsburg has six chromatic darks that we want to feature in this article. These colors are all blends, containing a
Mark Golden: I’m here with Greg Watson, one of our Materials & Application Specialists here at GOLDEN, who has been with us since 2015 and I’m embarrassingly late in introducing Greg to the many artists he’s already been assisting. What would you be doing right now Greg if art wasn’t part
Einführung Als QoR Modern Watercolor 2014 in die Welt der Malerei eingeführt wurde, waren wir von der Farbintensität und Verarbeitbarkeit so begeistert, dass wir übersahen auch die Malmittel und Zusätze vorzustellen, die ja ein wesentlicher Bestandteil der Linie sind. Sechs Jahre später hoffen wir, dieses Versäumnis nachzuholen, indem wir tiefer
