Alternatives to Discontinued Quinacridones
Michael Townsend
June 23, 2023
43 Comments
The loss of key quinacridone paint colors result in Golden Artist Colors creating recipes to recreate them for artists.
Are PanPastel Colors Nontoxic?
Ben Gavett
May 19, 2023
5 Comments
All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; the dosage alone makes it so a thing is not a poison. —Paracelsus, 1538 If just joining the community of Golden Artist Colors product line users, one might not know we avoid the term “nontoxic”. It implies an absolute guarantee, and
Williamsburg Artist Oil Colors – Oil Content by Volume
Greg Watson
April 19, 2023
3 Comments
We have been asked many times over the years to provide oil content information for Williamsburg colors, Extender Medium and Oil Grounds. To answer that request, we have created a chart organizing these products into four categories – Low, Moderate, Medium, and High oil content by volume. We have chosen
The Life of a Test
Scott Fischer
March 16, 2023
12 Comments
At GOLDEN, we want artists to be able to focus on creating without worrying about their materials. That’s why we put so much effort into ensuring that our products are of the highest quality. We believe that the key to creating the best art materials lies in rigorous testing and
Drawing Media Revisited
Mark Golden
February 17, 2023
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Mixed Media Drawing and Surface Prep We are all very excited about the recent acquisition of PanPastel and welcoming it into the GOLDEN Family of products. We have been enjoying our conversations with artists who use their PanPastel Colors as part of their mixed media practice. We will in the future
PanPastel Artist Colors
Golden Artist Colors, Inc.
January 23, 2023
17 Comments
The Development of a New Medium for Artists By Bernadette Ward, Co-founder PanPastel Colors & Sofft Tools We launched PanPastel Colors & Sofft Tools in August 2007, following five years of research and development. The following is a short history of the development of this new medium. The idea behind
Nothing is Black and White with Payne’s Gray
Michael Townsend
December 22, 2022
22 Comments
During a 2011 interview with the British newspaper The Guardian, contemporary British painter George Thomas Shaw described Payne’s Gray as “the color of English rain” (1). This simple characterization delineates the essence of a color that nearly every painter knows. And yet, most artists could not tell you who William
Painting on Glass with GAC 200
Greg Watson
November 21, 2022
15 Comments
Many acrylic artists paint on glass at some point in their career, either for fun or as a serious part of their practice. While there are commercially available bonding primers designed to prepare glass for painting, some artists want a crystal clear product that can be used as a primer
Shiny! QoR Iridescent and Interference Watercolors
Cathy Jennings
September 14, 2022
4 Comments
From its introduction, QoR offered three shimmery shiny special effect colors in tube format: Iridescent Pearl, Iridescent Silver, and Iridescent Gold. The summer of 2022, QoR added three Interference paints available in the “Reflective” six pan set: Interference Violet, Interference Blue, and Interference Green. The original three Iridescent watercolors are
The Value of Painting with Neutral Grays
Greg Watson
July 11, 2022
7 Comments
Neither Warm Nor Cool Positioned between red, yellow and blue, is gray. And sometimes gray is the exact color needed to compliment higher chroma pigments on the palette. Grays can be used to desaturate colors while maintaining or shifting their value, the relative degree of lightness or darkness. They can
