Product Use & Technical
Working properties, application guidance, mixing and usage.
GOLDEN Acrylic Sets: Exploration & Experimentation
GOLDEN Acrylic Sets are a great way to go from being overwhelmed by the array of colors and mediums available to becoming oriented to the options, possibilities and capabilities of acrylics. Join Kevin Greeland for a quick look at 16 different sets available now from GOLDEN.
Explorer 14 Acrylics Colors & Mediums Set
New for 2018, GOLDEN has repackaged the A-Z 14 set with a new, more lightfast, Benzimadazolone Yellow replacing Hansa Yellow, and more Earth-Friendly packaging made from recycled material. Explorer 14 gives artists an opportunity to try a wide range of GOLDEN Color formulations and acrylic mediums.
High Flow Acrylics - Filling an empty pump marker
Demonstration of how to fill a pump marker using Golden High Flow Acrylics.
GOLDEN Introduces the New High Flow Drawing Set
The new High Flow Drawing Set from GOLDEN includes 10 High Flow colors offered as a collection with the calligrapher, graphic artist and illustrator in mind. This new set offers colors typically used for illustration, such as Indigo and Carbon Black, fancy colors for invitations, such as Iridescent Gold and Teal, as well as, White and a range of mixing colors that artists can use to mix a whole spectrum of colors.
Water Media with Glass Bead Gel: Golden A-Z Set
After creating a shimmering background using Iridescent Color and Glass Bead Gel, Patti Brady walks you through the steps of creating a luminous painting using washes of High Flow color. This is just one of many projects you can try using the materials in the A-Z sets. Remember to stay loose and be open to experimentation with the materials rather than striving for finished artwork, and this project will be a lot more fun and educational.
Rethinking Acrylics for Plein Air
Greg from our product support team will take you through the unique qualities of GOLDEN OPEN Slow-Drying acrylic paints and their suitability for painting outdoors (where regular acrylics dry too fast) as well as other advantages of using OPEN for your next painting.
Learn more about OPEN Slow-Drying Acrylics here: goldenpaints.com/products/colors/open
OPEN Slow-Drying Acrylics Landscape Set
The GOLDEN OPEN Slow-Drying Acrylics Landscape Set is an excellent outdoor palette that allows artists to produce the wide variety of hues, shades and tints encountered in nature.
OPEN Slow-Drying Acrylics Mixing Set
New for 2023 Golden Artist Colors introduces the OPEN Slow-Drying Acrylic Mixing Set with twelve 22 ml tubes of paint and 30 ml OPEN Thinner. OPEN Acrylics provide a painting experience similar to oil paints without the need for solvents, as a slow-drying medium you can blend, glaze, subtract and generally work at a more relaxed pace than you can with traditional acrylic paints. OPEN Acrylics also stay wet on your palette, so there is less waste.
This set includes 22 ml each of: Benzimidazolone Yellow Light, Benzimidazolone Yellow Medium, Naphthol Red Light, Quinacridone Magenta, Phthalo Blue Red Shade, Phthalo Blue Green Shade, Phthalo Green Yellow Shade, Titan Buff, Raw Umber, Carbon Black, and Titanium White.
OPEN Slow-Drying Acrylics Intro Set
The GOLDEN OPEN Slow-Drying Acrylics Intro Set includes a balanced selection of colors, providing an excellent starting point for artists looking to explore the working properties unique to each of our acrylic color lines.
Heavy Body Acrylics Traditional Mixing Set
A selection of historically significant colors ideal for mixing the range of colors needed for figurative painting.
Heavy Body Acrylics Mixing Set
Mixing is easy with the intuitive split primary method. A warm and cool choice of each primary color in addition to other key colors allows the artist to mix an extensive range of colors.
Heavy Body Acrylics Essentials Set
Six versatile, foundational colors capable of mixing a full range of hues, tints and shades.
Heavy Body Acrylics Intro Set
This balanced selection of colors provides an excellent starting point for artists looking to explore the working properties unique to each of our acrylic color lines.
Fluid Acrylics Mixing Set
Mixing is easy with the intuitive split primary method. A warm and cool choice of each primary color in addition to other key colors allows the artist to mix an extensive range of colors.
Fluid Acrylics Intro Set
This balanced selection of colors provides an excellent starting point for artists looking to explore the working properties unique to each of our acrylic color lines.
High Flow Acrylics Airbrush Set
A selection of transparent colors excellent for smooth gradations, highlights, and control in building color intensity.
High Flow Acrylics Drawing and Lettering Set
A selection of ink-like acrylic colors useful for drawing and lettering with pump markers, dip pens or brushes.
High Flow Acrylics Mixing Set
Mixing is easy with the intuitive split primary method. A warm and cool choice of each primary color in addition to other key colors allows the artist to mix an extensive range of colors.
High Flow Acrylics Intro Set
This balanced selection of colors provides an excellent starting point for artists looking to explore the working properties unique to each of our acrylic color lines.
SoFlat Matte Acrylics Zing Set - 6 Color!
Bright, surprising, high-chroma and intense – the colors of the Zing set will jump off your art. Six 2oz. jars: Bismuth Vanadate Yellow, Cadmium Orange, Naphthol Pink, Red Violet, Cobalt Teal and Yellow Green.
SoFlat Matte Acrylic Pop Set - 6 Color!
Bold colors inspired by mid-century pop art and probably the best starting point and value for flat, matte painting. Six 2 oz. jars: Cadmium Primrose, Naphthol Red Light, Ultramarine Blue, Permanent Green, Black and Titanium White.
Crash Paint Solids: A simple way to make paint water safe for disposal
Using this system, artists can remove acrylic paint solids from waste water for more environmentally responsible and safe disposal. This helps reduce build up of acrylics in household plumbing and septic systems, and facilitates safe disposal of acrylic waste.
Read more about the Crash Paint Solids kit in this Just Paint article.
Label / Color chart Iconography - symbol guide
Limited Pigments
Strong and Weak Colors
Choosing Brushes for Use with OPEN Acrylics
Lightfastness Testing at Golden Artist Colors
Pigment Concentration and its Role in Color
The Subtleties of Color
Tools for Texture
Classic Color Mixing Poster
Cool to Warm Listing for GOLDEN Heavy Body Acrylics
Color Mixing Modern - Acrylics
The Value of Painting with Neutral Grays
Color Mixing Guide
Color Wheel
Mixing Certain Colors
Color Mixing with 8 Curated Acrylic Colors
Clean Color Mixing
Drawing with High Flow Acrylics