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  • PanPastel Colours
    May 13, 2022

    PanPastel Ultra Soft Pastels Explained

    PanPastel Ultra Soft Pastels are professional artists’ quality soft pastel colours packed in a unique pan format. Their special qualities mean that artists can blend and apply pastel (dry) colour like paint. PanPastel Ultra Soft Pastels are incredibly versatile and...

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  • Top 10 Famous Artists Of All Time
    April 5, 2022

    Top 10 Famous Artists Of All Time

    Museums and textbooks are full of the names of famous artists who have left their mark on history. Some names, nevertheless, stick out from the rest. These painters have achieved legendary status for certain reasons, such as their distinct style,...

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  • Choosing the Correct Brush
    February 11, 2022

    Choosing the Correct Brush

    Have you ever tried to perform a job without proper tools? If you have tried to tighten a screw with the wrong screwdriver, remove a staple without a staple remover, or measure a tablespoon of liquid with a household spoon...

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  • Painting Exterior Murals
    February 7, 2020

    Painting Exterior Murals

    Golden Artist Colors' Acrylics can be used for painting exterior murals. Use this information to select the proper system for your needs. SURFACE CONSIDERATIONS Careful selection of surface for mural work should be done first. The ideal situation would allow...

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  • Varnishing Watercolours
    February 5, 2020

    Varnishing Watercolours

    CAUTION: The varnishing of watercolour paintings is a non-reversible addition to the artwork that will permanently change both the nature and appearance of the piece. Understanding these issues as well as performing application testing is critical before applying any varnish...

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  • What, Why, and How of Golden Molding Pastes
    March 19, 2019

    What, Why, and How of Golden Molding Pastes

    What is Molding Paste? Molding Pastes are opaque products that can be used to create textural surfaces. Manipulation can be done while wet, or after the paste has dried. Molding Paste and Hard Molding Paste can be sanded, carved by...

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  • New Golden Colours Benzimidazolone Yellows
    February 20, 2019

    New Golden Colours Benzimidazolone Yellows

    New formulated golden Benzimidazolone Yellows. Recent rests reveal that pigments PY3 and PY73, used in Hansa Yellow Light and Hansa Yellow Medium formulations no longer meet ASTM Lightfastness standards for acrylics...
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  • Oil Painting Mediums
    January 15, 2019

    Oil Painting Mediums

    Painting mediums offer a great deal more than simply extending oil colours. Mediums modify the working properties of oil colour from the tube – from a fluid consistency for expressive mark making to a stiff paste for creating thick, crisp marks. Painting mediums also broaden the visual qualities of our colours – from increasing the transparency of paint layers, to creating a range of surface qualities, from high gloss to matte.
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