Golden Fluid Paints with Mixing Guide

Since I’m teaching a class for the next few weeks, I thought I would address a few of the questions that come up in the class.  One of the first things we discuss is the type of paint we will be using

I ask my students to buy a set (or individual bottles) of Golden fluid acrylics containing the following colors: Hansa Yellow Medium, Naphthol Red Light, Quinacridone Magenta, Phthalo Green (Blue Shade), Phthalo Blue (Green Shade), Yellow Ochre, Titanium White, and Zinc White.  The set comes with a mixing guide that shows you how to mix almost any color from these 8 paints.

These fluid paints are top quality artist paints with a high concentration of pigment that work well for the glazing and watercolor techniques, and can be mixed with higher viscosity mediums textural effects.   We will also use other artist quality heavy body paints in tubes from Liquitex, Golden, and other manufacturers to add texture in the top layers of the painting.

I recommend that you buy the best quality materials (especially paint) that you can afford, even as a beginner.  Student grade paints have less pigment, so they don’t cover well or mix evenly, and you will be frustrated at being unable to obtain the results you expect.

If you want to learn all the technical details about the Golden color mixing guide, here is a link http://www.goldenpaints.com/artist/mixguide.php