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GOLDEN ARTIST ACRYLICS

The GOLDEN brand of acrylics is known for quality and archival integrity as well as being the most innovative and extensive system available.

WILLIAMSBURG ARTIST OIL COLORS

Williamsburg is known for its quality and extensive palette of oil colors, including genuine Italian and French earth colors.

QOR ARTIST WATERCOLORS

QoR® is a modern watercolor made with an exclusive Aquazol® binder, providing more pigment in every brushstroke as well as a color strength, range and versatility unmatched in the history of watercolors.

PANPASTEL ARTIST PASTELS

PanPastel colors are professional artists’ quality soft pastels packed in a unique pan format. Their special qualities mean that artists can blend and apply pastel (dry) color like paint. Use for painting, drawing and mixed media.

GOLDEN PAINTWORKS

Golden Paintworks offers exceptional decorative products with a focus on faux & decorative artisans, theme artists and professional muralists.

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Alternative Color Mixes for Discontinued Quinacridones

How to mix colors to match discontinued Quinacridone Crimson, Quin/Nickel Azo Gold, and Quin Burnt Orange colors.

Product Development and Testing at GOLDEN

In this article we provide some insight into the product development lifecycle and testing methods used at GOLDEN.

Wet Sanding Acrylics

Adding water to the process of sanding acrylics lubricates the surface to reduce the build up of heat, and softens the acrylic, making it easier to ab...

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Creating a Smoother Canvas Surface

Creating a smoother canvas surface can be easy with Molding Paste. This preparation works well for oils, acrylics, and other media and creates a su...

More Ways to Paint!

Golden Artist Colors is the manufacturer of five acrylic color lines, QoR Artist Watercolors, Williamsburg Artist Oil Colors, and (now!) PanPastel ...

Isolation Coat Application for Small Paintings

Mike from GOLDEN product support demonstrates the proper technique for applying Golden Isolation Coat on a small painting using a brush. Also cover...

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Update on YInMn Blue

Since 1980 Golden Artist Colors has produced thousands of custom products to meet the individual needs of our creative customers. We are now offering ...

GOLDEN Introduces New Colors to Heavy Body, Fluid, and OPEN Slow-Drying Acrylic Lines

The expansion includes five new Heavy Body Acrylics, 10 new Fluid Acrylics, and three new OPEN Slow-Drying Acrylics.

QoR Artist Watercolors Expansion Offers Artists Even More Opportunity for Creativity with 20 New Colors!

QoR Artist Watercolors introduces 20 new colors to artists, giving them even more opportunity to add richness into their artwork.

Golden Artist Colors Announces New Director of Operations

Golden Artist Colors is proud to announce the recent hire of Glen Chwala to fulfill the role of Director of Operations.

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Materials & Application Support

Our role in the arts community has been to provide artists with the best tools to meet their needs. This includes an obligation to provide the most complete information available on artists' materials from our laboratory, research, and collaboration with other innovators and material scientists.

Please use this resource to obtain information regarding art materials in general, and GOLDEN products in particular. We cover product labeling, guidelines for safe use of art materials, waste disposal and environmental impact. We also provide links to other information that we have found helpful. If you don't find what you need, please contact us.

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