I have been painting with acrylics for 50 years and started with Liquitex and still use them today. With acrylic paints it really depends on your painting style and what you want to achieve. I use Liquitex along with their medium and mix a very thin layer of paint and build up the surface using this technique. You really have to experiment with paints of any medium to see how it feels and what you can achieve. It's all part of the process of being an artist.
I 100% agree! You won't be able to get everything you meed from one brand. I love to experiment with different brands and materials, and try to improve my painting techniques as much as I can.
@Sizzling Grill I only buy a few tubes of different paints at a time, and depending on how much I like them determines whether or not I will buy more. I also look for items that are on sale. Most art stores will have a big sale around New Years and the beginning of the school year in August. So that is a great time to get some pretty awesome deals. I am also signed up for a few news letters from various art stores so I am informed of anytime there is a good deal.
Could I ask whick medium is best to do this, please. I paint very large pop art and I'd like to make the Liquitex smoother and easier to apply if possible. Thanks.
@@hammersteve8 For pop art which I assume you need a flat and even application of paint I would try the fluid type of acrylics with no need for a medium
@@SaenaFineArt I love their gold!! It is so bright and lively! So full of pigment. And I got a whole set the other day on sale and went nuts trying the colours out. Very creamy. You can see what I do with it on instagram @annesartoflife. I just chucked up a couple pictures so you can see them. Or if you check this link and scroll down to my paintings, you'll see one using this gold, first row, second from the left: battrekonst.se/artist/anne-pilgrim/
As a relative beginner I have loved using Golden and it is what my family knows to buy for Christmas, birthday and any other occasions. I have tried Liquitex too and am pretty happy with them and continue to experiment.
As a professional I use Golden, but mostly I use Golden Open which are a different type of slow drying acrylics that sometimes dries even slower than oils in some mixes. I occasionally mix in other acrylics, liquitex, system3 or amsterdam, but only when I need to use large ammounts or experiment, which I don't do so much anymore. Nice video
Liquitex are better used unmixed or with the Liquitex gel medium. However they do need building up, to bring out their full body. I paint realism on rough surfaces (i.e stone, bone) and i`ll almost always start with Liquitex and then move to Golden or Rembrandt as the detail gets finer, because they allow me to mix them enough to achieve the fluidity that i want, without sacrificing tone and brightness.
I'm definitely a liquitex girl, but this was a great video! 😃 It also helped me understand why I prefer liquitex to golden. I loved hearing why you prefer golden! Thanks for the video!
I think I really love golden acrylics cause one of my favorite colors are cobalt blue hue, purple red and hansa yellow medium cause I actually love the blending on the colors 🤩
great review, its so true how it all comes down to how we use the paint and what our styles are. Both brands have pros and cons. I used to paint with Liquitex's heavy and soft body all the time. After a long time away from acrylic painting, I got into Golden's and I love them, I also like to mix in Liquitex's acrylic gouache, they are a niece combo between the two
@@SaenaFineArt oh man, you should. it took me a while to realize that medium and style aren't always the same. When I paint with watercolours i work so differently then if I was doing my acrylics.
Haha Thought I’d save a few dollars after a decade away from acrylics I was going to try the Liquitex. After this video, I returned them and went back to Golden heavy body. I loved them then, i love them now!
Liquitex all seem to have quite a satin finish where as golden seems to range a lot from almost matt to super gloss. They work well together I use both brands depending on what I need. The Pyrrole orange of liquitex is opaque where as the Golden one is semi transparent
I had that problem, don't remember where I picked up this solution: Save all the plastic wrapping from everything (art products, groceries, whatever, so long as it's clean). Before you close a tube of paint, place a small square (maybe 1.5 inches or 3 cm) over the mouth of the tube. Then screw the cap on over the plastic. This keeps the acrylic from gluing the tube to the cap. Use the piece of plastic a couple times and just replace it (you're pulling this plastic wrap out of the recycling, it's free). You might have to carve some dried paint out of the grooves of the cap (which is easy) or from the threads on the tube's neck (not as easy-- best not to use anything sharp that might slip and puncture your fingers.
I found the same thing , for awhile some stores sold the flip tops that where wonderful and I replaced the tops which worked very well . I believe it would serve golden well to change the lid design .
Thank you, I have just been deciding which brand to buy a lot of colours from, so this was really helpful and showing the pros and cons of both in relation to your style :)
I am so glad I found your video!! I was using liquitex heavy body and found sometimes they didn't "play nice" when blending and I thought it was me!! I have been slowly buying Golden due to the price difference! Thank you so very much!!💕
don't thin acrylics with just water, it breaks down the binder it loses it's ability to hold to the surface. use airbrush medium instead. skim-milk consistency, watery but has binder and will get same results. absorbent surfaces with mechanical adhesives like uncoated canvas or paper are the exception.
Thank you very much for this video. I wanted to do a "test" painting on a stretched linen canvas (the less-expensive Dick Blck brand of canvas). My purpose is to test the Golden brand of isolation coat and then the Winsor & Newton brands of acrylic varnish on this painting to get some experience with varnishing. To do the test painting itself I used 2 different colors of Liquitex Basics and I did not like how the paint applies to linen. I'm just a baby in experience terms, I've never painted before. But still I feel a dislike of Liquitex and I wish I had tried Golden acrylic colors or some other brand. Seeing your video helps me learn and understand differences between paint brands.
I was just working with my new Liquitex Basics and noticed they didn't want to mix or blend. They seemed to have pigment reactions. Now I feel more confident in my observations. I will go with Golden on y next class supply list.
That’s because you’re supposed to use liquitex own - fluid airbrush medium/flow aid rather then water to thin there line of paints out (heavy body) - then Golden who can be thinner with water . Also liquitex have there soft body line, as well as there new gouache line to rectify the problem.
Heavier pigment load usually works better economically, despite higher price. I like a combination of painting methods, so tinting strength matters when thinning with a lot of water, or when adding texture / moulding/ impasto medium. I include glazing medium though, in very watery mixtures, because I read that the binding ability of the paint suffers with a lot of water
Will you do more professional acrylic brands such as; winsor and newton professional acrylic, matisse structure acrylics, lascaux artist acrylics, holbein heavy body acrylic, maimeri brera acrylic, chroma atelier interactive acrylics, old Holland new masters acrylic, m Graham acrylics, schmincke primacryl acrylic, daler rowney cryla, av vallejo artists acrylic.
Great info. Very pleasant to listen to. 👍 ( you would be surprised how vocal tone helps with videos, not everyone should do them) Straight to the point, which I love!
Yeah unfortunately Golden is pretty expensive., even here in the Sates.So I can only imagine how expensive they are in other countries. However they can last quite a while which is nice! I have a few tubes over 5 years old.
It is nice to find out that Liquitex would be the better choice for me and my style in lots of texture. I do do some work that requires a more blendable product and it is nice to know that Golden is the better choice for that style. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the comparison. Have you ever used Arteza acrylics? I've recently switched to those from the Walmart brand and am thrilled but wonder how those compared to the two you did in this video.
I’ve used them and they’re not bad. I also tried Salvador acrylics recommended by Ginger. Love the range of colors. But Golden, Matisse and Holbein are my favorites.
I started out using Liquitex but was frustrated with color mixing. I switched to Golden heavy body acrylics due to the recommendation of a friend who is a professional artist and could not be happier. The small difference in price is not a benefit if you can't the results that you want from a particular product.
Both companies, and their respective products, are excellent! Top shelf! Golden's customer service far surpasses Liquitex from my experience...Liquitex didn't even come close....
I have Chromacryl that is so thick it comes in jars only and has 4 basic mediums to add . It looks more like oils. I also have Matisse colours that are very highly pigmented and cheaper than Golden. I use Matisse flow acrylics as if they were egg tempera but without messing with egg yolks and you have more options if you want a longer dry time with some retarder. I also use Atelier because of the variation in open times.They are not as highly pigmented as Matisse. I also have specific colours that are only available in any particular brand. That's it , 3 aussie brands in the main ,from downunder.Cheers
Liquitex! I thought you had the most fair video I’ve seen but still a bit misleading. Heavy bodied paints aren’t really made to be watered down. I find Liquitex heavy bodied holds brush strokes much better.I also like find the caps and bottles easier to work with. To get golden to the thickness of Liquitex I’m pretty sure I’d end up with less pigment than Liquitex has. May I ask why you don’t just use fluid acrylics?
@@missartsyful I try to be very fair when it comes to products reviews, because not every product is going to fulfill the need of every artist. The pros and cons I have for myself are not going to be same for everyone else. I agree that Liquitex is great for abstract and impasto painters, as I mentioned in the video, and it can retain paint strokes very well. Heavy body paints can be thinned down, the trick is too not thin them out too much. Golden and Liquitex both create mediums and additives to help with thinning out heavy bodies. Water can be used and a great option for beginners who are unfamiliar with mediums. But of course you have to be careful and not use too much water. Mediums are the ideal when it comes to thinning out heavy body paints as they help to keep the integrity of the paint. That is the beauty of heavy bodies, they are extremely versatile and can be used a variety of different ways. Which why I tend to prefer heavy body to fluid paints.
Thank you for this very informative video! I’ve spent weeks trying to decide which acrylic paint to get. I miss using oil paint and want something as close to that as I can get without being too expensive :( golden looks way better in this video, you’re helping me finally decide! :)
You are so welcome! Golden also has line called Open Acrylics. they are supposed to be a slow drying acrylic paint. I will be reviewing those soon ^-^. Thank you for watching!
Hey! Great video thank you quick question is golden paints all colors safe to use i cant find any information about this :( i have cystic fibrosis so i have to watch out for my breathing while using paints thank you
Hello there! Golden is typically very safe to use. Usually the danger with paints come from the loose powder pigments that are used to make the paints. Unless you are making your own paints, this shouldn't be an issue for you. On Golden's website they have a section about the safety of their products. If you want to be extra cautious then I suggest also contacting Golden. Their customer service is amazing and they people to contact them. I hope this helps!
I have had problems with Liquitex paints getting too thick to get out of the tube. They were not old. I especially had problems with Ultramarine Blue, but have had this issue with many of their colors. I contacted them and they said they would send some replacements, but they never did. So I no longer ever buy Liquitex heavy body paints. The soft body ones have been fine. I usually just stick with Golden as I've never had any problems with them and their pigment load is so high.
I just bought Yellows (Lemon or counterparts that are similarly opaque) from Mont Marte, Pebeo (Studio), Amsterdam (Standard), Liquitex (basics), and Golden (HB). When it comes to pigment load, price per mL, and body, Mont Marte's Dimension Acrylic > Lemon Yellow wins for me. It outperformed everything except for Golden heavy-bodied acrylics and Liquitex HB. Dimension acrylics from Mont Marte retains their shape and therefore, preserve your brush strokes. It is worth a try. The only downside is that it's too glossy.
I had the same thing whit liquitex heavy body. I switched to liquitex basics and i was suprised. All the problems you,ve mentiont whit the liquitexheavy body disapeared😊i use only liquitex basics acrylic paint now. I don,t wana use any other brand of paint or the heavy body paint of liquitex
Golden have a fantastic customer service, impressed, the color is heavily pigmented, the web site is a gold mine, i use all the different consistency except the high loads, the high flow black in molotow marker is exceptionnal, love the single pigment paint witch use high performance pigments, they have replace the cap of the tube, and sell a tool for open easely all the tubes, happy to find a company that make a very high quality products rather than make proctuct only for profit, the only real cons is the very high Price un France, for the rest a reference i think, like the philosphy of the company too
I love how much pride they take in their products and service! They are constantly trying to improve their products and make them the best they can be! They really are a great company :).
I read somewhere that a certain artist didn't like Liquitex because of the type of tube it uses. Air gets sucked into it after squeezing out a dollop onto your palette, which makes the paint in the tube lose the consistency it had when the paint was new. In your experience is this a concern?
I haven't had that issue with my Liquitex tubes, I just got them a few months ago. So they are pretty new. Though the white paint I got in my basic kit did have a weird consistency, but that could have been from a number of things. I opened a few tubes at my locale art store, and all of the whites looked fine. So it may be a possibility.
@@SaenaFineArt Thanks. That's good to hear. I really appreciate your comparison that detailed the pros and cons of each product. It's the best I've seen.
Golden typically has that information on the back of their tubes! Most of the tubes will list the paint pigments used to create the paint. If the paint is a mixed color all the pigments used will be listed. Golden also has that information in their website. Thank you for watching!
Golden Cadmium yellow at Blick is 11.39 2 oz. Cad yel is the only Cad I feel I need for its opacity. For me, part of the fun and adventure of painting is experimentation with paints. I have my cheap favorites and some better quality favorites. Golden is good quality no doubt, but I don't feel I have to have that for everything. I also like Utrecht. If I do a painting that fails, its not the paint.
Hey, maybe you know this by now but maybe you don’t so Imma just say it. you are comparing golden which I am pretty sure is a soft body with liquitex line HEAVY BODY you should have bought liquitex basics or liquitex soft body for this comparison. Have you tried (W&N) GALERIA or & What do you think about it? I am looking for a nice gold and a nice lavender/bright purple. Never realized how different all gold-paints are until I decided to do a bunch of paintings with a lot of gold. Do you recommend any particular gold?
Ops, I see now this was 4 years ago. (I googled galeria gold reviews and ironically this with two other brands came up. I am sure u already know about the heavy body by now I am a bit late ;)
I didn't like liquitex too the first time i tried them but i changed my mind . I'm not a expert but for me they are both good . The only difference i find it is that some colors from liquitex have a strange formulation that i try to avoid these specific one (Some violets are very ugly ) but they are also cheaper than golden and other brand than so far so good . The brands i use the most are Golden and Winsor and Newton . But I think that the Artist acrylics by W&N are even higher quality than golden because they have 0 color shift , they stay wet a little longer and some colors like Yellow Ochre are by far more pigmented and intense than golden and all the competitor . The only bad side of W&N artist acrylics is that they are harder to find than golden they have less color and they make only heavy body acrylics . I think if you try W&N Artist Acrylics you will like them even more than golden . They are perfect for your painting style . Nice Review btw 😊
I have wanted to try Winsor and Newton's professional Acrylics, they have some beautiful colors. But my locale art store dosen't carry them, so I will have to order them. I just haven't gotten around to it yet. I do use Winsor and Newton watercolors , and I love them.
@@SaenaFineArt yeah i know they are hard to find but they are very very good . I love the extra time they give me for blending , they have also 0 colorshift and they are made with a very high concentration of pigment than they are easier to use even very diluted . Golden are totally fine they are great especially because you can find them in any viscosity you want (heavy body , soft body etc) and they are very common. I hope you will have the chance to try the W&N artist acrylics too . Keep up the good work . 😊
I jumped into canvas for a change of pace and I’m trying acrylic fir the first time so I have NO reference as to quality and characteristics. My problem is that the acrylic I’m using isn’t pertinent enough. My dry colors are smeared away by new applications of fresh paint. I can only brush over a dry color for two seconds before it starts to smear off the canvas. The brand is Sax off amazon. I’m a long time artist of many sorts especially enamel paint so I want to know if it’s me or the paint. For example, is liquitex basics pertinent once it dries?
So a couple of things could be going on. There is a possibility that your paint isn't fully dry yet. Wet paint can flake or rub off if you try painting over it before it is dry. If you are painting in thick layers then it will take a bit longer for your paint to fully dry even with acrylics. I would suggest painting thinner layers or let your paint dry for longer. The second thing could be your canvas, sometimes inexpensive canvases aren't prepared properly and don't have enough gesso on them. You could try adding a few extra layers of gesso to help your paint adhere better. The last thing is the binder in your paint isn't very high quailty. A low quailty binder can really affect your paints ability to stick. Liquitex Basics are really great paints for beginners! They are inexpensive and the quailty is pretty great for the price. However they can be pretty tough blend, so they will take a bit if work to get really smooth blending. I hope this helps!
Saena Fine Art ..... finally a good answer with more than 5 words lol. I have golden isolation coat on the way and I hope that helps. The canvas is a double primed 12x12 some USA brand. There’s non point buying quality paint before knowing what’s cheap and what’s not first so I went with the Sax brand heavy body but I still have no comparison and I can’t seem to find any comparison videos that includes Sax. I’ve let these colors sit to dry infront of a fan for hrs and days and it’s STILL the same problem it just wipes away! Once the liquitex basics has dried, how resistant is it to painting over with fresh paint? Is it100% permanent?... I can literally start wiping away color from my painting on the canvas with saliva on my finger. I call that 15% permanent, I’m looking for at least 75-80% pertinent/resistant to water & paint. What would you say about how permanent the liquitex basics is?
Hi i have a set of 6 heavy body golden Tubes but i cant get an brown. Is it even possible to to it with phthalo blue, magenta and benzimidazolone yellow? Everytime it looks either to blue or green. And shading with these thic colors is also very difficult do you have a tipp?
While it is possible to mix a brown with the primary colors, it will never be very saturated. It will typically come out very gray. I would recommend in buying a tube of brown paint. Brunt Umber is a great brown to start off with and is very versatile. As for shading I would recommend getting a retarder. Retarders help to increase the flow of the paint along with increasing the drying time of the paint. It will make it much easier to work with. I actually have a video about blending acrylics if you want to check that out.
I love your painting of the Monarch Butterfly. When I was growing up in NZ, there were many of them (they migrate). I haven't seen any in Melbourne. I have a friend who's an important Australian artist tho' his style is not really appreciated here (I will link his site). He was using Matisse, but after I introduced him to Golden, he immediately switched to Golden. One factor in this was that he can get the Golden in pots. I think you should try Holbein, a Japanese brand founded in 1900. The acrylics are not quite so common in the USA but Blick has them. They do have lead tubes but, which I know you don't like (the Matisse structure tubes are tin). I thought Holbein were the best acrylics I have ever tried. A lot of artists have a down on Jo Sonya's as they are marketed as a craft paint, are mostly mixtures, and are very cheap - and also very sticky. They are all flow and go on very smoothly. But when I show ppls my swatches, and ask them to pick out the nicest colours, it's Jo Sonya's all the way. They don't pick a single paint from another brand. You can get them from their warehouse in CA very cheaply. I also tried Old Holland acrylics and was NOT IMPRESSED. www.michaelberry.com.au
Thank you! I had fun painting her. I am very familiar with Holbein, I have several of their acrylic paints and I love them. They have some very interesting colors!
Hello! Golden has a pouring medium called GAC 800. That is what I use. You just have to be careful with the ratios when you are using heavy body paint. Hope this helps!
Canvas is fabric only. It will either be made of cotton, linen , or a cotton blend. You can paint on paper but you have to make sure it has a primer or gesso on it. However you can find paper made specifically for acrylic paint. I personally paint on wood or hard boards.
I have been painting with acrylics for 50 years and started with Liquitex and still use them today. With acrylic paints it really depends on your painting style and what you want to achieve. I use Liquitex along with their medium and mix a very thin layer of paint and build up the surface using this technique. You really have to experiment with paints of any medium to see how it feels and what you can achieve. It's all part of the process of being an artist.
I 100% agree! You won't be able to get everything you meed from one brand. I love to experiment with different brands and materials, and try to improve my painting techniques as much as I can.
@Sizzling Grill I only buy a few tubes of different paints at a time, and depending on how much I like them determines whether or not I will buy more. I also look for items that are on sale. Most art stores will have a big sale around New Years and the beginning of the school year in August. So that is a great time to get some pretty awesome deals. I am also signed up for a few news letters from various art stores so I am informed of anytime there is a good deal.
@@SaenaFineArt
I m a beginner....do u use liqiutex on fabric or paper canvas for acrylic paint...tnx
Could I ask whick medium is best to do this, please. I paint very large pop art and I'd like to make the Liquitex smoother and easier to apply if possible. Thanks.
@@hammersteve8 For pop art which I assume you need a flat and even application of paint I would try the fluid type of acrylics with no need for a medium
I would rather get a set of golden paints all different iridescent colors than diamonds lol
Me too!!
@@SaenaFineArt Can you get Schminke over there?
@@annepilgrim6865 Yup! I have only seen them online vs in store though. I would love to try them, I have heard great things about Schminke.
@@SaenaFineArt I love their gold!! It is so bright and lively! So full of pigment. And I got a whole set the other day on sale and went nuts trying the colours out. Very creamy. You can see what I do with it on instagram @annesartoflife. I just chucked up a couple pictures so you can see them. Or if you check this link and scroll down to my paintings, you'll see one using this gold, first row, second from the left: battrekonst.se/artist/anne-pilgrim/
As a relative beginner I have loved using Golden and it is what my family knows to buy for Christmas, birthday and any other occasions. I have tried Liquitex too and am pretty happy with them and continue to experiment.
Both are really great products! Experimenting is great and is something I continue to do :).
As a professional I use Golden, but mostly I use Golden Open which are a different type of slow drying acrylics that sometimes dries even slower than oils in some mixes. I occasionally mix in other acrylics, liquitex, system3 or amsterdam, but only when I need to use large ammounts or experiment, which I don't do so much anymore.
Nice video
Liquitex are better used unmixed or with the Liquitex gel medium. However they do need building up, to bring out their full body. I paint realism on rough surfaces (i.e stone, bone) and i`ll almost always start with Liquitex and then move to Golden or Rembrandt as the detail gets finer, because they allow me to mix them enough to achieve the fluidity that i want, without sacrificing tone and brightness.
I'm definitely a liquitex girl, but this was a great video! 😃 It also helped me understand why I prefer liquitex to golden. I loved hearing why you prefer golden! Thanks for the video!
You're so welcome! I am glad that you enjoyed it!
Short, to the point, filled with lots of good information and examples. excellent video!
Thank you!
I think I really love golden acrylics cause one of my favorite colors are cobalt blue hue, purple red and hansa yellow medium cause I actually love the blending on the colors 🤩
Helped me decide which paints to try next. Currently using Blick Studio and a bit of Liquitex, but I think I'll be venturing to Golden.
Thank you. This explains a lot.
I love your attentive audience behind you. That black one is REALLY paying attention.
great review, its so true how it all comes down to how we use the paint and what our styles are. Both brands have pros and cons. I used to paint with Liquitex's heavy and soft body all the time. After a long time away from acrylic painting, I got into Golden's and I love them, I also like to mix in Liquitex's acrylic gouache, they are a niece combo between the two
I agree! I have acutally been wanting to make a video about how your medium can influence your style.
@@SaenaFineArt oh man, you should. it took me a while to realize that medium and style aren't always the same. When I paint with watercolours i work so differently then if I was doing my acrylics.
Haha Thought I’d save a few dollars after a decade away from acrylics I was going to try the Liquitex. After this video, I returned them and went back to Golden heavy body. I loved them then, i love them now!
Liquitex all seem to have quite a satin finish where as golden seems to range a lot from almost matt to super gloss. They work well together I use both brands depending on what I need. The Pyrrole orange of liquitex is opaque where as the Golden one is semi transparent
They are both great paint brands and will definitely fill the gaps that the other brand has :).
Opening the tube for reuse, golden terrible, Liquitex fantastic
I had that problem, don't remember where I picked up this solution: Save all the plastic wrapping from everything (art products, groceries, whatever, so long as it's clean). Before you close a tube of paint, place a small square (maybe 1.5 inches or 3 cm) over the mouth of the tube. Then screw the cap on over the plastic. This keeps the acrylic from gluing the tube to the cap. Use the piece of plastic a couple times and just replace it (you're pulling this plastic wrap out of the recycling, it's free). You might have to carve some dried paint out of the grooves of the cap (which is easy) or from the threads on the tube's neck (not as easy-- best not to use anything sharp that might slip and puncture your fingers.
I thought I was the only one who struggled with this lol
Just clean the end of the tubes before you close them
I found the same thing , for awhile some stores sold the flip tops that where wonderful and I replaced the tops which worked very well . I believe it would serve golden well to change the lid design .
I totally agree. I keep a small pair of pliers in my paint drawer for that very purpose.
Thank you, I have just been deciding which brand to buy a lot of colours from, so this was really helpful and showing the pros and cons of both in relation to your style :)
I am glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching.
I am so glad I found your video!! I was using liquitex heavy body and found sometimes they didn't "play nice" when blending and I thought it was me!! I have been slowly buying Golden due to the price difference! Thank you so very much!!💕
You are very welcome! I am glad you found my video helpful. Thank you so much for watching!!
I find if you use medium instead of water to thin the paint it helps a great deal .
don't thin acrylics with just water, it breaks down the binder it loses it's ability to hold to the surface. use airbrush medium instead. skim-milk consistency, watery but has binder and will get same results. absorbent surfaces with mechanical adhesives like uncoated canvas or paper are the exception.
This video was created with beginners in mind, who may not know what mediums are. I will be creating a few videos in the future about mediums.
Hi Saena. Very fine video showdown. Thank you for sharing.👍
Great review! I prefer Golden too as they feel more like oils.
They do have an amazing buttery texture!
Thank you so much for this great video! I've been looking for acrylic paint reviews and this is the best one I found so far!! :)
You are very welcome! I am glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful!
Same ! :) Thank you so much, the video has been very useful for me too !
@@emilied6440 You are very welcome as well!! Thank you so much for watching!
Thank you very much for this video. I wanted to do a "test" painting on a stretched linen canvas (the less-expensive Dick Blck brand of canvas). My purpose is to test the Golden brand of isolation coat and then the Winsor & Newton brands of acrylic varnish on this painting to get some experience with varnishing. To do the test painting itself I used 2 different colors of Liquitex Basics and I did not like how the paint applies to linen. I'm just a baby in experience terms, I've never painted before. But still I feel a dislike of Liquitex and I wish I had tried Golden acrylic colors or some other brand. Seeing your video helps me learn and understand differences between paint brands.
I am glad that you found it helpful! Picking out the right paint can be a challenge in the beginning. I wish you luck on your art journey!
Great review! Lots of information, answered all of my questions. Thanks for posting.
No problem! Thank you for watching and I am glad you found my video helpful!
Thank you for specifying why liquitex is good. I do abstract art so will try them out as i need bold colors
I am glad you found it helpful! I have some friends who do beautiful abstract work with Liquitex, so I hope you like them! Thank you for watching!
I was just working with my new Liquitex Basics and noticed they didn't want to mix or blend. They seemed to have pigment reactions. Now I feel more confident in my observations. I will go with Golden on y next class supply list.
Kathy Kidd comparing basics to Golden is not a fair comparison. You must compare heavy body to heavy body.
Thank you for this comment. It really helped me gain confidence in my observations as well. I, like you, will be switching over to Golden brand.
Thanks for this, I have used both and Golden don't go bad over the years but Liquitex does@
How so? Like the colors fade?
That’s because you’re supposed to use liquitex own - fluid airbrush medium/flow aid rather then water to thin there line of paints out (heavy body) - then Golden who can be thinner with water .
Also liquitex have there soft body line, as well as there new gouache line to rectify the problem.
I would like to try out the soft body line from Liquitex and compare it with the heavy body line.
Great tutorial Madam.
So according to you Liquitex Acrylic heavy body is good for abstract painting right ?
Thank you
Yes, definitely! I have friend who uses it for his abstract art.
Excellent video! C!ear and to the point! Bravura presentation!! No wasted time! Highly informative!
This video was very helpful. I think I’m going to try using golden
Heavier pigment load usually works better economically, despite higher price. I like a combination of painting methods, so tinting strength matters when thinning with a lot of water, or when adding texture / moulding/ impasto medium. I include glazing medium though, in very watery mixtures, because I read that the binding ability of the paint suffers with a lot of water
Will you do more professional acrylic brands such as; winsor and newton professional acrylic, matisse structure acrylics, lascaux artist acrylics, holbein heavy body acrylic, maimeri brera acrylic, chroma atelier interactive acrylics, old Holland new masters acrylic, m Graham acrylics, schmincke primacryl acrylic, daler rowney cryla, av vallejo artists acrylic.
I am planning on doing a few videos comparing other professional brands!
Fantastic video. Thanks for posting!
Great info. Very pleasant to listen to. 👍 ( you would be surprised how vocal tone helps with videos, not everyone should do them) Straight to the point, which I love!
I am glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you very much for watching!!
my art professor made us buy golden with like 10 colors. now I'm broke. mine were $23 CAD but thank God for student discounts
Yeah unfortunately Golden is pretty expensive., even here in the Sates.So I can only imagine how expensive they are in other countries. However they can last quite a while which is nice! I have a few tubes over 5 years old.
I got some of mines for $10, some $15 and $20 in CAD
Very helpful. Thanks for sharing your experienced thoughts.
It is nice to find out that Liquitex would be the better choice for me and my style in lots of texture. I do do some work that requires a more blendable product and it is nice to know that Golden is the better choice for that style. Thanks for the video.
No problem! I am glad that you found it helpful!
Thanks for the comparison. Have you ever used Arteza acrylics? I've recently switched to those from the Walmart brand and am thrilled but wonder how those compared to the two you did in this video.
I have heard of Arteza! I am acutally planning a video about Arteza, I am hoping to release it soon.
I’ve used them and they’re not bad. I also tried Salvador acrylics recommended by Ginger. Love the range of colors. But Golden, Matisse and Holbein are my favorites.
I started out using Liquitex but was frustrated with color mixing. I switched to Golden heavy body acrylics due to the recommendation of a friend who is a professional artist and could not be happier. The small difference in price is not a benefit if you can't the results that you want from a particular product.
so cute so nice so informative thank you!
Both companies, and their respective products, are excellent! Top shelf! Golden's customer service far surpasses Liquitex from my experience...Liquitex didn't even come close....
I have Chromacryl that is so thick it comes in jars only and has 4 basic mediums to add . It looks more like oils.
I also have Matisse colours that are very highly pigmented and cheaper than Golden. I use Matisse flow acrylics as if they were egg tempera but without messing with egg yolks and you have more options if you want a longer dry time with some retarder.
I also use Atelier because of the variation in open times.They are not as highly pigmented as Matisse.
I also have specific colours that are only available in any particular brand. That's it , 3 aussie brands in the main ,from downunder.Cheers
I was able to find the atelier paint in Canada and I just love them 😊
Have you tired Liquitex or Golden? If not what is your favorite brand of acrylic paint?
Golden!!!!!!! Love ur video
@@aungaro6071 I am glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!!
Liquitex! I thought you had the most fair video I’ve seen but still a bit misleading. Heavy bodied paints aren’t really made to be watered down. I find Liquitex heavy bodied holds brush strokes much better.I also like find the caps and bottles easier to work with. To get golden to the thickness of Liquitex I’m pretty sure I’d end up with less pigment than Liquitex has. May I ask why you don’t just use fluid acrylics?
@@missartsyful I try to be very fair when it comes to products reviews, because not every product is going to fulfill the need of every artist. The pros and cons I have for myself are not going to be same for everyone else. I agree that Liquitex is great for abstract and impasto painters, as I mentioned in the video, and it can retain paint strokes very well.
Heavy body paints can be thinned down, the trick is too not thin them out too much. Golden and Liquitex both create mediums and additives to help with thinning out heavy bodies. Water can be used and a great option for beginners who are unfamiliar with mediums. But of course you have to be careful and not use too much water. Mediums are the ideal when it comes to thinning out heavy body paints as they help to keep the integrity of the paint. That is the beauty of heavy bodies, they are extremely versatile and can be used a variety of different ways. Which why I tend to prefer heavy body to fluid paints.
Thank you for this very informative video! I’ve spent weeks trying to decide which acrylic paint to get. I miss using oil paint and want something as close to that as I can get without being too expensive :(
golden looks way better in this video, you’re helping me finally decide! :)
You are so welcome! Golden also has line called Open Acrylics. they are supposed to be a slow drying acrylic paint. I will be reviewing those soon ^-^. Thank you for watching!
Exactly my thoughts! Using acrylic for a few reasons now but love and miss the depth and effect of oils, so wanting to buy some decent acrylics.
Hey! Great video thank you quick question is golden paints all colors safe to use i cant find any information about this :( i have cystic fibrosis so i have to watch out for my breathing while using paints thank you
Hello there! Golden is typically very safe to use. Usually the danger with paints come from the loose powder pigments that are used to make the paints. Unless you are making your own paints, this shouldn't be an issue for you.
On Golden's website they have a section about the safety of their products. If you want to be extra cautious then I suggest also contacting Golden. Their customer service is amazing and they people to contact them. I hope this helps!
Not sure if you'll see this ... but is there any major difference between student vs pro Titanium White ... is it worth paying more for pro white?
Do you worry much about the Plus side (1 to 3 plus signs)? If I spray my painting afterwards, will this help?
I have had problems with Liquitex paints getting too thick to get out of the tube. They were not old. I especially had problems with Ultramarine Blue, but have had this issue with many of their colors. I contacted them and they said they would send some replacements, but they never did. So I no longer ever buy Liquitex heavy body paints. The soft body ones have been fine. I usually just stick with Golden as I've never had any problems with them and their pigment load is so high.
I am glad that the Gold and the soft bodies have worked out for you. And yes that pigment in golden is just amazing!
I just bought Yellows (Lemon or counterparts that are similarly opaque) from Mont Marte, Pebeo (Studio), Amsterdam (Standard), Liquitex (basics), and Golden (HB).
When it comes to pigment load, price per mL, and body, Mont Marte's Dimension Acrylic > Lemon Yellow wins for me.
It outperformed everything except for Golden heavy-bodied acrylics and Liquitex HB.
Dimension acrylics from Mont Marte retains their shape and therefore, preserve your brush strokes. It is worth a try. The only downside is that it's too glossy.
Dang! This turned out great! I love watching these! Going to sub to see more!
Thank you very much!! I am glad you are enjoying !!! Thank you for watching!!!
I had the same thing whit liquitex heavy body. I switched to liquitex basics and i was suprised. All the problems you,ve mentiont whit the liquitexheavy body disapeared😊i use only liquitex basics acrylic paint now. I don,t wana use any other brand of paint or the heavy body paint of liquitex
This was very helpful. I only need 2 colors, since I only use acrylic to create under paintings for my oil paintings.
Very helpful! Thanks! I've always wondered. My style is more like yours. I like using Winsor & Newton Professional as well
You are very welcome!! I want to try out Winsor and Newton's professional acrylic line. They have alot of really pretty pinks and mauves!
Saena Fine Art absolutely! I rely on their dioxazine purple, the various quinacridones, the perelyne violet...
Can i use this GOLDEN ACYLIC paint inside of my AQUARIUM on my 3D printed decorations.. and use it as a protective sealer as well..
Golden have a fantastic customer service, impressed, the color is heavily pigmented, the web site is a gold mine, i use all the different consistency except the high loads, the high flow black in molotow marker is exceptionnal, love the single pigment paint witch use high performance pigments, they have replace the cap of the tube, and sell a tool for open easely all the tubes, happy to find a company that make a very high quality products rather than make proctuct only for profit, the only real cons is the very high Price un France, for the rest a reference i think, like the philosphy of the company too
I love how much pride they take in their products and service! They are constantly trying to improve their products and make them the best they can be! They really are a great company :).
I read somewhere that a certain artist didn't like Liquitex because of the type of tube it uses. Air gets sucked into it after squeezing out a dollop onto your palette, which makes the paint in the tube lose the consistency it had when the paint was new. In your experience is this a concern?
I haven't had that issue with my Liquitex tubes, I just got them a few months ago. So they are pretty new. Though the white paint I got in my basic kit did have a weird consistency, but that could have been from a number of things. I opened a few tubes at my locale art store, and all of the whites looked fine. So it may be a possibility.
@@SaenaFineArt Thanks. That's good to hear. I really appreciate your comparison that detailed the pros and cons of each product. It's the best I've seen.
@@charlesreidy2765 No problem! I am glad that you found my video helpful!
I'd be interested in a review of M. Graham acrylics.
I have never heard of those. I will have to look into them!
Can.you give exemples for the non mixing liquitex?
You could have titled the vidéo why I don't like liquitex.
Are you financed by golden??
I’m so glad I saw your video. If I were to purchase Golden, how do I know if it’s a mixable paint?
Golden typically has that information on the back of their tubes! Most of the tubes will list the paint pigments used to create the paint. If the paint is a mixed color all the pigments used will be listed. Golden also has that information in their website. Thank you for watching!
Golden Cadmium yellow at Blick is 11.39 2 oz. Cad yel is the only Cad I feel I need for its opacity. For me, part of the fun and adventure of painting is experimentation with paints. I have my cheap favorites and some better quality favorites. Golden is good quality no doubt, but I don't feel I have to have that for everything. I also like Utrecht. If I do a painting that fails, its not the paint.
Exactly! I use a couple other brands beside Golden. But Golden is what I use the most since it I have easy access to it.
Thanks this is great info..just bough the Golden as your info was super !
I am glad! Thank you so much for watching!
Hey, maybe you know this by now but maybe you don’t so Imma just say it. you are comparing golden which I am pretty sure is a soft body with liquitex line HEAVY BODY you should have bought liquitex basics or liquitex soft body for this comparison.
Have you tried (W&N) GALERIA or & What do you think about it?
I am looking for a nice gold and a nice lavender/bright purple. Never realized how different all gold-paints are until I decided to do a bunch of paintings with a lot of gold. Do you recommend any particular gold?
Ops, I see now this was 4 years ago. (I googled galeria gold reviews and ironically this with two other brands came up. I am sure u already know about the heavy body by now I am a bit late ;)
Wouldn't Golden Heavy Body do well with the palette knife?
This was so helpful. Thanks so much!
You're so welcome!
Great review and comparison. Thanks for sharing!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!
Very helpful. Thank you!
Wonderfully done, Thank You!
You are very welcome! Thank you so much for watching!
I didn't like liquitex too the first time i tried them but i changed my mind . I'm not a expert but for me they are both good . The only difference i find it is that some colors from liquitex have a strange formulation that i try to avoid these specific one (Some violets are very ugly ) but they are also cheaper than golden and other brand than so far so good .
The brands i use the most are Golden and Winsor and Newton . But I think that the Artist acrylics by W&N are even higher quality than golden because they have 0 color shift , they stay wet a little longer and some colors like Yellow Ochre are by far more pigmented and intense than golden and all the competitor . The only bad side of W&N artist acrylics is that they are harder to find than golden they have less color and they make only heavy body acrylics . I think if you try W&N Artist Acrylics you will like them even more than golden . They are perfect for your painting style . Nice Review btw 😊
I have wanted to try Winsor and Newton's professional Acrylics, they have some beautiful colors. But my locale art store dosen't carry them, so I will have to order them. I just haven't gotten around to it yet. I do use Winsor and Newton watercolors , and I love them.
@@SaenaFineArt yeah i know they are hard to find but they are very very good . I love the extra time they give me for blending , they have also 0 colorshift and they are made with a very high concentration of pigment than they are easier to use even very diluted . Golden are totally fine they are great especially because you can find them in any viscosity you want (heavy body , soft body etc) and they are very common. I hope you will have the chance to try the W&N artist acrylics too . Keep up the good work . 😊
It’s helpful to hear that Winsor and Newton hold up well. They’re cheaper in the UK for me and easy to find.
This was very helpful. Thank you. 🙂
You are very welcome! Thank you for watching!
I jumped into canvas for a change of pace and I’m trying acrylic fir the first time so I have NO reference as to quality and characteristics. My problem is that the acrylic I’m using isn’t pertinent enough. My dry colors are smeared away by new applications of fresh paint. I can only brush over a dry color for two seconds before it starts to smear off the canvas. The brand is Sax off amazon. I’m a long time artist of many sorts especially enamel paint so I want to know if it’s me or the paint.
For example, is liquitex basics pertinent once it dries?
So a couple of things could be going on. There is a possibility that your paint isn't fully dry yet. Wet paint can flake or rub off if you try painting over it before it is dry. If you are painting in thick layers then it will take a bit longer for your paint to fully dry even with acrylics. I would suggest painting thinner layers or let your paint dry for longer. The second thing could be your canvas, sometimes inexpensive canvases aren't prepared properly and don't have enough gesso on them. You could try adding a few extra layers of gesso to help your paint adhere better. The last thing is the binder in your paint isn't very high quailty. A low quailty binder can really affect your paints ability to stick. Liquitex Basics are really great paints for beginners! They are inexpensive and the quailty is pretty great for the price. However they can be pretty tough blend, so they will take a bit if work to get really smooth blending.
I hope this helps!
Saena Fine Art ..... finally a good answer with more than 5 words lol. I have golden isolation coat on the way and I hope that helps. The canvas is a double primed 12x12 some USA brand. There’s non point buying quality paint before knowing what’s cheap and what’s not first so I went with the Sax brand heavy body but I still have no comparison and I can’t seem to find any comparison videos that includes Sax. I’ve let these colors sit to dry infront of a fan for hrs and days and it’s STILL the same problem it just wipes away! Once the liquitex basics has dried, how resistant is it to painting over with fresh paint? Is it100% permanent?... I can literally start wiping away color from my painting on the canvas with saliva on my finger. I call that 15% permanent, I’m looking for at least 75-80% pertinent/resistant to water & paint. What would you say about how permanent the liquitex basics is?
Hi i have a set of 6 heavy body golden Tubes but i cant get an brown. Is it even possible to to it with phthalo blue, magenta and benzimidazolone yellow? Everytime it looks either to blue or green. And shading with these thic colors is also very difficult do you have a tipp?
While it is possible to mix a brown with the primary colors, it will never be very saturated. It will typically come out very gray. I would recommend in buying a tube of brown paint. Brunt Umber is a great brown to start off with and is very versatile. As for shading I would recommend getting a retarder. Retarders help to increase the flow of the paint along with increasing the drying time of the paint. It will make it much easier to work with. I actually have a video about blending acrylics if you want to check that out.
Golden May be more expensive but with their high pigment load you use less and the tubes last longer.
That is part of the reason I love them!
I love your painting of the Monarch Butterfly. When I was growing up in NZ, there were many of them (they migrate). I haven't seen any in Melbourne.
I have a friend who's an important Australian artist tho' his style is not really appreciated here (I will link his site). He was using Matisse, but after I introduced him to Golden, he immediately switched to Golden. One factor in this was that he can get the Golden in pots.
I think you should try Holbein, a Japanese brand founded in 1900. The acrylics are not quite so common in the USA but Blick has them. They do have lead tubes but, which I know you don't like (the Matisse structure tubes are tin). I thought Holbein were the best acrylics I have ever tried.
A lot of artists have a down on Jo Sonya's as they are marketed as a craft paint, are mostly mixtures, and are very cheap - and also very sticky. They are all flow and go on very smoothly. But when I show ppls my swatches, and ask them to pick out the nicest colours, it's Jo Sonya's all the way. They don't pick a single paint from another brand. You can get them from their warehouse in CA very cheaply.
I also tried Old Holland acrylics and was NOT IMPRESSED.
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Thank you! I had fun painting her. I am very familiar with Holbein, I have several of their acrylic paints and I love them. They have some very interesting colors!
Hi. How do mix Golden heavy body paint for fluid art, do you use floetrol?
Hello! Golden has a pouring medium called GAC 800. That is what I use. You just have to be careful with the ratios when you are using heavy body paint. Hope this helps!
Please do a Winsor Newton pro vs Golden video 🙏
I have some things in the works ;).
which one is better, im not interested in transparency and blending at all, im looking for flawless opacity
Then either one of these should work for you!
@@SaenaFineArt cool
Do either of these brands have an odor?
Great discussion! I would just ditch the music -- very distracting. And really, you're interesting enough and don't need filler.
GOLDEN ALL DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great video. Great explanations. Thank you.
Thank you! And thank you for watching!
Love it and subbed! I do a similar kind of thing!
Yay!!! And thank you for watching and supporting!!
Liquitex heavy body paints cant be used with water especially not with that much, only with medium!
Do you have a video showing different student grade acrylic paint? I would like to study acrylic painting. Thank you.
I am acutally working on that video right now! I am hoping to have it released soon.
This was very helpful
Thanks for the useful review, but your music was so loud I had trouble hearing what you were saying.
Good comparison. Thanks.
No problem! Thanks for watching!
Very helpful thank you
which is more glossy
I would say Golden. Golden has a mix of glossy and matte paints. But you can use a gloss varnish to add a glossy sheen to any painting.
It’s interesting that Liquitex makes no claim to being archive-able. I wonder if it would fade with time.
I don't think they will, they do have a great lightfastness rating. My guess is they just wanted to keep the description short for marketing purposes.
Never heard of Golden until today -- I don't think it's available where I live.
Never seen that Golden brand here in Europe. Liquitex is well known though.
Golden is an American brand, I am not sure where or if it is available outside of the US :(
I order mine from Jackson's Art Supplies who are based in the UK ! I've also seen Golden products in Amsterdam
This was good but I found it hard trying to block out the music. You don’t need it. Very helpful advice though!
I expected to see two paintings at the end to show how each paint actually looked.
I wonder if there is a way to combine acrylic paint with my oil pastel paintings ...off to michaels i guess 😂
Great review! Thanks
I am glad you enjoyed! Thank you for watching!
Liquitex is basically over priced student paint. Golden is overpriced but okay. Tri-Art is the only good option for acrylics.
Well Done! Thank you.
You are welcome! Thank you for watching!
Ur canvas is paper or fabric
Canvas is fabric only. It will either be made of cotton, linen , or a cotton blend. You can paint on paper but you have to make sure it has a primer or gesso on it. However you can find paper made specifically for acrylic paint. I personally paint on wood or hard boards.
your monark is juste beautifull
Thank you!!
Tu video es muy interesante y didactico.
Por favor puedes darme la direccion de un distribuidor de Liquitex...
Te agradezco...mucho.
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