Hey guys, I want to apologize, there are a few audio glitches during my voice over, not sure what happened, it sounded fine in my editing program, but there are a few blips that I noticed after uploading. Sorry if you are listening to this with headphones and hear any weird noises lol. Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy the video!! 😊
It was grand, the minor audio glitches which I heard through headphones were minimal and not a bother. Especially compared to how problematic the audio quality can be for some voice overs. Thank you for this thorough exploration of the Golden Open paints, and the comparison drying times!
Thank you so much! I had used a couple of the colors that didn't come in the set with other acrylics when I worked on my Skies series, but not extensively enough to get a true feel for them. This was my first time using them alone and it was definitely different!!
YT is showing me all your older videos today. I don't have these, but I do have questions. Do these work better than using a wet palette? I also sometimes might use a slow drying medium and I am wondering if the medium gives the same results.
They work similarly to when you add a medium to them, maybe a bit less sticky though. As far as the wet palette, it depends on what paint you typically use in the wet palette, I'd say they stay workable longer than a heavy body in a wet pallete, but not necessarily better than a thinner paint in a wet palette. They feel a bit different than other paints, too. They are interesting for sure.
It is definitely best to let the layers dry in between when you want to layer these. Otherwise, you could experience a little bit of lifting. They are beautiful paints!
Can this paint be mixed with fast drying paint at the same time when mixing/blending ? I know it kind defeats the purpose of using slow drying but if I wanna save $ would that work ?
They do claim that you can use them with regular acrylic paints. However, when I tried it, I found it created a few "hotspots" in my painting that were wet while areas next it were dry, making it hard to blend smoothly and creating blotches. I had tried it in a large area of sky in a landscape painting. I had to wait a few days and come back to fix it, and it can still be seen a bit. That was my experience, however, others may have tried it and had no issues, and I feel like it may not be as much of an issue in smaller pieces. 🤷♀️
Thanks for the review but it seemed that half yout narative was complaining about thr light-fast markings being missing on the small tubes. If you checked it out before purchasing then why make such a huge deal out of this?
Because I think it's odd that they didn't mark them. Yes, I looked them up ahead of time and ordered online, but not everyone does that. Some people buy in-store and it is helpful for the tubes to be marked in those instances so people know exactly what they are buying. They do it for their large tubes so there is no reason not to for the small. It would be good so that people have the information they need about the product they are buying and using.
also the medium is meant to be used as a thinner, but you should know that you are NOT supposed to use water to thin these, you are supposed to used the thinner/medium for these. using water will cause the lifting on dry paint that you experienced. you can also speed up the drying time by adding golden artists heavy body paint.
@@CautionArtistatPlay yeah these were my first (and so far only acrylic paints) so im learning with them. I believe that the thinner used up to 25% thinner and the medium matte or gloss medium though i dont know how much is the max on that.
Good to know! I need to play with them a bit more. They are beautiful paints, and I love they way they look when finished, I just need to get used to them.
So, I am thinking about doing another piece with these soon and I decided to look them up again and according to the Golden website, it appears that you CAN use water to thin them. They state that they can be thinned with water, the OPEN thinner, OPEN medium and other Golden mediums, but they recommend to "limit additions to a maximum 2:1 ratio of 2 parts paint to 1 part water." Which is sort of what I was thinking I had read before, because I did read up on these on the Golden website at the time of making this video, but it's been a while since I used them so couldn't remember when we talked about it the other day. They do say that they can also be reconstituted/lifted with water, and the thinner, but advertise it as an advantage. Anyway, here is a link about the different ways they can be used from the Golden website, I thought you also might find it interesting like I did! www.goldenpaints.com/technicalinfo/technicalinfo_open I am going to add this like with the other one in the description so others can see it too!
@@CautionArtistatPlay ahh thank you so much for that clarification. I think it’s from their UA-cam videos where they say they don’t use water for thinning because of the lifting.
im new to acrylics, i usually work in watercolor, colored pencil and oil pastel so i have NO IDEA were or how to store paints. they are in a ziplock bag LOL what do real artists use to use their acrylics.
I have a drawer that I keep all of mine in, but everyone does things differently I think. As long as they are in a place where the temperature is okay and they aren't continually freezing and thawing, they should be fine.
I wouldn't just because it's not specifically made for that purpose. I would look for something that is made for painting miniatures, like enamel paint or something. That being said, whatever you use, you will want to research the toxicity ahead of time so that it's not poisoning the animals you plan to keep in the aquarium.
Honestly, I haven't tried it, so I'm not sure how well it would work. I would think it would speed things up a bit, but haven't done it myself, so I can't say for sure.
have you tried these paints Liquitex Basics Acrylics, how do they compare with craft paint, are they any good, they are cheap just about my speed, thanks, :-)
Yes as O. mentioned, they are a student grade paint. However, they also have been lightfast tested and are archival, which is better than many of the student grade paints out there. They are not as pigmented as artist grade paints, but layer beautifully and still have a lot of vibrant colors. They are more of a medium body then most artist grade paints and don't tend dry as fast on the palette which can make it easier to mix colors when you are new to painting, or just in general. That's why they are a good upgrade from craft paints. Even though they are technically not artist grade, many professional artists still use them for the reasons I stated. So if that's what you can afford at this time, I say go for it! And, again as O. mentioned, you can find more information on Blick, they are a great source for that kind of thing.
Yes, that’s right. Thinning with water speeds up the drying time a lot, too. I don’t think the Thinner slows the drying time even more but you can use it with regular acrylics to slow the drying time. I find OPEN challenging to use alone because they open up again if not completely dry, but they are fantastic for areas that need smooth blending, such as skies and oceans. I think they are great to use similar to oils, for details and glazing over a dry layer of acrylics.
@@sabineleppanenart3014 It definitely slowed the drying time of the OPEN acrylics when I did my swatches. The swatch with the thinner stayed wet overnight and the the swatch without did not. From what I read on their website It can be used as both a glazing medium (since in thins the paint) and as a retarder, so it can slow the drying time a bit more and as you said can also be used to slow the drying time of their other paints as well.I definitely agree with what you have said about the lifting! It made for an interesting challenge!
@Maria , Yes, I think you are right. It can be used as a glaze and a retarder. It also does not form a film or so they recommend not using too much of it in your paint. From their website "OPEN Thinner is a water-based additive for thinning the consistency of OPEN Acrylic Colors and Mediums without altering drying time. It also maintains and adjusts the workability of OPEN colors on palettes, and can be used as a thin-bodied retarder with Heavy Body or Fluid Acrylic colors. Because OPEN Thinner contains no binders, it does not form a film and should only be 25% or less of mixtures with acrylic colors and mediums (one part OPEN Thinner to three or more parts paint or meduim)."
When something is "lightfast" it means it doesn't fade easily when exposed to light. A lightfast rating tells you how easily a color will fade. Some colors can last over 100 years, others less than a couple of months. It's important to know how lightfast something is if you plan to sell your work so you don't sell someone something that will fade. Generally speaking, dye based products, such as alcohol markers fade easily where as pigment based supplies have a higher chance of being lightfast, though some pigments will still fade more easily than others. Most artist grade companies will test their materials for lightfastness, while a lot of the student grade companies do not, so there is no way of knowing if those materials are lightfast. The most common ways companies test their products is by using the Blue Wool scale or the ASTM rating system. Each has their own ratings and companies often use their own rating system so it's good to know how the company is rating them. Some companies use a star system where the more stars there are the more lightfast they are. Blue wool is usually a number system, the higher the number the higher the lightfastness. ASTM usually uses Roman numerals and the lower the number the higher the lightfastness. There is a chart in this wikipedia link that compares the ratings between blue wool and ASTM. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightfastness
Not really. I took the reference photo in my backyard. It was a lush green day, the lawn was full, and the tree trunk was in shadow, so there weren't a lot of browns showing in the reference. So, I had no reason to add obvious browns where there weren't any. I did, however, use artistic license to use brown where it's not as obvious. I used raw umber and phthalo blue to mix the black that's in the background and I mixed subtle amounts of the colors of the deer in with the grass to warm it up and bring it forward more. So I incorporated enough browns to bring the deer and the background together, but not too many because I really wanted the deer to stand out in contrast against the green background.
Hey guys, I want to apologize, there are a few audio glitches during my voice over, not sure what happened, it sounded fine in my editing program, but there are a few blips that I noticed after uploading. Sorry if you are listening to this with headphones and hear any weird noises lol. Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy the video!! 😊
It was grand, the minor audio glitches which I heard through headphones were minimal and not a bother. Especially compared to how problematic the audio quality can be for some voice overs. Thank you for this thorough exploration of the Golden Open paints, and the comparison drying times!
Thank you so much for watching, I'm glad you liked my video and am so happy to hear that the audio glitches didn't come across too harshly! 😊
@@CautionArtistatPlay You're welcome, you were very helpful in showing what the good and bad points of that paint are.
I'm glad to hear that I could help!
Your painting is so pretty, Shana🥰. I like using OPEN *with* regular acrylics, rather than *instead* of them. But I am a slow painter anyway.
Thank you so much! I had used a couple of the colors that didn't come in the set with other acrylics when I worked on my Skies series, but not extensively enough to get a true feel for them. This was my first time using them alone and it was definitely different!!
Thank you for the review. I mainly use water-colour and find acrylics frustrating cause of how quickly they dry. I m going order a set of these :)
Thank you for watching! I'm glad you found it helpful!
YT is showing me all your older videos today. I don't have these, but I do have questions. Do these work better than using a wet palette? I also sometimes might use a slow drying medium and I am wondering if the medium gives the same results.
They work similarly to when you add a medium to them, maybe a bit less sticky though. As far as the wet palette, it depends on what paint you typically use in the wet palette, I'd say they stay workable longer than a heavy body in a wet pallete, but not necessarily better than a thinner paint in a wet palette. They feel a bit different than other paints, too. They are interesting for sure.
Great review, amazing painting.
Thank you!! 💖
Beautiful painting
Thank you!!
for the background you said you did couple of layers. did you wait for the layers to dry? i am planning to order those paints
It is definitely best to let the layers dry in between when you want to layer these. Otherwise, you could experience a little bit of lifting. They are beautiful paints!
Can this paint be mixed with fast drying paint at the same time when mixing/blending ? I know it kind defeats the purpose of using slow drying but if I wanna save $ would that work ?
They do claim that you can use them with regular acrylic paints. However, when I tried it, I found it created a few "hotspots" in my painting that were wet while areas next it were dry, making it hard to blend smoothly and creating blotches. I had tried it in a large area of sky in a landscape painting. I had to wait a few days and come back to fix it, and it can still be seen a bit. That was my experience, however, others may have tried it and had no issues, and I feel like it may not be as much of an issue in smaller pieces. 🤷♀️
If you want them to dry faster, you can mix with regular heavy body paint.
Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for the review but it seemed that half yout narative was complaining about thr light-fast markings being missing on the small tubes. If you checked it out before purchasing then why make such a huge deal out of this?
Because I think it's odd that they didn't mark them. Yes, I looked them up ahead of time and ordered online, but not everyone does that. Some people buy in-store and it is helpful for the tubes to be marked in those instances so people know exactly what they are buying. They do it for their large tubes so there is no reason not to for the small. It would be good so that people have the information they need about the product they are buying and using.
Just ordered some👍
I hope you enjoy them!
also the medium is meant to be used as a thinner, but you should know that you are NOT supposed to use water to thin these, you are supposed to used the thinner/medium for these. using water will cause the lifting on dry paint that you experienced. you can also speed up the drying time by adding golden artists heavy body paint.
That makes sense. I'm used to using regular acrylics where using water isn't an issue.
@@CautionArtistatPlay yeah these were my first (and so far only acrylic paints) so im learning with them. I believe that the thinner used up to 25% thinner and the medium matte or gloss medium though i dont know how much is the max on that.
Good to know! I need to play with them a bit more. They are beautiful paints, and I love they way they look when finished, I just need to get used to them.
So, I am thinking about doing another piece with these soon and I decided to look them up again and according to the Golden website, it appears that you CAN use water to thin them. They state that they can be thinned with water, the OPEN thinner, OPEN medium and other Golden mediums, but they recommend to "limit additions to a maximum 2:1 ratio of 2 parts paint to 1 part water." Which is sort of what I was thinking I had read before, because I did read up on these on the Golden website at the time of making this video, but it's been a while since I used them so couldn't remember when we talked about it the other day. They do say that they can also be reconstituted/lifted with water, and the thinner, but advertise it as an advantage. Anyway, here is a link about the different ways they can be used from the Golden website, I thought you also might find it interesting like I did! www.goldenpaints.com/technicalinfo/technicalinfo_open I am going to add this like with the other one in the description so others can see it too!
@@CautionArtistatPlay ahh thank you so much for that clarification. I think it’s from their UA-cam videos where they say they don’t use water for thinning because of the lifting.
im new to acrylics, i usually work in watercolor, colored pencil and oil pastel so i have NO IDEA were or how to store paints. they are in a ziplock bag LOL what do real artists use to use their acrylics.
I have a drawer that I keep all of mine in, but everyone does things differently I think. As long as they are in a place where the temperature is okay and they aren't continually freezing and thawing, they should be fine.
Can i use the original heavy body GOLDEN ACYLIC paint inside of my AQUARIUM on my 3D printed decorations.. and use it as a protective sealer as well.
I wouldn't just because it's not specifically made for that purpose. I would look for something that is made for painting miniatures, like enamel paint or something. That being said, whatever you use, you will want to research the toxicity ahead of time so that it's not poisoning the animals you plan to keep in the aquarium.
Can one use a hair dryer to speed up the drying once one is done with an area?
Honestly, I haven't tried it, so I'm not sure how well it would work. I would think it would speed things up a bit, but haven't done it myself, so I can't say for sure.
What finish do they dry to, matte, gloss, satin.
They are definitely on the glossy side.
have you tried these paints Liquitex Basics Acrylics, how do they compare with craft paint, are they any good, they are cheap just about my speed, thanks, :-)
Yes, I love Liquitex Basics, definitely higher quality than most craft paints! Great price too!
@@CautionArtistatPlay thanks, going to try them
@@randybird9979 Liquitex Basic is a student grade. There is info at dickblick .
Yes as O. mentioned, they are a student grade paint. However, they also have been lightfast tested and are archival, which is better than many of the student grade paints out there. They are not as pigmented as artist grade paints, but layer beautifully and still have a lot of vibrant colors. They are more of a medium body then most artist grade paints and don't tend dry as fast on the palette which can make it easier to mix colors when you are new to painting, or just in general. That's why they are a good upgrade from craft paints. Even though they are technically not artist grade, many professional artists still use them for the reasons I stated. So if that's what you can afford at this time, I say go for it! And, again as O. mentioned, you can find more information on Blick, they are a great source for that kind of thing.
I think the thinner is to use instead of water so you don't underbind the paint. Like for glazing and stuff. I wonder... 🤔🤔🤔
Yes, that’s right. Thinning with water speeds up the drying time a lot, too. I don’t think the Thinner slows the drying time even more but you can use it with regular acrylics to slow the drying time. I find OPEN challenging to use alone because they open up again if not completely dry, but they are fantastic for areas that need smooth blending, such as skies and oceans. I think they are great to use similar to oils, for details and glazing over a dry layer of acrylics.
@@sabineleppanenart3014 It definitely slowed the drying time of the OPEN acrylics when I did my swatches. The swatch with the thinner stayed wet overnight and the the swatch without did not. From what I read on their website It can be used as both a glazing medium (since in thins the paint) and as a retarder, so it can slow the drying time a bit more and as you said can also be used to slow the drying time of their other paints as well.I definitely agree with what you have said about the lifting! It made for an interesting challenge!
@Maria , Yes, I think you are right. It can be used as a glaze and a retarder. It also does not form a film or so they recommend not using too much of it in your paint. From their website "OPEN Thinner is a water-based additive for thinning the consistency of OPEN Acrylic Colors and Mediums without altering drying time. It also maintains and adjusts the workability of OPEN colors on palettes, and can be used as a thin-bodied retarder with Heavy Body or Fluid Acrylic colors. Because OPEN Thinner contains no binders, it does not form a film and should only be 25% or less of mixtures with acrylic colors and mediums (one part OPEN Thinner to three or more parts paint or meduim)."
I had a heck of a time trying to reply to you both lol sorry if you get multiple notifications!
@@CautionArtistatPlay No problem. Thanks for sharing the info. Good to know. Thanks for the review too. It was really helpful.
At this point, I just know which pigments are lightfast and which are fugitive.
I'm starting to get there, but I'm not quite there yet.
What’s a light fast rating 👀
When something is "lightfast" it means it doesn't fade easily when exposed to light. A lightfast rating tells you how easily a color will fade. Some colors can last over 100 years, others less than a couple of months. It's important to know how lightfast something is if you plan to sell your work so you don't sell someone something that will fade. Generally speaking, dye based products, such as alcohol markers fade easily where as pigment based supplies have a higher chance of being lightfast, though some pigments will still fade more easily than others. Most artist grade companies will test their materials for lightfastness, while a lot of the student grade companies do not, so there is no way of knowing if those materials are lightfast. The most common ways companies test their products is by using the Blue Wool scale or the ASTM rating system. Each has their own ratings and companies often use their own rating system so it's good to know how the company is rating them. Some companies use a star system where the more stars there are the more lightfast they are. Blue wool is usually a number system, the higher the number the higher the lightfastness. ASTM usually uses Roman numerals and the lower the number the higher the lightfastness. There is a chart in this wikipedia link that compares the ratings between blue wool and ASTM. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightfastness
can you dry this faster with a hair dryer?
I'm sure you could, but I haven't tried it myself.
Landscape with no brown is strange
Not really. I took the reference photo in my backyard. It was a lush green day, the lawn was full, and the tree trunk was in shadow, so there weren't a lot of browns showing in the reference. So, I had no reason to add obvious browns where there weren't any. I did, however, use artistic license to use brown where it's not as obvious. I used raw umber and phthalo blue to mix the black that's in the background and I mixed subtle amounts of the colors of the deer in with the grass to warm it up and bring it forward more. So I incorporated enough browns to bring the deer and the background together, but not too many because I really wanted the deer to stand out in contrast against the green background.