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  • Mark Golden - 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award

    Mark Golden - 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award

    Mark Golden, CEO and Co-founder of Golden Artist Colors, began the company in 1980 with 4 employees, his father Sam Golden, mother Adele and wife Barbara. Originating in a cow barn on his parents’ retirement home in rural Columbus, NY, the company made... Read More...
  • How Artists' Brushes are made

    How Artists' Brushes are made

    Evan Woodruffe shares his visit in September 2011 to brush manufacturer Da Vinci in Germany and explains what's involved in making quality brushes for artists Read More...
  • Acrylic Gels and Mediums

    Acrylic Gels and Mediums

    Date: 30-06-2017
    Professional acrylic colour, like Golden Heavy Body, Fluid, & OPEN, is concentrated, so it pays to extend it with a medium or gel - but which one should you use? Read More...
  • Banish Solvents with New Medium W

    Banish Solvents with New Medium W

    Date: 26-01-2017
    This exciting new oilpainting medium from Schmincke expands painting possibilities with no harmful fumes: mixing 1 part Medium W into 2 parts oilcolour makes the paint water-miscible… you can now thin it with water! Read More...