Shocker. I love Golden. Not that I am against cheaper paints, I just firmly believe you get what you pay for the majority of the time. Cheaper paints are going to be made with less pigment and cheaper ingredients overall. Just an FYI, Golden gives away all of their paints that don't meet their standards. They give them to anyone that teaches or does nonprofit art of any kind. I teach some children in my area that are less fortunate, and whose families can't afford to buy the supplies to paint. I do it completely on the side as my own personal project and they sent me boxes of the largest containers they have of various types, heavy, fluid, etc.

If you " seal" a painting with an ultra-violet light blocking varnish you can probably keep your work from fading. I did pigment and binder research at university. If you like the way a certain brand handles, the inherent weaknesses may sometimes be worked with. I do use Golden acrylics and use the French double primary color mixing system and do a lot of glazing so inherent transparancies of pigments is an important part of my work. If you look at the tubes or bottles of Golden acrylics you will see actual color swatches from that batch. I would expect a properly made quinacridone red to be a lot more transparent than a properly made cadmium red, for instance. Some brands don't play well with other brands because of different binders and the combination can get stringy or curdle. You might try using the heavier bodied Golden acrylics in tubes. I think they also make a good UV filtering varnish but I think it must be applied over a regular acrylic varnish.

I was so glad to hear masters touch is OK for me, a beginner. But maybe if it's something I'm sure I'll have consistent experience and not many paints are needed, I'll try the golden!

I am a fairly accomplished acrylic painter and i actually prefer a mix of craft paints among the Folk Art, Anita, and Apple Barrel brands. Folk Art comes out chunky and has the best opacity. Anita and Apple Barrel are thinner and can sometimes even be runny. I use an acrylic flow medium and/or water to thin the paint. I will also combine brands in small glass jars to get unique colors and viscosity. I started using craft paint in college because even Liquitex was too expensive (I refilled the tubes I took from the trash to look like bought the asigned brand in class). Most of my commission work is done with craft paint. It even helps me cut production time by having ton of colors inbthe 2 oz sizes when i need a weird grey/sage green or a purple tone brick red or skin tone base colors.

Awesome video and cool artwork! New sub here! Looking forward to watching more of your videos while creating my own work. I switched to Master’s Touch acrylics 5 years ago and have been using them since. Lightfast, good quality, and a great price. I would expect a paint that costs 2-3x more (Golden) to perform better in certain areas!!! Though MT needs a few more layers, a little still goes a LOOOONG way. 8.5oz oz tubes last me a LONG TIME! I create daily-using acrylics 2-3 times/week. My first 8.5 oz tubes of essential mixing colors lasted almost 2 years. They last longer now that I use many more colors/mix less. MT’s price allows me to paint more quality artwork while saving money! They already cost less, but I only purchase supplies when they are on sale. I always purchase the 8.5oz on sale for $5.49-$5.99 and 4.1 ounce at $2.99. I always point beginners to MT when it comes to acrylic paint, and when experienced artist friends are struggling I point them to MT.

I use alot masters touch too. I like it. Price is good. Half off once week at hobby lobby.

Well said sir.

I’d love to see your chart (chart?) if comparing cheap quality and not-so-cheap!

I think the background technique you used would be called vignette! Not referring to the "glow" necessarily, but the fade to black nearest the corners! It is a term used in photography but can also be used to refer to painting I'm sure. 😁 Thanks for the video! I studied fine art in school but its always good to go back to the basics, and get some input on products before trying something new!!

Have you ever used liquitex? That would be a good brand to try next.

it's called sloppy:)

Not gonna lie when you started the paintings i thought the mastercraft one was the goldens. Looked way better to me

But you’re using two completely different types of paint! There’s no way you can compare a heavy body paint brand to a liquid acrylic brand.