Thank you! That's why we do what we do.

Really agree. Great video, but slow it way down, spend more time on each topic and demo, and label/caption the products and processes, especially at the end where there were no labels on the demo boards themselves.

houstonqt Funny, I was thinking the same thing about the video going too fast. I was especially interested in the fact you could use fluid with some kind of ground to paint under paintings. This would really save a ton of paint! I really love Golden

Thanks for the feedback! We'll keep that in mind as we produce more videos.

@@houstonqt That's true Houston ! it's not labeled clearly enough and it's too fast. Obliged to slow down the video to understand. Otherwise Bravo to Golden for these explanatory videos. Still a little work and you will be perfect!

We appreciate you sharing your experience with us, and THANKS for choosing GOLDEN.

Yes! OPEN Thinner, Medium, Gel and paints are compatible with the rest of our “regular” acrylic products. OPEN Thinner behaves very much like GOLDEN Retarder in regards to increased painting time. justpaint.org/?s=retarder The rest of the OPEN products contain both the slow drying additives and a unique acrylic binder that allows them to be reworkable even if they are touch dry. Afterwards, when all of the additives have left the paint film, the paints lose their sensitivity and they become permanent. When you blend OPEN products with the regular ones, the percentage of OPEN dictates the amount of added painting time as well as how quickly they set up. goldenartistcolors.com/resources/open-acrylic-colors#OngoingResearch

Hello Christella, this is a great question! No, all colors do not have the same finish (or surface sheen, from gloss to matte). This is because the pigments impart their qualities into the paint and we don't attempt to achieve a certain consistency (as other manufacturers might) by putting additives and fillers in the paint to create a uniform surface quality. Pigments have a pretty wide range of shapes and sizes (as particles) and that directly affects the surface quality after the paint dries.

Hi, there. Thanks for the question. Golden Acrylic are not suitable for underwater applications. We do not recommend their use in aquariums. We'll share this response on the other videos where you asked this question in case other artists were wondering the same thing.

Hello DR - there is too much to unpack in this venue, but GOLDEN does not use any dyes in its paint, only pigment. Transparency varies by pigment, and is generally consistent for any medium (oils, watercolors, etc.), clear in the wet-state binders are tricky, there are some acrylic binders that are less milky, but virtually all binders (oil and watercolors included) contribute to some degree of "dry shift" in color. Judging the dry-shift takes a great deal of practice, and it typically more pronounced in darker color than lighter ones. If you want to mitigate both transparency and color-shift, you might experiment with our Molding Paste as an extender. This video shows a 20% paint to 80% mixture with two gels and molding paste - time lapse - and you'll see how the blue gets much darker with the gel and changes very little with the Molding paste: vimeo.com/370903747