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8 New Shimmering Colours Shine loud. Create louder. Liquitex Basics Metallics don’t play it safe. With fine art pigments and light-bouncing colorful mica, these metallics pack a hit of shimmer that moves with your ideas. Thick enough to hold texture....
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Discover the top 10 ways to use GOLDEN Soft Gel Gloss — glazing, adhesion, isolation coats, image transfers, and more. Available at Opus Art Supplies.
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Every artist has tools they return to — the reliable few that elevate every painting session. GOLDEN’s Studio Essentials aren’t about having “more stuff”; they’re about having the right materials that expand your control, unlock new techniques, and give confidence in your...
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Walking into an art store for the first time can feel like stepping onto another planet—so many tubes, brushes, and surfaces. Good news: you don’t need everything. Start smart with a lean kit that works for either acrylic or oil painting, then...
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Opus Art Supplies is excited to introduce three new autumn-inspired Opus Essential Acrylic Trio Sets—exclusive colour collections designed to inspire your fall paintings.
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Thanks to Liquitex and their featured artist COVL for this how-to. There’s more to a painting than just colour — there’s energy, grit, and feeling. In this video, artist COVL takes us into the expressive world of texture and volume using Liquitex Basics...
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Bold colours, layered meanings, and unexpected materials—welcome to the world of Meghan Hildebrand. In this video, Meghan takes us inside her intuitive painting process, where painter’s tape becomes a tool for building structure and vibrant clashes of colour tell layered...
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Explore the basics of building a colour wheel using Opus Essential Paints. We’ll explore primary colours, mix up secondary shades, and enhance your palette with tertiary tones.
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We spoke with Jerzy Niedojadlo from Nitram Fine Art Charcoal to learn the story of Nitram – how he crossed the sea to learn and work with the original creator of this once-defunct, near-mythic charcoal. Jerzy upholds the practice and...
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In the world of acrylic painting, achieving the perfect colour mix can make all the difference in your work. But what if there was a way to ensure precision every time? Enter the Golden Acrylic Colour Mixer, an innovative tool...
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Watch as Greg from Golden Artist Colors' product support team takes you through the unique qualities of GOLDEN OPEN Slow-Drying Acrylic Paints and their suitability for painting outdoors (where regular acrylics dry too fast) as well as other advantages of...
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In this lesson, “Bold Like Basquiat,” students will create a mixed media artwork using Chromacryl that is inspired by the techniques of Jean-Michel Basquiat and is filled with a rich visual vocabulary, personal symbols and words. This lesson works great...
