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Role Reversal—the WEGOs Teach Me About Watercolor Using the New Golden QoR Watercolors

by Barbara | Jul 2, 2014 | All Blog Posts, Other Artists/Studios/Exhibits, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment, Workshops

Some time ago, I received a package from Golden Artist Colors. It contained a sampling of their brand new QoR (pronounced Core) watercolors. All of the Golden Artist Educators and Golden Working Artists were asked to experiment with QoR and then give feedback on how...

32 Ounces of Golden Light Molding Paste Later…

by Barbara | Jun 26, 2014 | All Blog Posts, Paintings in Progress, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment

The big 32 oz. jar of Light Molding Paste is gone, gone, gone already. This size jar will ordinarily last for a number of smaller pieces. A hidden cost of painting large is suddenly crystal clear to me—massive increase in the use of art supplies. Luckily, I have a...

Entering New Territory—A Very Large Canvas (at least for me)

by Barbara | Jun 20, 2014 | All Blog Posts, Paintings in Progress, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment

I decided it was time for a new challenge. Previously, the largest canvas I’d ever painted was 48″ x 60″. That’s fairly large and I’ve done several. I’m not sure what the definition of a large painting is in the official art world,...

Sometimes Going Forward Means Going Backwards First (I Hope)

by Barbara | Apr 1, 2014 | All Blog Posts, Paintings in Progress, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment

My mysterious lady in purple painting has mysteriously taken a different direction. For the last few days, I’ve been working away making subtle changes. Suddenly yesterday afternoon after working ferociously for hours, low & behold, I was looking at a...

A Love Affair with Golden Smalt Hue (and other new colors)

by Barbara | Dec 6, 2013 | All Blog Posts, Paintings in Progress, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment

I’ve been busy this past month, teaching workshops, painting and also assimilating a bunch of new Golden Acrylic products into my studio storage system. I received two cartons of Golden products several weeks after the training workshop I attended in New Orleans...

A Golden Opportunity with Golden Acrylic Training Workshop in New Orleans

by Barbara | Nov 8, 2013 | All Blog Posts, Events & Exhibits, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment, Workshops

Early last summer I noticed a call for a training workshop offered by Golden Artist Color Company for artists working in acrylics who also teach workshops. As it happens, I use Golden Acrylics, love them and have been using them for at least fifteen years. And I teach...
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