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One-Stop-Shop
for Creativity
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Heavy
Gel (Matte) Medium
This great Heavy Gel Medium has so many uses in an artist's studio.
It can be blended with acrylic paints to allow you to add texture to
your surfaces. But one of the handiest applications we've found is to
use them as a powerful adhesive! Click here to see
a sample!
Net weight 8 fl. oz. (1/2 pint) / 236 ml
Price:
$9.95
SKU: 5GO-3060
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Soft
Gel (Gloss)
Thinner than GOLDEN® Heavy Body Acrylics, Soft Gels are pourable,
holding only soft peaks. This product is an excellent glue for collage
because it works with the various sizes and thicknesses of the elements.
When mixed with a small amount of color, the gloss produces a brilliant
glaze. Soft Gel Gloss is the medium used in Mélange for the photocopy
transfer technique, as well as for creating gel transfer skins.
Net weight 8 fl. oz. (1/2 pint) / 236 ml
Price:
$9.95
SKU: 5GO-3010
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Regular
Gel (Matte)
This product has a creamy consistency, and is ideal for extending
paint for economy and regulating translucency without altering the paint
thickness. This gel holds moderate peaks and texture. It is also an
all-purpose glue to be used in any collage and assemblage work. Regular
Gels are translucent when dry.
Net weight 8 fl. oz. (1/2 pint) / 236 ml
Price:
$9.95
SKU: 5GO-3030
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Gesso
GOLDEN® Gesso is an all-acrylic liquid ground for preparing
surfaces for painting. It offers an excellent surface for adhesion of
acrylic and oil paints. It is often used to prepare canvas for painting.
This gesso remains flexible when dry, so we like to use it in our altered
books, too.
Net weight 8 fl. oz. (1/2 pint) / 236 ml
Price:
$9.95
SKU: 5GO-3550
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Black
Gesso
Used for the same applications as the GOLDEN® Gesso, this gesso
is pure black, and is sometimes the background color needed for that
special project. Black Gesso provides a rich, matte black ground. Many
colors, especially metallic and interference colors look dramatically
different on a black ground. The Black Gesso is also flexible when dry,
and can add variety to the effects in your altered books.
Net weight 8 fl. oz. (1/2 pint) / 236 ml
Price:
$10.95
SKU: 5GO-3560
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Interference
Gold (Fine) Acrylic
The
latest addition to our collection of GOLDEN® Artist Colors and Mediums
is this luscious Heavy Body Interference Acrylic Color. Interference
Gold (fine) is gorgeous by itself, and it has a different appearance
depending upon whether you use it on a light or a dark background. Interference
is the naturally occurring phenomenon you see on objects in nature such
as a butterfly wing or abalone shells. This is the paint used to create
our “Silk Fabric Alteration” sample in
The Studio. Artist Linda Blinn mixed this Interference Gold Acrylic
with the Quinacridone Fluid Acrylics to achieve a beautifully shimmering
piece of fabric that feels like paper. Because these paints remain flexible,
they can be used on fabrics as well as a multitude of other surfaces.
This Heavy Body Acrylic comes in a 4 fl. oz. jar.
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Interference
Gold (Fine)
Acrylic (4 oz.)
Price:
$16.75
SKU:
5GO-4040
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Quinacridone
Fluid Acrylics
These
small but mighty bottles of fluid acrylic pigment are one of the most
versatile tools in an artist’s arsenal. You can use these pigments
to alter the colors of existing fabrics, producing an “instant”
set of color-coordinated fabrics to use in her projects. These Fluid
Acrylics mix with the Gel Mediums, providing even more textures and
effects for your creative projects. Net wt. 1 fl. oz. / 29.5 ml
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Quinacridone/Nickel Azo Gold
Fluid Acrylic (1 oz.)
Price: $5.95
SKU: 5GO-2301
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Soft Gel Gloss
is used as an “applied photo copy transfer.” This means the
copies must be made on a toner copier (not a laser or ink-jet copier).
For the background
Barbara combined Pyrrole Red, Gold Green and Ultra Marine Violet, then
coated the board with Polymer Medium Gloss. The application of Soft
Gel Gloss prepares the surface to receive the image, which is placed
ink-side down, then burnished. After it dries, the paper is sprayed
with water and gently rubbed to be removed. The image remains.
Another technique
is to create a gel transfer skin using a plastic sheet or tray. The
image is placed face-up on the plastic surface and held in place while
coated with Soft Gel Gloss. After it dries, the process is repeated
seven times and left to dry overnight. To remove the paper, soak in
warm water until saturated and rub off the paper leaving the image on
the film. Barbara used her own photographs from France and Italy.
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Check
out the wonderful samples below:
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Starry Notepad
by Mona Gettmann
Paint Black Gesso (5GO-3560) onto a star corner, that has been cut off of an 8” Stars & Stripes Timeless Tin (5AE-149). Let dry. Apply Lumiere Metallic Copper (5JQ-564 - Discontinued) and Lumiere Pearlescent Turquoise (5JQ-571 - Discontinued) lightly to the panel. Sand off the top edges of the design. ApplyLumiere Metallic Copper (5JQ-564 - Discontinued) to a Black Lace Stickies Notepad (5AILACEBLK - Discontinued) and wipe away excess. Glue the prepared tin panel to the notepad.
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Stars & Stripes Box
by Mona Gettmann
Using a stylus, score approximately 2” in from the edges, on all sides, of a 8” Stars & Stripes Timeless Tin (5AE-149). Cut off the corners of the tin with scissors. Fold the sides up, creating a box. Apply Copper Foil Tape (5TAPE-CPR14 - Discontinued) to the corners and along the top edge. Apply flux to the foil tape and solder with a soldering iron. Paint the sides with Lumiere Pearlescent Blue (5JQ-570 - Discontinued) and Golden Quinacridone Red paint (5GO-2310 - Discontinued), as shown. Let dry. Sand off the top edges of the design. Apply Golden Quinacridone Gold paint (5GO-2300), Black StazOn ink (5TS-BLACK) and white Brilliance ink to give distressed effect. Place a silk plant and three stars into the box.
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Silk
Fabric Alteration
By Linda Blinn
Start with a
piece of Dupioni silk fabric. Prepare a palette (we used a paper plate)
with some GOLDEN Interference Gold (fine) Acrylic (coming soon to
The Shoppe at Somerset...watch for it
here!). Squeeze some Quinacridone Gold (5GO-2301)
near the Interference Gold, and blend together with a foam brush,
loading more Interference Gold on one side of the brush, and gradually
adding more of the Quin Gold. Brush the paints onto the silk, blending
as you wish. This paint gives great coverage on the silk. Add more
Quin Gold and work back into the previous color. Continue with other
colors of the Quinacridone Fluid Acrylics and Interference Gold, blending
as you wish and working each one into the previous color. For this
sample we used Quinacridone Crimson (5GO-2290),
then Quinacridone Magenta (5GO-2305 - Discontinued), and finally
Golden Quinacridone Red paint (5GO-2310 - Discontinued) to complement the
Quinacridone Gold. You’ll be amazed at the results you get from
this technique. After it has dried, you have a one-of a-kind piece
of art fabric, and the texture of the fabric now has a paper-like
quality. StazOn ink (5TS-BLACK)
works well for stamping on the painted silk. Foil can also be applied
to the surface using a small heating tool or foil glue. Embellishments
can be sewed or glued on to the silk making it appealing for both
paper and fabric projects.
Can’t you
just see this fabric as a cover for an art journal, or as the base
for a stamped and collaged creation?
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Lucky
Seven
by Debbie Metti
To
begin, cut a piece of 140 lb.coldpress watercolor paper into 3-1/2”
by 2-1/2” pieces for the base for each ATC. Paint ATC base with
Lumiere paints and allow to dry. Stamp image (Stampers Anonymous) with
black ink. The first card shows this base, which was created in multiples
to be used as the base for an ATC series. The finished card shows a
wash of Quinacridone Gold (5GO-2301) applied
to part of this background to “age” the color and give added
interest to the card surface. Apply the Quinacridone Gold to a plastic
game piece, let dry, and glue to card using Regular
Gel Matte (5GO-3030) as the glue. Weight this down to dry. Embellish
card with letters and numbers from Copper
Alphabet Tiles (5ST-AC917C). Glue a faux gem to the game piece,
and a type key sticker to the lower corner of the card. Cover the sticker
with a Medium Circle Blank Page Pebble (5MA-22923 - Discontinued) for added dimension.
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Simple
Time
by Debbie Metti
To
begin, cut a piece of 140 lb.coldpress watercolor paper into 3-1/2”
by 2-1/2” pieces for the base. Prepare ATC surface with Black
Gesso (5GO-3560). When dry, stamp Letters
& Time (C8213) using Encore Ultimate Metallic Ink. Paint random
swatches of Lumiere metallics to finish the card.
So
Sad…too bad!
by Debbie Metti
To
begin, cut a piece of 140 lb.coldpress watercolor paper into 3-1/2”
by 2-1/2” pieces for the base. Prepare ATCs by painting with Black
Gesso (5GO-3560) and allow to dry. Paint streaks on this surface
with Lumiere paints in desired colors and allow to dry. Stamp child’s
face from Children’s Faces
Cube (C8234) on vellum and mount in a black slide mount. Color image
on the back of the vellum for a soft effect. Highlight with Lumiere.
Glue mounted image to ATC and embellish with a faux gem. Spell out words
using Copper Alphabet Tiles
(5ST-AC917C), and “antique” them by rubbing with burnt
umber acrylic paint.
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Bloom
ATC
by Mona Gettmann
Paint
a watercolor panel with Black Gesso (5GO-3560).
Stamp Dandelion Print (C8401) with
blue Opalite ink and sponge the edges with the same ink. Heat set the
ink. Punch out six flowers from a sheet of lavender vellum from Pastel
Vellum Papers (5HT-3090 - Discontinued). Sponge the flowers with the Opalite ink
and apply lavender Pearl Ex powder. Heat set the ink. Align the flowers
together to create three flowers. Stitch black buttons from to the center
of each flower with silver thread. Attach the flowers to the panel,
as shown. Smudge Black Gesso and lavender Pearl Ex on Silver Letter
Tiles, spelling Bloom. Attach the letter tiles to the left side of the
panel. Glue three leaves from Collected
OBJECTS for Creative Minds (5SB-OBJECTS) and black flower rhinestones
from Accent Kit - Classic (5PB-AKCLASS - Discontinued)
to the panel, as shown. Attach the panel to a silver panel.
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Remember
When
by Anita Byers
Apply
a base coat of ivory acrylic paint to a Square
Wooden Box (5KABOXSQR). Antique with brown acrylic paint. Cut
images and words from Vintage
Toys Decoupage Sheet (5CPTOYS) and affix to box using GOLDEN®
Regular Gel (Matte) (5GO-3030). Notice how special this box is,
with the images inside the box, and even on the bottom of the box!
Attach buttons from the Primary Accent
Kit (5PB-AKPRIM - Discontinued) around box using the same Gel medium. Attach
feet to the box, and finish the entire box with an acrylic finish.
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