GOLDEN OPEN Slow-Drying Acrylics, Intro Set, Professional Acrylic Paint

Sister paints, says she loves how she can paint for much longer with very little paint. Size of bottles is kind of eh, would rather buy buckets at this point 😂Paint quality is amazing. Color variety is there but they want to you buy the specific stuff unless you’re a pro and can mix it yourself with these original ones.Dries slow, but steady. Make sure to be in a controlled heat and humidity room or in a space where thy use don’t change frequently throughout the day.

Awesome quality of these paints!! It is truly like painting with oils. They blend so well. Definitely will be buying some more in larger sizes. Good product.

Love these paints! With the slower drying time and the more translucent body it is wonderfully easy to create oil like paintings!

It is a slow drying paint that makes blending so much easier. I wish it was less expensive so I could buy it exclusively. It does seem like I use less paint when using this product. The small tubes have lasted quite awhile and I paint a lot.

I have been experimenting with mediums and I really like this brand for its convenience. I have been doing a lot of plein air painting and Open Acrylics let me blend but also not have to leave with a super wet canvas if I don't paint super thick.I have some slow drying medium to mix in with my other acrylics but that is one more thing to bring in my pack and can be inconsistent if I am working fast- so I like that this brand does that for me. The colors in this set are nice and thankfully they give you a large white to use.Golden is a great brand and the acrylics have a luminous quality you don't get in other brands. I have recommended this set to a lot of plein air painters frustrated with the cumbersome nature of oils and the lightning fast drying of regular acrylics.

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I've always wished I could start my projects by blending with oils and then be able to paint acrylics over the top for final detailing--something which of course doesn't work. This isn't perfectly that, but it's amazingly close. It's really been a game-changer for me! I use my paints thin, and the medium included in these starter boxes works great and is really useful. These paints are more on the translucent side, but it's nothing that can't be fixed with a bit of white, and I love the wide range of colors in this set (and the smaller tubes), especially for the reasonable price. One last note--I use a ceramic palette and cover it with cling wrap between sessions. I only usually get to paint once a week, and these paints have stayed workable for two and a half months on my current project. Great stuff, Golden!

Awesome! Something that drove me crazy about traditional acrylics are how quickly they dry- 3 minutes in and I've already lost my ability to blend and the paint is dry on the palette. Not so with these-- I have plenty of time to blend beautiful skies and use up all my paint. I use them in tandem with traditional acrylics, for the times when I need a thicker application of paint.