ALL MY GOLDS – AN UPDATE
In my previous post on this subject, I thought I’d remembered all the golds I have in the studio, but there were several that I forgot. In this post I hope to remedy the situation, and this time I hope I haven’t forgotten any!
This is page 2 of my golds swatch chart.
Previously, I forgot about my Perfect Pearls and my Kuretake Gansai Tambi paints, all of which have some very acceptable water-based golds.
Perfect Pearls by Ranger Ink are little pots of mica powder in a large selection of colours, including several golds. You can paint with these powders. I have made up a paint palette by placing some of the powder in each section and mixing in a little water to form a paste. When this is dry, you can use the palette like any normal watercolour palette.
Please see my previous post linked above, for examples of these in use.
You can see from the chart above that Biscotti, Perfect Gold, Sunflower Sparkle and Kiwi are all different shades of gold. Biscotti is very pale; a sort of cream gold verging on silver but warmer. Kiwi is a greenish gold. All the Perfect Pearls are very shimmery and reflective.
I also forgot about my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolours which include two golds in the two sets of paints in my possession, one warmer and one cooler. The Blueish Gold is a lighter, cooler shade than the Gold which is more of an antique gold type of shade. I find many metallic additions to colour collections, whether they be paints or coloured pencils or markers, can often be quite disappointing, but the Kuretake watercolours do seem to have quite a lot of pigment. I haven’t used these at all, apart from testing them today, and I am pleasantly surprised at how metallic they are. Highly recommended!
I think this about wraps it up for my golds for now, unless I discover some new ones. I hope this is useful for someone.
