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Metallic Gold… brings to mind a few words - majestic, opulence, regal. I use gold metallic paint in my paintings. I am not, however, painting Byzantine Icons.
For a change, a surprise, or just for a different effect, I substitute gold gesso for the standard white. This results in dabs of metallic gold overall. I also mix the gold into other paints as a unifying aspect to the painting.
Metallic Gold acrylic paint and gesso is available from most manufacturers. I have found the more shiny the metallic, the more cost to you. The top brands have the pigment saturation I am looking for - Holbein Acrylic Gold Gesso and acrylic paint, Golden's Gold Gesso, and Daniel Smith Gold Gesso. Order a pint of each and you decide.
Just so you know, some gold metallic paints are opaque and some are transparent. The transparent ones have a pearlescent effect. I like this effect because it adds a gold shimmer to other colors. I use it sparingly. It adds another dimension to my work.
This Best of BobBlast visits my series “Manna from Heaven”—My goal for this body of work is to create a series of individually intriguing and original graphic images on paper, using only black and gold, appearing as a unified message of my theme.
What I hope these paintings suggest is the spirit of hope in feeding the hungry of the world. The staggering number of universal starvation moved me to create this series. My vessel paintings are simply vessels, symbolizing the one necessity needed to collect, hold, store and equally distribute the “manna from heaven.” Some vessels are empty… waiting. Others are overflowing. Keep experimenting—Just to see what happens!
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