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Paul Williams

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Hello I am fairly new to painting as I only took it up after surgery. I have a long way to go as far as my painting is concerned but I am enjoying putting oil on canvas and wood and seeing what can be achieved by mixing colours together. I would now like some advice please. I am attempting to paint a Byzantine church mosaic but I am finding it hard to get a shimmering gold colour, admittedly I have only got Winton series 1 oils and am now looking at their series 2 range which does offer a Gold, Renaissance Gold, Transparent Gold Ochre and a Green Gold. Does anyone have experience of these colours or advice on how I can achieve a shimmering gold effect ? Should I look at another supplier for one or two tubes of a better range of oils which may give me a better effect ? Any help would be appreciated. Thank You Paul

Peter Davison

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Paul, I think if you post this in the 'Oils' forum section lower down the page you might get a response from someone who knows the colours you mention. I'm afraid they are not pigments I use.

Peter Davison

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Doooh! I've just seen you have duplicated your post in the Oils section. Hope it gets a response.

Alan Owen

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you can buy a gold dust that you mix to make gold paint with gold size ,,for building work I used it on column edges in malls and hotel front panels .It was a cheap way of saving costs of real gold leaf, .you can varnish it .,it is possible you could use it in an oil base
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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Just realized we've got two threads going on the same question - wonder if I could copy this lot and transfer to the oils section; is it worth it? Or would that just make confusion doubly confusing?

Paul Williams

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Thank You for all your suggestions, they have been most helpful. I have decided to carry on with the paints I have and achieve a gold colour through mixing and using light and shadow to give the effect of a brighter colour. If I do not like the results I will keep trying until I do. Sorry about the confusion on having two threads but I was just following advice, I will make sure it does not happen again. I am glad to have found this web site and that so many of you have taken the time to reply to my post. Thank You Paul
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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Not your fault at all, don't worry about that. If you want to achieve a metallic glow effect, though, do pop down to the Oil section and see how you can do it - you won't achieve a metallic gold sheen by mixing conventional oil colours, you will need either a metallic leaf, or metallic paints, and they are available.