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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
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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As you say, Winsor and Newton offer several metallic pigments in their Artists' oil range - I've not used them, though have used gold acrylic. Will those paints give you the shimmering look you find in icon painting ..... hmm. Well, they'll give you a muted gold, which will be picked up by candlelight (which is how most icons would have been seen) but the more expensive route, for a brighter appearance, can only really be got from gold leaf, or imitation gold leaf. I'm no authority on that ... I wouldn't even know the best way to apply it. Try the gold paint - see if it gives you the look you want. If it does, fine: you won't need the leaf. If it doesn't - well you may find an alternative use for the paint one day; but you'll probably have to try the gilding method, on which there are books available.
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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PS - don't be misled by paint names like Transparent gold ochre - it won't give you a metallic gold look, it's just a rich, transparent yellow ochre; the same is I think true of Green Gold, i.e. it's a colour, not a metallic paint - you want the metallics.
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2015/09/02/metallic-oil-paints/ See this, too.
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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http://www.winsornewton.com/uk/shop/oil-colour/artists-oil-colour And this.

Syd Edward

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Try some acrylic gold . if it doesnt please you can paint over it when dry......Syd