GOLDENHeavy Body Acrylic Introductory Set (0000074-0)

Can't praise Golden Acrylics enough. Now that I've done a few pieces using them I can't go back to student grade or craft paints (for paintings anyway, I still keep a healthy stock for craft projects). I layer over and over again in my pieces, from 20 up to a couple hundred layers of paint, and depending on what color I use Golden paints are as opaque or transparent as I need them to be. Despite the small size of the tubes a little bit really goes a long way. The peaks and texture you can create adds another dimension to the vibrant colors, and there is nearly zero difference between the color of wet and dry paint (unless you add mediums to affect the gloss). This is the set that got me started but I've since expanded with another set with larger tubes and an extra large tube of titanium white. Their mediums have been excellent as well, with the retarder being my most used additive. The paints also turn out beautifully with matte medium.I'm normally a pretty thrifty shopper and the price made me balk at first, but after I was gifted a set of student acrylics of a different brand the difference in quality and versatility was glaringly obvious. When it comes to standalone paintings I can't use anything else. If you need professional level paints or want to exponentially enhance your hobby painting these are your ticket

It works well for the price .

Ive always bought cheap paint because i felt i wasnt advanced enough to spend too much on my art. These were a bit more but all i can say is wow. The texture was smooth and lovely. The colors are bold and brite and very easy to work with. I will definitely be buying more of this brand!!

Needed this for art classes and it was the perfect amount/color

Four and a half stars because I feel like the set could perhaps have been better curated. I was really looking for an intro set that contained the CMY primaries, but they don't seem to sell one that way. It's been ages since I used artist acrylic, and these were a good deal, and I thought I'd try out the RYB(G) set until I could lay hands on other colors. Also, the product description up there is lacking some punctuation. This set includes six paints:1 - Naphthol Red Light2 - Hansa Yellow Medium3 - Ultramarine Blue4 - Permanent Green Light5 - Mars Black6 - Titanium WhiteAll of these paints are transparent except the black (naphthol red is about halfway on the number scale, but it still appears quite transparent to me).Well. I like the paint. The paint is great. It's just that the palette you get from these colors is ... a little dull. They are all pretty, vibrant colors on their own, but I painted a color wheel to test out the mixing, and anything that mixed with the ultramarine (so shades of green and violet) just didn't do it for me, even though the blue itself is lovely. The greens have an olivey tone, and the violets are a bit heavy. I suppose that's why the perm. green was included, but doesn't explain the lack of violet.I'll use them for sure, anyway, I'll just be looking to sooner pick up the CMY palette than if I'd been happier with the mixes I got with this set. I'm not sure what other manufacturers use as their "accepted" set of RYB primaries -- if this is a common one or if there is variance between them. I know Golden has put out a few different sets for different aims: a landscape set, a traditional set, etc. I hoped this one would be well-rounded enough to give me a wide range.TLDR: Great paints. Good deal to try out artist acrylic. Not the greatest gamut by itself.

I've always loved Golden paints and these just made me love Golden even more!! The heavy body makes it so one coat of paint can almost completely cover another without adding layers and getting frustrated. The tubes may look small, but they do take quite a while to use up. And I love that you arent straining your wrists or fingers each time you open one up. Most definitely would and have been recommending these paints to friends and family. Thank you once again to Golden for making another amazing and trustworthy product for artists to use!

This is great paint. Good little starter to determine how great the brand is. Then you can go buy bigger tubes, white especially. 5 stars for price and quality.

Very nice quality paints. The colors are vivid and the paints glide smoothly on canvas