GOLDEN Pastel Ground, Acrylic Medium (8 oz. Jar)

Golden acrylic ground for pastels is an acrylic ground for the preparation of canvas and other supports for pastels. It provides a tooth similar to papers designed for pastel and chalk. To increase tooth, add Golden fine or coarse pumice gel. The product can be blended with Golden acrylic colors for colored grounds.

• GOLDEN Pastel Ground is a 100% acrylic medium designed to prepare surfaces for the application of pastels, charcoal and other art media where a coarse tooth is desired. It contains finely ground sand (silica) in a pure acrylic emulsion.
• Pastel Ground can be applied to paper, canvas, wood or any primed support. This allows almost limitless applications for media typically confined to standard papers.
• Pastel Ground can be used as a toothy, gritty ground for many different media, including dry media (soft pastels, graphite pencils, etc.), water-based media (water-soluable pastels, colored pencils, etc.), and oil-based media (oil pastels, oil sticks, etc.).
• Thinning: Due to the weight of the solids in Pastel Ground, it is produced very thick, and does not come ready to brush-apply. Thin 20-40% with water to desired consistency.
• Pastel Ground can be blended with GOLDEN Acrylic Paints to achieve colored grounds. However, add minimal amounts of color since all additions of paint to Ground will decrease the tooth.