Golden Acrylic Ground for Pastels 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.
Acrylic Ground for Pastels can be applied to paper, canvas, wood or any primed support. This allows almost limitless applications for media typically confined to standard papers.
This medium can also be used as a toothy, gritty ground for many different media. 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 Colours for coloured grounds.
Thinning
Due to the weight of the solids in this medium, it is produced very thickly and does not come ready to brush-apply. Thin 20-40% with water to desired consistency.
Application
Apply with a brush, paint roller, spray equipment, squeegee, or palette knife. Mix up only as much as is needed for one day's work, as the solids will settle rapidly and be extremely difficult to mix back into suspension.
