Light and dark – gloss and matt finish: this is the principle behind our artwork in which the colour gold streams over the canvas. This has first been primed with SOLO GOYA Triton Acrylic in black, to obtain an extra-matt surface. Then we have added KREUL Gold Bronze onto the canvas and blown through a straw so that the gold flows in different directions, leaving interesting trails.

With this idea, the contrast between black and gold is so striking. Another special feature is that the golden surface shimmers very intensely. No wonder, here we have applied KREUL Primer for Leaf Metal and covered the entire surface with KREUL Leaf Metal in gold. Then we have loosely painted over parts of the golden surface with SOLO GOYA Acrylic in black. As long as the dark acrylic paint has not dried, you can scratch it off with an artist’s knife for a stunning effect. In other parts of the canvas, we have used a damp cloth to remove some paint so that the metal leaf can shine through again. And if you fancy, you can apply KREUL Primer on top, tilt the canvas to get the primer flowing and lay more KREUL Leaf Metal on top.

You don’t have to use paint to get a black background. Here, we have used the exciting natural black surface of slate. On this background, we have drawn with KREUL Triton Acrylic Markers in gold, silver and copper. Sometimes broad stripes, sometimes delicate lines, but curves, circles or dots, too –  it's the mix of different components that make the composition interesting. And it goes well with the plain, relief surface of the slate.

When gold can blaze its own trail and create random patterns, then you get spectacular acrylic art. Acrylic pouring is the technique in which you pour thinned-down acrylic paint onto a canvas. We have mixed SOLO GOYA Acrylic in gold, white and black with SOLO GOYA Pouring Fluid until we got the consistency of liquid honey. You mix each colour separately. Then pour all the colours into a beaker, one after another. First white, then black and gold. With gentle wrist-turning motions, slowly empty the prepared beaker of paint onto a canvas. In lots of places, white and black mix to make grey. This neutral mixed colour provides a soft contrast and looks exceptionally elegant with gold.