I was painting in a very hot and dry climate and had difficulties with my acrylic paints drying too fast on me, so I was excited to learn that Golden made Golden Open acrylic paints promising a slower drying time. They do dry slower, but unfortunately at the expense of pigment load. It is very difficult to get coverage with these paints so I found it best to use them with regular acrylic paints to get more open time and better coverage.That said, I think it best to just use regular acrylic paints with a retarder on a Masterson palette with the wet sponge. So essentially these paints are useless, and I would return them if possible. I also don't like the color of the yellow ochre and burnt umber that I bought, perhaps because they have so much medium and retarder in ... MoreI was painting in a very hot and dry climate and had difficulties with my acrylic paints drying too fast on me, so I was excited to learn that Golden made Golden Open acrylic paints promising a slower drying time. They do dry slower, but unfortunately at the expense of pigment load. It is very difficult to get coverage with these paints so I found it best to use them with regular acrylic paints to get more open time and better coverage.That said, I think it best to just use regular acrylic paints with a retarder on a Masterson palette with the wet sponge. So essentially these paints are useless, and I would return them if possible. I also don't like the color of the yellow ochre and burnt umber that I bought, perhaps because they have so much medium and retarder in them. I much prefer the yellow ochre I purchased from Utrecht many years ago, much more chroma and covering power.

I've been using golden open for the past year now. This paint is very good quality and I don't have to use a slow dri med with this product. This is good especially if you blend a lot. I'll be using this paint when I go out on work shops outside. It doesn't dry as fast like the other acrylics do. The only thing about this paint is that it's not as thick as heavy body paint. I use a impasto gel to thicken it a little. Works really good.Thank youJazz

I was using a tube of Ultrecht yellow ochre and it was grainy and hard to mix with other colors. Little specks of unmixed yellow ochre kept settling out of my mixed color and showing up on my brush at inopportune times. I swapped it out for the Golden Open Yellow Ochre and problem solved! Like all the Golden Open paints I am using this one is also buttery smooth highly pigmented and easy to work with.