If you have been painting now for a little while and had some successes, you might be looking to sell some of your art and crafts to turn into some extra cash so you can buy more materials. Or if you’ve painted a lot and made some awesome artworks maybe you are aiming higher and …
n our Facebook Group, the question comes up a lot about the best way to bring shine and a nice glossy finish back to the dried paintings. Acrylic paints can dry rather dull and darker than when wet, but adding back a glossy finish and brightening up those colors again is easy! Quick Links For your …
Best Protective Finish to Seal Acrylic Paintings – How To Seal Acrylic Paint Read More »
By the time this article and video reaches the blog and everything gets edited and uploaded, Valentines Day will be over. But this ‘sexy’ color scheme of black, red and silver is my husbands favorite so he’s now the new owner of this tile for his Valentines present this year. As usual, he was underwhelmed …
Pouring with DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics: Sexy Colors Read More »
You know I love to try out new products and new techniques and new ideas for pouring and painting. Today I’ll be trying out the for the first time. I love the amazing vibrant colors and have been hoping to give these a go for a while now. Quick Links For your convenience, here are store …
Testing DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic Paints for Acrylic Pouring Read More »
I’ve been looking for ways to bring tiles together that don’t quite match and make them a set. I tried stenciling and oh dear, I am so bad at crafty things. I messed up in so many ways. I don’t think I have the patience for it. However, I think the idea of adding a …
How to Create Designs on Poured Tiles with Texture Paste and Stencils Read More »
I get a lot of questions about how well paint sticks to ceramic tiles, and shouldn’t I at least gesso the tile before pouring. You would think that was a good thing to do usually but I’ve found adding gesso or any other surface prep to non-porous surfaces has caused me problems in the past. In this …
How to Prepare Ceramic Tiles for Acrylic Pouring Read More »
Since the were discontinued (a tragedy for pouring artists) I’ve been trying to find glitter paints to replace them, that will work well in poured paintings. So far none have really been any good. You know when you buy glitter nail varnish? It looks amazing in the bottle but very disappointing when you brush it …
Best Cheap Glitter Paints for Acrylic Pouring (Test & Review) Read More »
I’ve done numerous experiments with various different sorts of sealers and finishes for use with your painted coasters. (Here is the latest one and my conclusions so far.) Many have not been successful and do not pass the hot coffee test. So in this experiment, I will be trying paints that don’t need any sealer …
How to Create Poured Tile Coasters With Gloss Enamels Read More »
It’s that time of the month again when I take part in the Acrylic Pouring Challenge. Our #FebruaryPouringChallenge was set by Meghan of Ethereal Orb. She set an interesting challenge this month without telling us which colors or which techniques we should use, and left much more open to our imagination. I’ve not yet seen …
Acrylic Pouring Spin Technique: Lord of the Rings Inspired Painting Read More »
I’ve had this weird tool in my craft box for ages! I did buy it originally intending to try it out for swiping, then I just put it to one side and forgot about it until my recent clear up. Now I’m ready to give this tool a try for swiping. Will it create a …
How to Use a Zigzag Tool for Swiping Your Acrylic Pour Paintings Read More »
