I don’t know exactly when or how it happened, but I’m addicted to metallics. Seasons and tastes change, but I use to be all about simple, matte colors. Now, it seems like I incorporate metallics into everything I do! I recently had the great pleasure of trying out the full lineup of Metallics by ARTiSTiC …
In this part two product review of Happy Medium’s “Paint Ready to Pour” Acrylic Paints, I’m testing their primary blue, red, and yellow. All HM’s paints, with the exception of white automatically come with silicone. I wanted to test pour samples without silicone, so I special ordered all three colors without any silicone. Creating the …
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One of my favorite weekend pastimes is strolling through my local AC Moore, gawking at all the art supplies; I’m especially drawn to the aisle with the Golden and Liquitex paints. I’ve seen other artists in the Acrylic Pouring Facebook Group talk about fluid acrylics. Naively, I assumed they were just referencing acrylic paint that …
I don’t usually write product reviews or comparisons as I had to author so many when I was working. The typical reviews were always a formal evaluation based on many individual’s input, and at times not my opinions at all. So I decided when I had the chance to develop a written review for a …
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I have been on a resin kick lately—I love it! I’ve been sealing my paintings primarily with Polycrilic, I really enjoy using a product that gives my pieces a glassy, brilliant finish, and I’ve noticed a definite uptick in sales since I started sealing coasters and paintings with resin. I’ve seen a lot of acrylic …
Acrylic pouring has opened my eyes to many different products and brands I never realized existed! , epoxy, Unicorn SPiT… not things I was familiar with as an artist who primarily drew with pencils and markers. When AcrylicPouring.com and Arteza offered me the opportunity to review a few of Arteza’s products, I was excited; I …
When I first started experimenting with acrylic pouring, I’m not sure I even knew what epoxy was. I’m not proud to say this, given that I grew up with a carpenter father and married a carpenter husband, but my artistic experience before acrylic pouring (a time I’ve dubbed B.A.P) never called for things like epoxy …
Why don’t I simply go without gloves? First off, it goes back to previously working as a nurse and donning my daily Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), which basically means wearing the appropriate protective gear for the task at hand. Even though the paints, mediums, silicone, etc. are supposedly non-toxic, that doesn’t mean they won’t irritate …
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Once you have some basics of acrylic pouring down, you’ll probably start wondering, What else can I use? Like the rest of us, you’ll see every object as an opportunity to pour, and you’ll search for new and better paints and additives to pour with. A product of much discussion lately has been the magical, …
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Is the most expensive paint the best product for acrylic pouring? That’s a question I often hear or wonder myself. When a novice begins watching YouTube videos about acrylic pouring or joins a Facebook group like Acrylic Pouring, they see all these lovely paintings and want to jump in with both feet–and quickly. Then they …
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