Color Shift is produced by FolkArt, and is described as a dynamic metallic paint with variable color in changing light. Essentially, this dazzling craft paint is a bit of a chameleon— for example, Emerald Flash looks like a rich, vibrant green head on, but if you tilt it just so, it has a teal hue. Personally, I …
Part 3 in our dimethicone oil test today and this time a different type of product. The last two have been personal lubricants, this one today is found with the hair products. We’ll be testing the hair serum which contains a lesser concentration of the dimethicone but it does include other products. How will this …
Testing Dimethicone for Acrylic Pouring Cells: Coconut Milk Hair Serum (Part 3) Read More »
Well, it was certainly a funny sight I’m sure to see me crouched in the aisle next to the contraceptives, peering closely through my spectacles at the exact ingredients in all of the personal lubricants. Luckily it was early on Sunday and not busy! If you do the same, make sure to pick up one or …
Testing Dimethicone for Acrylic Pouring Cells: AstroGlide (Part 2) Read More »
Today is the first part of a 3-part video series where I will be testing various different Dimethicone products to see how they produce cells in our flip cup paintings. Today I am using: – ingredients listed as 100% dimethicone There are various forms of silicone that you can add to your painting. You may …
Testing Dimethicone for Acrylic Pouring Cells: KY True Feel (Part 1) Read More »
Are you feeling the pinch yet? Are you starving the kids and husband so you can spend the grocery money on more paint and canvases? Unless you are selling your work, this pouring and painting addiction can start to cost money. But you still want to paint, want to experiment, want to learn and try …
Ok, so that last test was a bust. It was clearly one of those days when nothing seems to go right. Not to be deterred let’s give it another try, this time with a swipe. So I’m comparing my ‘old’ recipe of paint, , water and silicone on the one side and in the second …
Liquitex PM vs Floetrol Pouring Medium Comparison (Side-by-Side Test Part 2) Read More »
At last, I got my hands on the gold standard pouring medium for acrylic pouring and swiping – the Liquitex Pouring Medium also known as gloss medium for the apparent gloss it offers. Since our style of painting has become really popular this has been sold out or very low in stock in a lot of …
Floetrol vs Liquitex Pouring Medium: Side-by-Side Comparison Test (Part 1) Read More »
Something a little bit different today. A video but I’m not painting. I want to show you around the Acrylic Pouring Store, which is associated with my site and show you where to buy acrylic pouring supplies. I’m hoping not only will you find it really useful and the perfect place to shop for your …
Do your paints come marked to show you which ones are transparent and which are opaque? Some I have bought do list them as opaque, semi-opaque or transparent on the bottles or tubes – but some brands I have bought don’t mention it at all. If you want a mix of opaque and transparent in …
