You know I love my Polycrylic. I talk about it all the time, and I even wrote an article some time back about why it is my favorite finish for acrylic paintings. But there are always more finishes to try and today I’ll give a couple of spray finishes a try. I love the thicky …
Best Spray Finish for Acrylic Pour Paintings (Test) Read More »
You may have heard that in order to create cells, or in order to get a good poured painting, that you need to use a balanced mix of opaque and transparent paints. Is that true? Let’s try it out and see. Quick Links For your convenience, here are store links to items we mentioned in …
Using Transparent Paints for Acrylic Pouring (Experiment) Read More »
A guest article by Ellenie Nichols. As a contemporary artist, you can do whatever you want. There are no rules, especially in acrylic pouring. Jackson Pollack included automotive paint in his arsenal! However, I’ve collected some Q&A on types of materials and common questions on to gesso or not to gesso. There is a REASON …
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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 »
I don’t know about you but using a hammer on my canvases sounds a bit dangerous. I’m willing to give it a try on your behalf, so here’s how to do the hammer technique with acrylic paints. In this painting I used: A – forget it, doesn’t work well (Try a instead) as my …
Part 3 in my quest for a magic formula to create cells today without torching. After the huge success with Apple Barrel, Artists Loft yesterday was a bust. No cells, but it did create an awesome painting. The colors were fabulous and there were really interesting effects in the paint that I had never seen …
Liquitex Basics Acrylic Pouring Recipe No Cells (Video) Read More »
After the unexpected success of my last pour with the Apple Barrel paints and the Sargent Art Acrylic Gloss, I needed to test out my new formula and see if it would work with other brands of paint too. Today, I’m trying the Artist’s Loft paints from Michaels. In this painting I used: in Turquoise, …
Artist Loft Acrylic Pouring – Metallic Paints With No Cells (Video) Read More »
I bought a new product, the Sargent Art Acrylic Gloss. My intention was to use it as a varnish and compare with a couple of other products as a finish for ceramic tiles, but this interesting product can also be used as a medium. It says “Mix with acrylic paint to increase gloss, ease paint …
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