3 common acrylic pour painting mistakes and how to fix them
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- čas přidán 3. 01. 2023
- Some people say if it can go wrong, it will. I say if it can go wrong you can find beauty in it, and learn something along the way! Acrylic pour painting has become my passion, and a way to practice mindfulness, forgiveness, and optimism. For me, painting has become a physical expression of prayer and gratitude; a way for me to be the "me" God created me to be.
Join me as I create a split composition dutch pour painting, and learn 3 common dutch pour painting mistakes, even the pros make.
Base colors:
Golden Turquoise
Navy Blue : Amsterdam Black and Phthalo Blue (too much black)
Pour colors:
Titanium White
Homemade Mauve
Liquitex. Silver
Liquitex Gold
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Glad you are willing to post 'mistakes' because they help everyone out! Some artists don't like to admit they make any, lol
So true! Mistakes are how we learn.
Or they don't like to teach either 😅
absolutely!!! and some get to big for their briches, lol. I am really enjoying your channel :)@@JM-pu8pl
And I love your channel as well! You are a very good teacher!@@beccaharkinsart
I'll agree with many on this topic: we are our own worst critic and we cannot leave well enough alone. This is a beautiful piece
I love the marriage between gold & silver. The creamy yellow tone is scrumptious.❤️🇨🇦
Scrumptious is right! Hahah!
Beautiful peice. It's funny how we are disappointed when it's not quite what we were going for. But when you give it time you appreciate it for what it is 😍
Very true!
I think we are our worst critics. My daughter told me once:"Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean someone else will love it!" That kind of stuck with me and I'm not as quick to scrape it. Anyway... this painting is gorgeous, love the colors. And thanks for sharing your "mistakes" with us😊
Thank you!
I'm definitely my worst critic in any art or craft.
Laughed out loud when you said you don’t know when to stop. I always do the same thing and then spend o much time getting thing back. Love the painting!❤😊
So glad I’m not alone! Haha!!
The end result is absolutely gorgeous. That’s all it matter. Don’t be too hard on yourself.❤❤❤
Thanks!
I keep saying over and over to myself: LESS IS MORE!! I love to fiddle with it, too. :)
Knowing when it stop can be the hardest part!
10:35 I took away the lessons you wanted us to see and avoid! However, the painting did come out beautifully. Thank you for sharing this video with us.
I can totally relate to fiddling and not leaving mu pours well enough alone! Great job!
Yes! Thank you!
Thanks for this video. I had always wondered why some lacing disappeared when the painting had dried. Now I know. Subscribed.
Thanks for the sub!
I am new to acrylic pouring and make lots of mistakes 😂, so thank you for showing us how to repair some and also reminding me the importance of checking my paint consistency. I get too excited by the different colours and jump in too soon, I will learn eventually!
The final result of your painting is gorgeous ❤
Thank you! And you are sooo not alone in jumping in.
I find it really very nice , not too black for me and the design is very class .....congratulations !
Thank you!
Very nice. Thank you.
So pretty ❤
Thank you!
I love the colour palette it’s really pretty, as to are the cell reactions. Family tell me so often to walk away from a piece as it looks great as it is, but it’s so difficult sometimes isn’t it!….😂.
So true!
As always, stunning piece Becca!
Thank you so much!
This is beautiful. Thank you for posting your mistakes. I’m learning a lot from you
You are so welcome
Love the way you show the mistakes. I’m still working on my consistency of my paints. I love the dot of paint then see it they all run the same down the paper. I new to this type pour and I’m loving it! Also love the way you list your colors in your description box.
It’s so much fun isn’t it? I love to lose myself in the art
@@beccaharkinsart I totally agree! I’m loving my retirement so I have more time for my hobbies 😀
Beautiful colours, thanks for the tips. I don’t know what it is I tend to fiddle around with my pours to and I wished I hadn’t. 😮
It’s sooooo hard to know when to stop
Pretty thanks for sharing and showing how to keep going!
You are so welcome!
❤️ it trying out different ways of doing things
This is Beautiful!!! 💙🤍🖤
Thank you!
This painting is so so gorgeous..I actually love that the turquoise dried uneven and I like the dark color being black too..I am guilty of not being able to stop at times too but I'm trying hard to leave well enough alone...Thank you for this video...LOVING the painting :)
Thanks so much! I’m glad you love it!
❤❤❤ I love it miss Becca .even though it has mistake but still it looks really amazing..
Oh thank you!
I can so relate - I tend to over fiddle also and end up making the results less great than it had been. But it's hard to sometimes know where that line is. Sometimes doing something a bit more does make a good difference. But I have really regretted doing "more" quite often. I'm not sure if I regret it more times than not, but I do think I'm getting better at holding back when something is really nice as it is even though I might have some vision in my head of how it could be better....if only the paint will do exactly as I want. LOL. Anyway - this piece did turn out incredibly gorgeous. 😀🥰
Sooo hard to know when to stop.
It is beautiful.
It's gorgeous! The area you see as imperfect is not at all wrong. I love the imperfect curve. It's actually more interesting and engaging than a beautifully graceful line. The gold is just enough in the best place.ovrrall it strikes me as dynamic, passionate. Leading somewhere unknown but with anticipation.
Oh thank you!
Gorgeous!!!!
Thank you!!
Becca this turned out beautiful and I’m so glad you explained and shared the mistakes, it truly helps! Your voice is so soothing and sounds exactly like Tara from Pieces of Tara! Has anyone ever told you that? Again, beautiful piece and thank you for sharing! 🤗
That was so kind of you to say Treesie! I’m so insecure about the way my voice sounds sometimes.
I am familiar with pieces of Tara Artistry. What a talented painter she is!
Becca I have to say you have the absolutely the best instruction I have found, thank you ! I've been trying this art for 7 months so far & doing quite well but most of my success is accidental 😂 but listening to your comments are so helpful, you are my new mentor 🎉❤
I'm so glad! Welcome to the channel! I try my best to answer every comment so if you ever have a specific question, don’t hesitate to ask!
@@beccaharkinsart Good morning, thanks for the reply, I see how thick the layer of paint is & wonder why it wouldn't Crack when dry?
Really beautiful 🤩💞🤩
Thank you so much 😊
I agree about there almost always remedies in fluid art. Nice work, and I really appreciate that you share your mistakes and teach that way. Thank you 😊
My pleasure!
I think my biggest weakness is also fiddling too much. I'm getting better at recognizing that less is often more! It's a tough lesson to learn! Well done on a great painting and video! 😁😁😁
Thanks for sharing!!
I just saw this and I really love this painting
Yes yes yes I have ruined more paintings because I always think I needs a bit of fixing and so many times it’s a problem lol
Glad to hear I’m not the only one!
Love it and yes I do it also lol keep up the amazing work
Thanks 😆
Ditto on dabbling with my painting too much after the pour.
Hi, Becca: this piece is like a musical composition deep and moody. It's imperfection is perfect. Love how you fixed the center with the finger swipe. THank you for sharing mistakes, I can relate to all of them especially fiddling around and not knowing when to stop. New sub here. Feel free to say hi at my abode. 😇
Thank you so much! And thanks for subscribing
I tend to overthink and mess with it, too.
That is so beautiful! I've been trying and trying to do this at home, but I can't ever get my colors to blend so nicely together like this! I'm not exactly sure how to mix my base paint either. I will keep trying though because I am in love with this kind of abstract fluid art!
Check out my video for how I mix my paints!
This turned out pretty, and I can so relate to fiddling too much. What brand is the gold turquoise, if you don't mind me asking? Thank you for your information.
The brand is “Golden” Turquoise. I know that is confusing lol
Thank you
Beautiful, new subscriber here 😊
Thanks for subbing!
Thank you for posting about mistakes. I'm wondering about how I can be creative about a small smudge I made that I made larger. Kind of looks like a blemish on the painting. A rough area on a smooth surface.
Have you tried embellishing it?
Hello Becca, love this painting. I think the darker color works well. May I ask how you mix your paints? What type of medium? Do you use just water or a silicone oil?
For this painting I used floetrol and water. I have a mixing video. Have you seen it yet?
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No I haven't.
I’m a first time dutch pour on a very large canvas. Once it has dried can you go back and add more pouring and will I get more cells?
I wouldn’t recommend it.
I did my first acrylic pouring on a very big canvas but after drying it didn’t came out as I want. Can I use some more colors on same canvas and do some more poring. Please guide
Yes, you can but you will need to wait at least 2 weeks for the paint to fully cure or else it will peel up
Crow In the right hand corner looking my direction
It's very good
Beautiful
Com and see me in there days
I try to do something similar to this painting and it just goes everywhere....is it the blow dryer too high or its the composition of the acrylics as I just mix them with water only
my guess is the blowdryer is too powerful. I use a 1000w blow dry on low.
@beccaharkinsart thank you yes it might be plus the canvas was a3 size so been on high it just went everywhere 😳 thanks for your reply I'll use the same canvas and use on a low setting to see the diference
Plesa Tell me has many watt isnyour boom dry? Câți wați are uscătorul de par? Hy from Romania!
1000 watts. I linked the blow dryer to Amazon in the description.
I tried my first pour painting. I really liked it immediately after pouring. After drying its not the same. I used White Glue, silicon oil, acrylic paints and water by looking at some video. After drying there are lot of spots where white canvas was seen and the pattern of circles went away. Can someone help why it happend ?
I have heard that if you use silicone oil in the base paint it can cause the acrylic paint to pull away from the canvas and allow the canvas to show through.
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Thank you!
I don't wht this midium stuff ?!! Its been 2 dayssince I've done my first pouring exelenre piece but sadly all my paint cracked. I used only water and like cheap acrylics from turkey like 1€ for 100 ml
So my questìn is how to prevent the paint from cracking. My paint cracked all and now is like Mozzaik of little piece i would love to send you a photo 9fmy paint so i an conact you and pls help me. Because every one is cheering me up to do more paints like this but i can't invest if there is cracking non stop. Can you help me ?
Yes, I can help. It is the cheap acrylics that make it crack. If you invest in better acrylic paints you will find success and no cracking. You do not need pouring medium but it helps move the paint. You can send me a pic on Facebook messenger if you like. Look for Becca Harkins Art on Facebook or Instagram.
I am feeling a tiny polar bear should be walking open nere
I believe my base paint is to thick and the whole finger swipe technique has me baffled. It never looks like a finger swipe, it looks like I dragged my finger through the paint.
Paints need to be quite thin. I also only use the tip of my glove, not my whole finger.
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I'm new to fluud art and its so expensive to do but I love the unpredictability of it. Usually I psint with brush, pet portraits etc. Fluud is fun but I cantvreally get cells or the look I'm going for lol and I fiddle too much too...any advice
I guess my question would be, what what look are you going for? Different looks usually require a different recipe or consistency to get the certain effects.