Fluid Painting with Liquitex Pouring Medium on Large Canvas
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- čas přidán 27. 05. 2018
- Large canvas fluid painting pour. By Carl Mazur. Poured a huge 2 foot by 4 foot large canvas acrylic pour with Liquitex pouring medium, acrylic paint and Floetrol. This is a beginner abstract acrylic art tutorial. Used a primed or gesso canvas by Masterpiece Canvas Company.
Large canvas pieces are complicated strictly because of the size and having to move the paint around is physically challenging for some.
Fluid art or fluid painting is a passion of mine and I love to share it with ones that are beginners to painting this way. This is a great tutorial for beginners interested in how to learn more about liquid art, abstract art, fluid pours, fluid paint pours and so on. I use 100% acrylic paints in my paintings along with Floetrol, water, glue and or Liquitex pouring medium.
I believe the colors really contrasted very nice with this piece. I still love it to this day.
I finish all my paintings with Liquitex gloss varnishes for a nice clean finish that is shiny to the eye and touch.
When it was in it's drying process on the canvas, I did have a problem with the canvas kind of getting wavy on me. I talked to the art store owner and he told me to just lightly use water on the back of the canvas to stretch it back out into place. I just used a light rag with water on it, and it worked like a charm! The large canvases are a bit more complicated to work with but wow do they make a statement. It's a definite showpiece on the living room wall.
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Artist's Loft Metallic Paints:
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Artist's Loft Flow Paints:
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Liquitex Gloss Varnish:
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Masterpiece Canvas:
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Plastic Cups:
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“Let me set this aside”
Throws it on the floor
😂😂
Beautiful! Love the colors.
"Let me set this aside." :toss: LOL!
Look like the ocean, when wave is about to hit the sand. Beautiful.
Gorgeous!!!!
Love it! 😍
Wow that's really awesome.
Love this 😍
Fabulous! Wish I had that hanging in my house. You are funny. A sense of humor is golden!
Just discovered this video. Hysterical! SUBSCRIBED!
The painting came out great!
I love this. Great job! Looks so pretty hanging up. Thank you for sharing.
You are welcome Delia.
Awesome! If that were my space everything in the area including the shades, jacket on chair and walls...let alone me would have paint on it. You are an inspiration. Thank you for sharing this. Lot's of fun too.
You're hilarious! LOL! I have almost spilled a huge amount of paint on the carpet before. I guess carpet is replaceable but not cheap. I wanna take this whole space and cover it really super good. My office gets too hot in the summertime to work.
I loved this whole video, the way you explain what you’re doing and your sense of humor. I just finished my version with white, red, gold, black and copper. I’m so glad I found your channel. Thank you!
Dang! You just made me week!! Thanks for your comment
2:50 Carl: Let me set this aside... *_proceeds to throw the bottle on the floor_* xD
Absolutely! Haha
Great laugh and great pour , loved this video
Love this guy.
Thanks for the varnishing tip. Love your finished work
Thanks Candice! I really appreciate that. These large pieces I did turned out so nice and the varnish after a few months... Dried as flat and shiny as can be. I love your rants BTW... Great job!
Beautiful canvas . Thanks
I love watching your videos. You take the time so we know how to mix and pour. You are a joy to watch❤
Awe thank you so much! That’s very nice of you to say. ❤️❤️
Vary bright love the collors.
Thank you Kellie!
Wow you are BRAVE doing all that on carpet!!! It came out really beautiful, worth all that work. I too love the Liquetex high gloss varnish..so far it turns out better than any other finish I've used, so I thank you for recommending it to me a while back. Now I will have to try their gloss medium.
Thanks Louise! Yeah the Gloss Varnish works very well and so does the pouring medium. But it does have its limitations. It can be a bit tricky.
The sound of pure pleasure... you are so funny. Love your videos
Why thank you Nicky!!
This did turn out beautiful but honestly I needed a good laugh your expressions when you’re pumping that black paint and you’re breathing so fast of all that excitement and you twisting that canvas around on the cups? Priceless . I completely lost it you’ve been the best part of my day LOL you were as serious as a heart attack you probably needed a chill pill afterwards omg too cute
Hilarious and a great artist! Win win!
Beautiful good job
Great idea with the cups Carl! Thank you. Your piece looks great!
Thanks so much Jack. This is one of my favorite pieces.
Hi dear carl I like to say THANK YOU THANK YOU AND THANK YOU I learned alot from you than any other artists, i watch so many videos but none of them showed me how to forme the cells and mix other things probably it is my falt because my english is poor. Thanks again Mr: Mazur. I will keep waching your shows (videos) love is all.
Gorgeous !
Thanks Maria!
Man you are so awesome ❤️. Love your talent and humour❤️
Thanks so much Sharon!!
Beautiful, I love your color choices!
Thank you so much Ellis.
That was amazing, loved it.
Thank you Ivy I appreciate it!
Great job!! I love it!
Thanks Cindi!
Awesome lesson👍
Love this guy!
Thanks so much!
you made me laugh with that look , i needed that,,loll
Hey Carl, Have you written a book on Liquid Art yet? Your step by step teaching skills are wonderful and we could use a How To book from you as a written source of instruction. Just a thought...
Trish, I have been outta the loop lately. Going through a divorce and it's been rough. But I hope to get back to it soon. I haven't considered writing a book, no.
Beautiful!!!
Thanks Scooter!
I love it!!! I have been wanting to do a large pour just like this! The colors are on point!!!! Thanks so much for the inspiration and a wonderful video!!!! PS: I am 18 years into a "back problem" so I really appreciate what you do!
Wow! Thanks so much Crystal. This did turn out so nice and I got so lucky. Back probs suck. I hope you get the chance to do one. Maybe you can "get in and get out" quickly.
Beautiful job Carl.
Thank you so much!
So very Beautiful love this art
Thank you and I love your comment. ❤️ Have you seen the other large pieces I’ve done. The one with magenta. Is so amazing. I can’t believe I created it. 😆😆
I paint in my kitchen because I can’t eat any more - so I’ve put it to good use. If you have carpet you can protect it by putting plastic down, then put down the interlocking square tiles in case you do drip paint. Nothing seems to get through. They can pack up very easily and don’t take up much room. I don’t even put the plastic down, but I have floorboards, not carpet. It works very well. You could cover half or all of the room every time you set up. You’re very brave painting over carpet! I wouldn’t do it as I’m too free with the paint!
It looks as though your white may be a different consistency to your colours as I can see some have of the colours have sunk. I torch any canvas but use a heat gun between layers of Liquitex High Gloss. I give my work 4-5 coats before I sell them as it’s like liquid glass.
Hey, thanks for all the info!!
Simples wonderful!!!
Thank you Valentina!
Love this it is very soothing great job!
Thank you Bethany.
How dare someone give you a thumbs down. So I'm giving you 5 thumbs up. Terrific painting Carl.😊
Haha, thank Janet. There's someone out there that has to give me the thumbs down first before it becomes popular I guess. LOL! I sure appreciate your support. Lately, I have been trying some large pieces and they're sure much more to take on than the smalls.
Farther for physical distance, further for advancing in time or development - hope that helps!
Hi Carl love this painting the colors are amazing. Have the same colors and i will try a smaller version. Believe me my back is hurting just watching you tilting this big canvas .
That will be so awesome Brigitte! Yeah I think the colors really popped. Back is sore.
Wow it’s beautiful’ no it didn’t look easy but you did it!! Looks like marble!!
Fabulous!! Would love to try to practice with something similar! How do you think it would look if one added some silicone to make more cells? Do you think it would ruin the simplicity of the piece?
Fabulous! Great movement and colors. I really appreciated how you showed us how to mix our paints and the name of the products. Your calm yet very excited vibe was really fun! Thank you so much!
I love the fact that you add and mix, add a bit more... .. not too much measuring and weighing! Great stuff and thank you! Brave stuff! I get paint absolutely everywhere and there you are doing it with "open carpet" and a dark t shirt on a chair?? I have to wear huge overalls, rubber gloves ...
Another stupendous video! You are so brave tilting that wet paint on that huge canvas over good carpet...lol! Anyway, the end result justified the risk. It's a stunning piece of art! Thank you so much for sharing. Love your videos
Thanks SOOO much Mod!!
when I paint my canvas before pouring, I use glue and paint, and it covers my canvas really well and I don't use a lot of paint doing it, and my pour comes out beautiful !!!
I'm so glad to hear that Donna. So glad you can paint!
I have a hurt back and neck I ve had 4 surgery and I'm being told I need another .. So its hard for me to move boards but the idea with the cups on is very clever I will try this. Thanks for all the tips as always your painting is beautiful... I miss seeing you but can understand I dont always feel good enough to paint.
Thanks Irene. Sorry you had to have so many surgeries. I have had 3. Hopefully no more. It's just patch work at most. The cups sure helped a lot.
Why did they give you a thumbs down... we never get to see those 🤔. I thought this , like all the others is a great project video. I appreciate your time in sharing your technique ! Love the end result. You a a brave soul having bare carpet... 😎. Wow! You were not kidding about it being a huge canvas! Beautiful!
Yeah I better get some more plastic material for the floor. Whew! Thanks for your compliments.
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Amazing! I am so sorry you have back problems. I can sense the pain you are in. I have found that back and knee pain are the worst you can have! I hope you get better real soon! Gosh, I love this painting!
Thanks so much Linda. Yeah it’s a real pain in the butt. Literally! I haven’t been able to paint as much lately because of it. But this year I’m gonna try and exercise more and get feeling better. I’m so happy you love it. I sure do too. You going to try this one?
I wish you could see some of the fades up close. There’s some fading of the paint that happened and it’s so beautiful.
I saw some of the fading when you still had it on the table. I would love to do a pour like this but I could never do one that big!
Thanks for the Art and Beauty that you are showing... I have one question if i'm allowed: I have pouring medium that came with other High Flow Acrylic colour bottles, do I need to mix the flow acrylic colours with the medium or just pouring them straight on the top of the medium? Thanks
Thanks so much for asking Mukhlis! And yes it’s okay to ask.
You mix the paint and medium together before pouring.
how are you meassuring?
magnifique . wowwwwwwwwwwww
Thanks Raymode!!
Love your work and your video's! And you really make me laugh aswell! In holland we have a word for someone with this type of humor... droogkloot! And even tho it may not sound nice, i mean it in the nicest way possible! Love ya!! :D:D:D
Awe thank you so much for the compliment!
Looks so cool! Very Nice ! 5/29/18 Fun to watch.
Thanks Linda!
WOW! You are a brave soul. 😂 That is a HUGE canvas!! You did such an amazing job! That's beautiful!!! The colors are beautiful! I'll have to work my way up to a large canvas like that. 😁
Be sure to wait till they’re on sale too. I got this one for $37 at the art store.
I have a really bad back and doing all the stirring kills me I bought a cheap mixer with the long things on it and that has helped me so much and it goes so much faster amazing by the way TFS
You are very welcome Missy. Yeah a mixer would be a great idea!
That is so beautiful TFS
Hey Carl. Love your art and videos. I always have problems with paint to medium ratios. Having looked at your painting would it be safe to say 1:1:1, Liquitex:Paint:Floetrol and dash of water if needed? Thanks in advance for your advice !!
I would say only about 25% paint in the mix. The rest Floetrol about 25% and pouring medium about 50%. Hope that helps.
Excellent pour. Beautiful and well-balanced.
I'm about to do a 3 ft x 6 ft (first painting too) lol, eh I'm a Texan, go big or...well I'm already home. Thanks for sharing this!!
Yes Trina!!!! Go big! These paintings will make such a huge statement. I have people come over and see these hanging in our living room (as opposed to the smaller ones) and they can't believe all the colors, cells and overall look of them. I took them to a local gallery and she freaked on them. I sure hope it turns out for you. It took me awhile to practice to work up to a big one.
Remember I pour at an angle on the canvas... As I think it makes more interest in the style. But either way. I would love to see your painting. Email me at cmazur1@aol.com
Carl Mazur awesome, noted! I especially liked the video with a beginner, it was very easy to follow & helped me put the pieces together. I’m using a drop cloth canvas and still have to finish stretching it ( ran out of staples). Thanks for the email addy, I’ll send you a pic when I’m done). Stay creative! And I really want to do a multi colored horse on the beach one day ( I love the multi colors & textures). 🤠👍👩🏼🎨
Praise Rangus for the 1.25 speed control! Bless Hosana. For yer paint.
I love your paintings and videos.I have all the products but forgot to by the floetrol, can I paint this without it
Yes you can paint without it
Is it important to use distilled water or would filtered water from the tap be alright?
Doesn't even have to be filtered so yes. And when mixing paint try not to be so quick with it because I know this dude's paint was filled with bubbles which changes the outcome of the painting.
How long does the liquitex varnish sealer take to dry and when dry is it tacky and sticky? I can’t afford to waste any more money on sealers that dry sticky and tacky and stinks. Thanks for any advice . Debbie
Debbie Jeffers I can answer this - it’s best to use a foam brush, Shake enough on the canvas to get decent coverage. The first coat will soak up the most, the last only a little. It usually feels dry after an hour, but if you don’t wait long enough you can overwork the gloss so that it becomes cloudy. It’s better to leave it for at least 3 hours or even overnight to be sure. The next coat will take less. Just put it on horizontally first, then vertical for better coverage. Don’t forget the sides. Use a heat gun to get any bubbles out, check the gloss from the side to make sure it’s all covered, then you can go in different directions or cross hatch. Minimal brush strokes are best. Use around 4-5 coats for a beautiful glassy finish. It doesn’t get too tacky but you shouldn’t add more once it starts to dry or it will react - instead wait until it dries then add a new coat if needed. Just don’t over brush or you could come back to it the next day and it will be cloudy and the gloss is gone. Wait until you have a few canvases and do them over a couple of days. A 4 ounce bottle will cover around 40 canvases of different sizes.
Can u hang up liquid art like a picture?
Absolutely! Once it’s dried of course you can. I have so many hanging all over my home.
This kinda art is new to me and I love art especially with glossy looks .
I'm new to liquid and fluid art and wanting to get into it.as long as I can keep and store my art or hang it up.
I would like to know how long this took to dry? All mine seem to dry thin around the edges after a day or so but still have a thicker pool in the middle.
Derek Toms add some support to the back of your canvas, use a thicker mixture, try pebeo bindex brilliant with a bit of water and paint, works a treat for me
Derek, mine was completely dry in a day. Now before I coated it I waited a number of days. The Liquitex Pouring Medium dries pretty quick for me. Note: I do live in a really dry desert area! Our humidity ratio is like 12% most days. That’s low.
Thanks so much ShayBear!
How long approximately did it take to dry?
Did you varnish before or after?
It took it a couple of days to dry. Varnish after it has dried. I would give it about Five days
It turned out super Carl. But cant believe you actually have carpet under that table!
Haha yes there’s carpet under there. I need my own studio. I don’t have enough space in my office. Plus it gets way too hot in the summer to paint in there.
Did your canvas come with the support in the back or did you add that yourself? Looks great!!
Do u mix anything with the liquitex varnish?
No. I use the varnish straight out of the bottle
I like my liquitext pouring med. but a I prefer it thicker, what can I do?
Peter, as I am not qualified to answer your question. You could ask a professional like at the art store or something about making your mediums thicker. I am sure it's available.
Omg. I want to dive into this! Likes easy enough. Is the paint eatable? Lol. Just got a funny idea. 😱😱. Great job Carl! 💙💙👍👍
Mikey
Thanks. You totally should!
Why do you use Floetrol and pouring medium? I find using one or the other works just fine for me. Maybe I'm missing something?
I have found out that using pouring medium and floetrol makes doing the painting a bit smoother or easier. But... the downside to using floetrol is it breaks down the chemicals in the pouring medium so you won't get as much color "life" meaning the color stands up on the canvas just a tad more. In other words like the thickness of the pouring medium makes it stand up more. But really, I have had some wonderful pours with the floetrol added. The pouring medium by itself just doesn't flow off the sides as much and it wants to stay in one spot.
Good tip there.
Mr Carl me when im using White artist loft and pouring medium i obtain some little chunk. ..a big fail!
Oh no! I haven't noticed but only a few little tiny spec like chunks in this painting. They were too small to really go and fix so I left them.
Amazing as usual mate ,the paint was reluctant to move at first huh! Want to show you a my effort 😃
Thanks Claire! Yeah it took the paint a minute to think about it :P
Are you just overlapping the colors and adding white between each section? I wanna do this with tiger colors mixed with my cat. This incredible.
Yes that’s all I am doing. I’m just overlapping the colors and adding white in the middle or between the colors. It’s a pretty simple process! I can’t wait until you try it you will love it
@@CarlMazur thank you for responding. I got all the colors needed. I am very excited! :)
Beautiful work! May I ask why you didn’t use silicone or any other oil? I love the idea of lightly screwing the cups to the canvas.
Great job! Can’t wait to try this myself.
Be careful on screwing the cups in... not to break through the other side. I wanted this painting to be totally fluid rather cells or not. Silicone gets in the way too. It’s oily and harder to clean.
Oh! And I can’t wait for you to try it!
Thanks for your quick response. Hope your back is better., so we can expect more videos from you.
Hey Carl, to speed things up try a second hand or cheap hand mixer to mix paints, like the kind you'd use to mix cake batter, etc.. They're pretty inexpensive and save mucho time. How about different colors?
Thank you. I was wondering about that when I started mixing that amount of paint LOL
Wow great idea!
If you don't use Liquid pour liquid medium that you just buy what is your mixture so that I can mix with my pants and get that type of results
Thanks Carl, a great job but it didn’t look that easy especially with a bad back it would have even been hard on mine and fortunately mine is in good condition .
Yeah maybe I took the easy part for granted. It’s definitely hard to pick something up and be holding it out from myself and not touching the sides at all. I thought about having guides attached to the wood frame to help.
What the ratio you used? It's very important to me
I’m not quite sure I remember on this painting because it was so long ago. But I believe I used all pouring medium by Liquitex and used about 10% paint in the cups. Gosh I’m sorry that’s not very helpful
@@CarlMazur it's not the answer I was looking for but at least I have an idea. Thank u so much for taking time to respond!
How do prep your canvas?
The canvases I buy come pre-gesso so there’s no prep. 😍
Did you use acrylic colors?
Yes, absolutely. I use the regular acrylics... Not the matte acrylics that dry like flat paint. I find it cracks my paintings and ruins them.
I've asked other artists, and I'll ask you too. Where do you get your Floetrol? I hate how expensive it is on Amazon, and I live in the middle of nowhere, so it's hard to find locally. 😣
Catherine, you can find it at Lowe’s Home Depot and even paint stores. It’s called a paint conditioner. There’s other brands too, than just Floetrol
I tried this stuff called XIM Latex X-Tender once and it was HORRIBLE. I bought it because it was cheap. I'm on disability, so I don't have much spending cash for my art stuff. Lol!
I found Floetrol for $13 a gallon at Lowe’s
Yeah. MixedMediaGirl told me to try Lowe's. But our closest one is over a half hour drive from here. (I really live in the middle of nowhere! It sucks!). I don't drive, and I doubt my mom would want to drive that far for art supplies. I check their inventory once in awhile, and my Lowe's rarely have it in stock. Buttheads. Thanks for your info and quick replies. I appreciate it. By the way, awesome work!!!
You're welcome. I hope you can get your hands on some and try it out.
Thanks for sharing your art, I am wondering what’s different between Liquitex Pouring Medium and floetrol. Please give me more information about it.😊
The Liquitex Pouring Medium is not a paint conditioner like Floetrol is. Floetrol just makes the mix smoother and dry better. The Liquitex is fun to do pours like this
Carl Mazur thanks for your reply, can I use just floetrol for painting that you did?
Yes, the paint will dry differently and not as glossy and hard like as the Liquitex, but absolutely you can.
I've recently started trying the pouring thing and love it. Many videos i've watched people just use floetrol and decoart or even whatever store brand acrylics and have lovely color and coverage. Mine all seem to dry dull and thin. I feel like I'm missing something lol I love your colors here btw. Very soothing..
Can somebody help me asap, what is the mixing measurements of liquitex pouring medium and acrylic. Thus video doesn't help as there's no measurement and it's a large painting.
Also, what if I have no floetrol?
I would do about 25% acrylic paint to 75% Liquitex pouring medium. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have any Floetrol. You will still get a really awesome painting but you won’t get some of the cell affects that I have when I do mine
@@CarlMazur thank youu. Is there anything I can use for now till I get floetrol. I live in the caribbean
I’m not sure what to use in the Caribbean. Might have to settle for straight water.
@@CarlMazur I don't understand straight water but I'll just go with the liquitex ratio you gave
Thank you Mr.Carl Mazur for explaining everything and showing us . Are you on Facebook and Instagram?
Yes I’m on social media.
I like it😍😍
Thanks so much!! ❤️
I subscribed the second you looked at the camera and said “that’s the sound of pure pleasure!” The fact that your pour turned out amazing was just the bonus! Can’t wait to see more of your work 😂
Hahaha! Thanks!
Warum rührst du so viel Medium in die Farbe ?
Wenn ich nur solche Streifen malen will, geht das doch mit jeder
Farbe ohne Zusatz😳✌️
that was so funnie laughing hard ,,
I’m glad you liked it thanks for watching
Beautiful work - did you prep canvas first?
No I did not prep the canvas first. I opened it right out of the package and poured it