10 Acrylic Pouring Tips and Tricks | Tips I Wish I Knew When I Started Acrylic Paint Pouring
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- In this video, 10 Acrylic Pouring Tips and Tricks | Tips I Wish I Knew When I Started Acrylic Paint Pouring, I am going to share some of the things I wish I knew the most when I started acrylic paint pouring a few years back. These acrylic pouring tips and tricks are not the usual things you will hear on a lot of channels they are more quality of life things that I picked up along the way that made me enjoy creating acrylic pours that much more! So, sit back and come with me on this journey to learn the 10 tips I wish I knew when I started acrylic paint pouring.
Introduction - 0:00
Start Small - 0:16
Reuse Items - 1:33
Pour on EVERYTHING - 2:07
Consistency - 3:02
Stockings - 4:39
Self-Criticism - 6:01
Love the Process - 7:03
Record Everything - 7:58
Corner Keeper - 9:23
Scrape the Edges - 10:11
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I wish I wouldn't have been so stuck on my paintings being perfect. People like imperfect perfection.
So true
@@sxmvibes3110 yup...i poured over a few, but still showed the pics before repour and had offers to buy them...I now wait a couple weeks or so before repouring
i kept the pics to keep track of my improvements and now because people liked them, even though I didn't, i am going to use them in a calendar
Yessss!!! I mentioned to someone that I didn’t want to sell or give away my paintings because they just were not perfect. She said “yeah, according to YOUR standards.” It was an awakening for me.
Nothing I do is perfect, so I’ve started intentionally putting imperfections in them, I’m not as disappointed in my work that way.
Ps one more good tip my sweetheart of a mother brought to me! GOODWILL!!! She buys me gallery wrapped old art canvases that were once in someone’s living room mass produced for us to buy from department stores. I sand their surface lightly enough to remove the sheen of its seal. Then I prime it. KILLZ paint or White House paint. Let it dry a few days or whenever it’s dry to touch and I have a kick butt canvas that would have cost me $50 to $100 brand new to paint on!!! Not to mention wood cutting boards to paint and resin on, ceramic vases or trinkets... possibilities are endless!!! It’s works because I’ve done it and some pieces are now 2 yrs old I’ve done and still look fabulous!!!
That is a great idea and another one that I have never thought of! Wow thank you so much for sharing your knowledge Lisa!!
Wow! The peeling off the tiles? 🤯
I've been buying canvases from thrift stores for a while now - it's great! I also buy the old frames and refurbish them and have amazing gallery frames for the work I put in the gallery!
I do the same thing!!!! Great repurposing ♥️
Great tip! I love goodwill!
Thank you so much for the tips. I have a couple more. If using a canvas panel, put 2 to 3 layers of gesso on the surface and let it dry 24 hours before pouring. I did not do this when I first started and my panels fell apart during the drying process. I also recommend spraying the backs of inexpensive canvases with water and letting them dry before pouring to tighten them so your paint does not sag in the middle.
Thank you for these additional tips. Very helpful.
Very helpful, thank you from a beginner
Tips I've learned:
*Silicone stir sticks! Reuse, wipe off. Scrape sides perfectly!
*Cut balloons (the bulb bottom part) make fabulous pour cup lids to keep paint fresh if you need to stop in the middle of a pour!
Two tips that I would add to that list:
#1: I live im germany, we don’t have throw away plastic containers for fast food and you can’t even buy plastic cups in any store (I think they are forbidden by law now..not sure), so I bought some silicone cups that are fantastic. After a pour you just wash them out and use them again. They cost about 14€ for eight cups, but they will last for years and are a great investment.
#2: Yes, in the beginning start with cheap ingredients for practicing your pouring skills but don’t be afraid to invest in some good pouring medium and colors (i. e. Liquitex pouring medium) For me that was important because I started with the cheapest pouring medium solutions like glue and the results were…meh… I nearly gave up.. then I tried it with a professional pouring medium and nice paint and wooow, the result looked so great that I immediately was hooked again. So try out your technique with cheaper stuff but DO invest in expensive stuff as well (or tell your loved ones what you want for birthday/Christmas…)
Designated clothes to wear during painting or a good thick apron! You don’t want to know how many clothes I’ve ruined.
I agree with you! In fact I just recently ruined a pair of jeans and my sweatshirt. I need to invest in an apron myself haha!
@@JMoPainting I've bought shirts, aprons, scrub shirts & pants at the Goodwill and other thrift stores for next to nothing.
All. Of. Them. I have maybe 5 shirts that don't have any paint on them.
Get a waterproof apron so the paint doesn't soak through and ruin your clothes anyway or stain your skin through your clothes and your apron. Amazon sells them for men and women.
Omg yes!!! I have certain clothes I wear (cuz I already ruined em lol)
I love the sign the first five days after the weekend are the hardest im going to writing that one down and put it on my wall😂
Thank you!!! Newbie here but I have to say how much I’ve learned in watching people just like you wanting to share their tips and secrets. It’s so much fun and it’s helped with my depression.
Helps with my depression also. I have fun.
Me too!
Hiya from Aotearoa(NewZealand), I've only come across this video & I was about to leave a comment, but I saw your comment 1st & even though I haven't started anything as yet, I have found just watching this beautiful art is helping me with my depression & anxiety & seeing it is helping you, is giving me more courage to not dwell & think to much. So because of you, I am inspired to just jump in & give it a go. Oh & before I go, I was just wondering if you have heard of a craft called Zentangle, I only stumbled upon it a few months ago & I love it. There is no right or wrong way in doing it which I found to really chill my brain out, it helps me alot. If you haven't heard of it, check it out & if it's not your thing, that's ok, maybe you could pass it on to someone else out there. Any hu, hope all is well & your still enjoying your beautiful art 🙃🙂🫠
I love pour painting!! I watch my great grandsons, they both have autism. Me when I get home 😢, me after painting for less than 30 minutes 😊😊😊☺️☺️
Pizza box lids (if they haven’t gotten greasy) are great to put your canvas on to catch the paint while pouring or drying your canvas on. After watching this video, I’m now going to paint directly on them too, so I can experiment without wasting a canvas.
I am new to this and do get very frustrated trying to get my paint consistency correct. I’m trying not to give up and watching your videos is inspiring me to keep trying.
The corner keeper just might be a game changer! Thanks so much for all you do!
I realize this video is two years old but I am a newbie at all of this and I really enjoy your videos here so I plan on you being a very big part of my learning process, because I am learning from CZcams alone for various different painting (pouring), tie-dying and spray painting projects. I’m just trying to reinvent myself and figure out how to make some more money to help pay for my mortgage. Anybody that has any tips and/or advice that they would like to share I am a sponge and more than happy to obsorb them! Also I would be very grateful for your knowledge and help! Thank you for educating me, and I wish you all the best!!!❤
I learned a valuable lesson in art many years ago....I was always so critical of anything I painted & never quite happy with it until a great fellow artist said 2 me "THERE ARE NO MISTAKES IN ART", & I tell ya,this was a real game changer from then on!! rip Karl
My tip is “be organized”, have all your materials at hand so you don’t have to run around looking for stuff.
Love you! You made me feel like I was not a complete idiot. I made many mistakes and was getting close to quitting! Then I found your site yesterday. I've had my first real success last night.
P.S. I am a great grandmother and have been with the arts many, many years. But this form is great and can be so much fun! Thank You
J - some additional ideas - take the time to tape the back edges of your canvas. Easy to remove and keeps it clean looking. Use push pins on corners underneath as it gives you something to hang on to when tipping which is great especially if your hands are gloved and slippery. Place a finished piece on a level surface to dry. 😊 Just a few off the top of my head.
Great additional tips Deb I completely agree! Thank you so much for that amazing information!!
I use the pushpins to level a painting if it's only a little off.
I like to paint on Dollar store cooking racks & such. Thin canvas boards may warp. U will have to flatten. Could paint the backs. I'm kinda lazy.
So true thank you 🙏
Right! When they warp then you have to smoosh then with books or something, so right!!
You are such a genuinely nice guy! Great tips for sure. I’ve got a few tips for you. I use cheap plastic baby spoons from Walmart or wherever. They clean super super easy even dried paint or resin wipes right off. Another tip is to use those screw in plant hanger hooks for back of canvas. It’s the only way I can actually level my canvases or anything I resin or paint on. Lastly, I got cheap drawer handles and place the screw hook through a hole and attach it to back of canvas so when tilting my canvas I don’t touch the sides. I hate it when my fingers ruin the paint on side of canvas when I tilt. This gives me a handle to hold on to so I don’t touch edges. I only need 1 in 2 corners but can use one in all four too. We are definitely a marvelous community 🚻💖
Thank you so much! I’ve never tried the planter hooks before, and that handle one is great. I find myself tilting extra when I get my fingers into the paint on the side!! I am glad you liked it and appreciate your tips ;)
I am going to try the handle tip, it makes perfect sense. Thank you.
@@kelleysutherland4363 I also recently saw on Tammy Anderson’s channel her talk about a leveling board she bought online. I have actually made one a year or so ago. I used a piece of cheap wood less than an inch probably 11x14, one from my daughters old locker shelves, and drilled holes into each corner. Then I screwed into those a four piece set of chair levelers for under $5. I can then screw each corner to level as needed. I use it when I resin. That was a game changer.
@@Tampabman Great idea, and I think if you needed a board that was larger than what you'd made you could just lay another piece of wood over the top, since the base would already be level. I'd suggest using plywood though, as wooden planks can have a tendency to warp or develop curves (cupping).
My most valuable lesson/tip: There is no need to treat your painting as a science project... it is, at the end of the day, a piece of art. If something doesn't look or feel right to you, don't quit! Keep at it - if a flip cup looks awful, swipe it... or convert to a dutch pour... get creative! Unleash your inner artist!! :)
How do you know when to stop trying to “fix it?” When the paint starts getting muddy? I’m a beginner and learning.😀
So true
It becomes addictive, even if you think of it as a craft...an artistic craft.
Absolutely correct. I keep going until I like it. When the chains come out, that's usually my last ditch effort to save something.
Thanks for the tips, wish I'd seen this sooner! My tip--Dollar store plastic disposable tablecloths! Can reuse them for quite some time, spot wipe with soap and water. I buy a good 1/2 dozen at a time:)
Much Gratitude for this fantastic video & all the wonderful tips. Regarding saving $$ to store paint or finding things to use for acrylic pours, I save medicine bottles, Condiment Containers, water bottles, face & eye cream containers, egg crates, small ice cream containers, laundry detergent caps, spray paint caps, shaving cream caps, I cut the top of shampoo bottles & use as a funnel & bottom part to mix paint or pour water in it to clean things like forks or spoons, use popsicle stick to mix paint, the small plastic things that come in medications for placing under whatever I am using to pour on, I had a fan that I used for walking to keep me cook & it stopped working so I took it apart & use the blade, fan wire/pastic guard to create a design, as well as the blades. I cut the bottom of a water bottle & use it to create a design as well. The plastic center when You get pizze is great for sitting small objects like CD's, or tiles. From watching many videos, one can get plenty of ideas to replace the store bought items that are used pouring. Thank You very much for all the inspiration & wonderful ideas, You are indeed greatly appreciated.
😊 You are also greatly appreciated ❤ I've been saving stuff too but I never knew why until I recently and accidentally found pour painting videos!😮 I've even bought lots of paint (every color) at Dollar Tree not knowing why and having no answer when people asked me what I was planning on doing with it all. 🤷♀️ They also thought I was becoming a hoarder and started questioning my mental health 😂🤣😅 I even bought and saved popsicle sticks for no good reason and ended up making an ugly bird feeder 🤦♀️Soooo, I'm pretty set up here except for ordering a few things from Amazon. I think it was my destiny to do this. Thanks for your great comment!! 😊 I'm going to print it out as proof that I'm not going crazy 🤪 and if I am, I'm not alone!!👊✌️👍
Omgsh.... the "corner keeper" tip is freakin' genius! I'm so using this from now on! Thank you for posting this video!
Right? I never even would've thought of that! What a great tip. How many of us "lose" the best part of a painting right off the side or corner?
What was "corner keeper? I didnt get it
I agree, fantastic tip.
@@suzanneensslen9736 Plastic sheet sleeves.
@@suzanneensslen9736Also trapping the paint.
Gilly Kube says "It's your artroom(or kitchen, or garage...), your rules." That helped me to stop worrying about if I was doing it 'right'or not.
Good pep talk! I'm a great grandma and started paint pouring about 1.5 yrs ago. I've advanced to using silicon cups and stir sticks I acquired from Amazon. It saves a lot of $ instead of using plastic, etc.I also buy canvas prints from thrift stores. The frames are usually excellent. I prime them with regular Kilz primer. Then I can pour on them. And yes, I think pourers do haunt the stores for objects to pour over for patterns, etc. It's in our blood!
Thank you Jane! Those silicon cups are a good investment! I am going to have to go check out some thrift stores I never thought to check there! Thank you 🙏
@@JMoPainting Hi kiddo. If you hit a thrift store, make sure you check housewares. You can pick up all sorts of funky things to use for pouring.
I will do that! It sounds like fun to me
What a great tip!!!! That must be fun!!
@@janebrownell6828 I love this idea!!!! Wow Enjoying the thrill of the hunt, Than the thrill of a new creation! I love this!
Hey great video! Here’s my “I wish I knew” being level surfaced while painting is something we’re doing yes? But ... then we MOVE it to another station to dry! You can’t place a level on wet paint! Lol. LEVEL up your dry canvas where you intend to MOVE it to before you paint it and then scrape those edges after you paint so you can then move it to it’s drying area LEVELED and ready to receive it! Seems like a no brainer but it never dawned on me until months into my pouring adventure that I heard another say so!
I remember a lot of the terms that boggled my mind two years ago. Mediums was one of those!! I was near contacting a MEDIUM to get a clear definition of just what in the world these talented artists were talking about!! Lol
Last tip- start with learning the original mix for the original style of acrylic pouring FIRST! The straight pour, flip cup, dirty pour, ring pour and even swipe. Get that consistency down pat for they all use the same consistency. Practice them several months before you move to a Dutch pour... thinner (much) consistency. Don’t go near “the bloom” until you understand the others. The bloom is nothing like the others. On a scale from left to right orig pouring is to the far left and a bloom is up against the wall right!!! Lol it’s not hard but it’s VERY different- you have to understand the other techniques to not blow your mind on the materials and terminology they use on the bloom. The bloom is also far far more expensive in the amount of product required to produce it.
Trust me! I poured all types of styles for a year and a half before I would even consider the bloom. I finally started it 6 months ago. I was ready to move into because I was confident in my skills learned and progress of time well spent on the original pours FIRST!
As artists, and yes we are artists, we are creating something out of what was once nothing, we will never stop learning! Thank you JMo for reminding us all of that. Thank you as well for being one of the sweet souls who “teaches” the art here on the tube. It is a time consuming and yet another expensive thing to involve yourself in. Studio set up to film and video editing to upload it. You are very good at all you do. Much appreciated are you and stay blessed new friend🙏🏼❤️
WOW! Lisa this information here is amazing! Such a great wealth of ideas and a fresh perspective on things to learn. You really have hit the nail on the head as for the focus of this video. Tons of people will get value from this information! It could have been a whole video in itself and I thank you for that! We definitely are Artists and I am grateful to have a beaming ray of sunshine on this journey with me! I am more than happy to serve and share this information all I want is to help people who are learning. Because yes this artform is a wild ride! I hope you are having a fantastic weekend!
@@JMoPainting aww thank you so much for taking the time to reply to me! That must be taxing in itself, to stop and read each comment.
I’m feeling stress anxiety ‘for’ you! Lol
If I may I’d like to tell YOU, so you can tackle the questions new kid on the block is going to have. How do I know? Because I was that new kid and I had to rely on google and finding things out way later after much frustration.
1. Pour Paint terminology-
Mediums- they are any type of fluid or even a gel/paste (which I’ve come to love!) that “binds” all our colors together on the substrate (another term lol)
to keep them from molecular breakdown. That binder in the medium will have a high “polymer percentage” within its product details.
Book binding glue, glue all by elmers all high polymer plus uva archival protected. Cheaper craft paints will stand up better using one of those, I personally prefer the jars of matte/gloss acrylic heavy or medium bodied paste/gel when mixing say golden flow acrylic or a more fluid body like deco art.
I would use:
a half oz gloss gel
half oz floetrol (people need to look at floetrol as an effect to their paint as it’s not a “binder” there is no polymer in it)
1 oz of paint
then water in 3-4 drops and mix at a time to consistency.
That consistency should leave a trace before disappearing. Also another way is off a medium size popsicle stick your stream of paint should stop after counting to 8 or 10. It will bounce off the stick the last couple times before stopping. That’s the feel to (or pretty darn close to) the original acrylic pour
Mix.
You can use 2parts floetrol to 1 part paint with water added in small amounts to reach consistency for higher pigmented paints like Liquitex, Amsterdam, Arteza, Masters Touch, Grumbacher etc. they are a medium bodied paint and can withstand even under a higher than usual water amount like when one is mixing for a Dutch. Rinske Downa uses ‘just’ water and paint. BUT she is using the above mentioned paints too. 🤦🏼♀️😂 overwhelming isn’t it?!!
I know YOU know this stuff but I’m saying this part is the worst of the worst when you are trying to learn. Then the poor souls are seeing BLOOM tech and thinking it’s just a different tech to the original principle.
They all want exact amounts. Measurements like when cooking, but most “cooks” they use a pinch and a dash or eyeball it! Oh I wanted to cry when my Mammaw would say “oh idk I just gave it a pinch of ...” NOOOOO! What does a pinch look like!?! I need teaspoons Mammaw!!!!
If someone here (clearing throat ... nudge nudge wink 😉 lol) on CZcams came up with a “mixology portions recipe book” meaning it’s on the screen, get out your pens and paper, they’d solve the hidden mystery of paint pouring for beginners!
Also those of us who have forgotten what old school looks like because we went on and fell down the rabbit hole of Dutch or Bloom! Lol
That’s it. I took the very long road to say people need a recipe starting with mixing your thinnest paint to perfect consistency first then using IT as the perfect example for the rest of the varied paints. Good God we should just start out using one dang brand only at first and save ourselves the brain ache!!
Sorry to write a book. But this as you know is the universal need to know when starting out!
How to mix and what do you mean by that word?!? Lol
I’m done now. I promise!! Lol I will continue to follow you and your work. You are refreshing and encouraging to your followers that they CAN DO THIS!!! ❤️🙏🏼
@@JMoPainting hi a newby here, from the UK , watching and listening to you in your video s is really truthfully helpful, i love your work,very creative. So thank you so much . I love lots of crafts , but this is a completely different level, i love watching how it grows, changes , how the colours mix , amazing cells, I'm in love with this . Loving your tips . Totally looking forward to following you . One question lol ummm when you have a bug in my case a moth ! And was a big one land into my painting !!! Unfortunately this little fella was there all night , so had passed away in my painting,..... what is the best way of removing with out damage? Kind regards kay 😃💜
I’m just getting started-the level on the dry canvas seems so obvious yet I did not think of that
@@lisajax6765 Newbie here, I love your book! Thank you for the info it will be very helpful. By the way, you should write a book or two.
Don’t have moving air in art area, such as fans, it make the paints crack! Thanks loved this video!!
This right here! I had a vent over my drying area and would always wonder why my paintings were crazing. I scoured CZcams and finally figures it out. When the AC or heat turned on it was blowing right on my wet canvases and causing it! Thank you and I hope you have a great weekend!
Thanks for this upload. I really related to that bit where you said some people will like the art that you hate. I've got a load of old pours that I think are ugly. I'm only keeping them to reuse the canvases. Then my mom and friend both came round to visit and loved them. They said I should try to sell them and I was stunned -- "Are you kidding??? These are horrible!" I said. Mine don't even remotely look like those glossy beautiful pieces you see on Instagram by fluid art "experts". But my mom and friend didn't care, they liked them. And then other times, you produce something you think is really nice. You think everyone's going to rave about it, and people are like "meh" LOL!!! I once did a pretty decent pour. The colours turned out really nice, although the composition wasn't great. I resined over the top to make it shiny, but the canvas must have had oil on it because -- to my horror -- the resin repelled in patches. A buyer wanted the painting so I offered to "fix" the resin overcoat by sanding it down and re-resining, but they said no, they quite liked the patchy topcoat. They said it "added" to the overall look. Art really is subjective!
Woah! Watched the vid out of curiosity, you can never hear or learn enough. And guess, tipp #8 is most important from my pov. I am trying to re-create a pour I did in April 2023 and I do not remember which medium I used... nor the trace. And I thought a note book would have been an idea - and here you go with your tipp, fantastic.
I love tip 8 and 9.. Thank you... I have brain damage so rambling stuff is super hard... Thank you
Some great tips on here. Thanks to everyone for sharing them. I'm still pretty new to the technique but something that I've found to be helpful is to weigh your pouring medium and your paint. Don't just guess. I really like 2 parts Floetrol to 1 part paint then add water with an eyedropper/ pipette until the consistency you want is reached.
Also- the thinner you make your paint, the more cells you will get.(just don't go overboard).
Lastly, educate yourself about color combinations so you don't end up with dull, muddy results. Different shades of red, blue and yellow aren't always compatible. Example: if you want your red and blue to blend together in a pour to make a pretty purple, make sure the red you use doesn't have too much of an orange hue/base. You need more of a burgandy red. And your blue shouldn't have any green hues. You will end up with ugly mud.
Great color mixing tips to know! Thanks!
Use your trusty color wheel.
Put a marble in your bottle of mixed paint.
I'm new and I just came home from Hobby Lobby and dropped 200. I've already spent hundreds. Thanks for setting me straight.
I've poured some and hated them. I need to spend some time practicing not spending on the idea......
wow thank you so much for your explanation
there are many errors that can be avoided in this way
There are so many possibilities that you don't know where to start.
You are really kind to share your little painting secrets with us.
passe vraiment une très belle journée.
really have a great day.
A beautiful hello from Quebec my friend!!!
I learned that not all paints are equal in value.Some paints are opaque and others are translucent or transparent . This has helped me to keep my paintings from being muddy.
Thank you for that tip!
I wish I knew how that worked
I am a beginner on paint pouring and I a have learned a lot from you JMo with your videos thank you so much.
Dude, you are a freakin life saver. Until your video I was adding all the things i need to buy in order to start and it was far from cheap. Now, after watching this, I realized I already have more than half of those things. You just earned yourself a new subscriber. Keep up the good work.
I have never seem or heard of this particular nomenclature. Now, learning a new skill will send my husband to orbit. But-- i can not wait to learn this!!! I already have everything i need!! That alone, he will never believe!
So, teach me all you cam- i will be watching!
Never throw away when ruin a painting, I was about to do so and now is a special paint unable to replicate cause all old paint on the bottom cracked, making my paint on surface look like an antique and I love it now. Also I add nail polish colors from the dollar store like painting touch and looks great
I love watching your videos! When you explain in steps what you are doing I find I can keep up without having to pause and rewind. There is one thing that we the people want to learn.....we want to know the trick to not spilling one drop of paint throughout your entire videos. Almost like voo doo magic because I use my kitchen as space is limited to work living in an apt with room mates. At the end of an art day when lots of red has been used, the best description of my kitchen post art studio is "There appears to have been a struggle". Getting messy is really part of the fun in general but spending three times more time cleaning an area that looks like Jackson Pollock's stopped by to art awhile, gets tiring.
Tips I've learned... don't be afraid to scap the whole piece if you don't like the outcome... also mix the scrap paint and save it for another project I get some of the coolest shades that way. Also mix up a bit more base color then you need, this way if part if you composition isn't to your liking you can scrape it off and apply more base and try again.
OMG how do I not know this form of painting existed? So glad I came across you video, wonderful tips! I have OCD so I welcome creative ideas that encourage me not to try and control the outcome.
I loved it. I stay in constant pain every waking moment so it helps to get out of myself pity. I don't measure maybe one of my problems. I'm afraid of wasting paint but in truth I am anyway lol
I use tape around the canvas that way I don't have to scrap the edges 😊
I’ve started buying the thin flimsy chopping mats at dollar tree. they come 2 for $1 .. all I do is prime it with spray paint first & then you can pour on those. & they’re conveniently frame-ready 11x14 👍 (saves on canvas cost when you’re experimenting)
I love that you mentioned recording your recipes. The amount of times I fall in love with a certain color combination and can’t remember the exact types of colors used is detrimental! Write everything down! YES! Lol
These tips are wonderful!! Something I've realized with my pouring - slightly different consistency to the paint gives beautiful cell action. For example, one paint can be a zero trace, another color could be a one trace, and another could be a two trace. Or all colors could be a one trace - then make one color a two trace.
Also, when your local place is out of Floetrol - modge podge works in a pinch!! 😁
And most importantly - JUST HAVE FUN WITH IT!!
Happy pouring y'all! 🎇
Thank you!!! I really needed to hear all of that. Only 4 wks into my fluid art adventure, loving it. While it's inspiring to watch artists create magic it can be disheartening for beginners to go back to our own canvasses not knowing why we've just "created" a hot mess.
Even on your pouring videos I always pickup something useful, thanks for being so generous with your knowledge.
Would like more videos on blowouts (after initial success, I'm struggling big time, with no clue why).
Cheers from Australia
OH WOW. I hadn't ever thought about using a corner keeper. That's brilliant!
LOVE Jerry's Artarama! Best sales on the planet when they have great ones. I just got several Lukas colors for a song ... including Titanium white. Artists go through that really fast.
Caution when pouring over an already used canvas ... if you used silicone, you'll have to clean it first, or cover it in Gesso (and there are plenty of cheap, home made recipes on CZcams). Why? For the same reason you shouldn't let a silicone layer touch dry canvas. Nothing else will stick.
When scraping dried paint off, SAVE IT!! You can use it in other projects. It cuts easily into shapes and glues easily to other things, like plant pots and boxes ... really anything you can glue something to (as long as you give it a varnish coat). Same goes for saving all of those drippings. Let them dry on a silicone or other surface (like teflon ironing pads or baking sheets), peel them off and store them for later use.
Using a 60/40 mix of Elmer's school glue and water as a pouring medium will save you from having to strain Floetrol, American or Australian (or Flood if you use that). You can also get cells with that recipe without silicone. Not huge ones, but just the right amount.
Great tip to share about others loving what you don't! I did an experimental pour and it went really south because I used too much water. Lots of shrinkage and cracking and whatever else happens to a bad pour. So, I blocked out what I liked with tape, painted the rest, used some molding paste to create a "flower" looking thing with a palate knife, tried alcohol inks to see if they would stick, then rubbed mica powder to see if it would stick and how well. To me, it was meh. Something I'd have thrown out. But during a pouring class I was teaching, someone absolutely LOVED it. So, I gave it away. There will always be someone who loves whatever it is you don't.
You're right, "Nothing is perfect, ever." Pouring is an inherently organic process. While you can "control" some things, like the layering and what-not, you can't control how the paint will ultimately move. There ARE NO MISTAKES IN ART. We are the ones that say something is a mistake. If you don't tell anyone it didn't turn out like you wanted, no one will know. As Bob Ross used to say "there are no mistakes, just happy accidents." The only real "mistake" we can make in this type of art is messing with it enough that we end up with mud. That's our bad. Had we left it, it would have been perfectly fine, or at least we could have created a really interesting mixed media piece.
I recently learned if you pour over parchment paper, the paint skins easily come off, and can be used on other projects. Parchment is kinda expensive. I used a dollar store plastic tablecloth, and it works just as good.
Loved these tips. Thanks
Cool!
What other projects,? How?
The corner saver literally is blowing my mind I've been doing this for almost 4 years and never even considered that. I just dealt with the heart break.
I'm new at pouring, and fell in love with it. I am an avid Goodwill, Habitat for Humanity and social media marketplace shopper. I have yet to pay full price for any of my canvases or wood panels. I also find tons of paints on marketplace!
Some of these are FANTASTIC suggestions. Thank you! I'm an infant at this - literally started 3 days ago, and I'm already in love with it. You are one of my favorite CZcamsrs to watch for guidance (I think I've already logged 50 hours in video tutorials), and I love your "human" touch. Very helpful and even inspiring.
Omg you just gave me some of the BEST ADVICE EVER! Thank you so much!!!
Didn't know about scraping or the corner keeper!! Both will help tremendously and now I won't hate how they turn out after I go to bed!
Hi and thanks from a ‘new to acrylics’.
Thank you for the tip about the pantyhose ❤
I am new to paint pouring. Your video has been SO HELPFUL. The cardboard corner hack and scrapping edges no video has mentioned. Thank you so much!!!
Wish I hadn’t just looked at this. I’m guilty guilty guilty of most of them except I do love the process and I do scrape the edges. So I flunked 80% of these items. Thank you for the tips.
Thank you so much! I'm still new to this and struggle especially with the thickness of the paint.
But I have a tip : I use baby wipes to clean off any paint off my fingers, clothes, floor (I work in my kitchen), or even small areas on the canvas itself. There is a little bit of alcohol in those wipes, so it works better than a damp cloth.
I am have come to realize that washing my mistake canvases with dawn dish soap works really well to save the canvas. It needs to be done while the paint is wet and just let it dry in the dish rack overnight. Comes out smooth and clean.
Thank you so much for this video and for your channel. I'm a senior with the brain of a youngster! I recently discovered fluid art and I can't get enough of it. I'm constantly thinking of new techniques to try as well as things I've seen on your and others' channels to try to recreate. (failures all, but so much fun in the attempts with a few surprising awesome results!) I especially appreciate the tips here on using anything and everything to pour on, or repurposing for use in storing paints, etc. It's fun to go to the thrift store and go straight to housewares looking for containers or other useful items. It's getting expensive trying to keep up with myself! I live in a little condo and do my creating on my flattop stove. I got cheap garbage bags to use as drip...what am I saying lol! puddle protectors. And my kitchen studio has evidence of my obsession all over it. I love it! I also really appreciate the "community" of artists I've seen here on YT with channels referring to other channels. I have no doubt this community is represented by every kind of human from every kind of background with this wonderful expression to bring us together...which we sorely need more of. Sorry to wax philosophical. I'm just having such a blast with this!
Liked your community spirit and your philosophy.
If anyone has a mother/grandmother like mine, who - has a basement filled with Christmas stuff, check for those boxes that clothing stores always use around that time for wrapping. I’ve used about 500 of those in the last year & still have about.... 6 million left. They’re perfect
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I would love a video of your mixing techniques.
Its all new to me, so I'm doing research. I love your videos,!
AH! I just realized I'm not super careful to scrap my edges each time. UGG I feel dumb now. I've attributed losing my composition to having too much water or lack of paint consistency. Thank you J Mo
My main problem was not knowing what colors to use. I had so many to just wind up a muddy mess. I finally just quit and now I am about to give it another try. Wish me luck.
If I had asked you ?s before looking into it, I wouldn't have bombarded you with ?s. So sorry! Thank you or this great "10 tips"! Usually, all I see are the pictures of someone who knew much more about pour painting than I do. It's nice to know that seasoned artists go through challenging times too. I half- heartedly started a small one and I left out a lot of things that you know. The painting was a flop and so was I. Now, I can try it again hoping it'll come out better. THANK YOU!👍😊🌟.
Thanks for all the info. I haven't started pouring yet, but I've been saving plastic bottles and containers of many different descriptions. I've even cut the bottoms off small plastic bottles like kefir and smoothie bottles, to use as mixing cups. I've yet to invest in floetrol, but I'm nearly ready to start, just making that 4-letter word... time. 😄
Tiles! You just gave me a whole new avenue to trek in my pursuit.😊
Exactly. I pour on the plastic that covers the canvases. Then I'll save them for skins on pours I like but not love. I do butterflies fish flowers. Very cool. Thanks keep pouring.
When testing to make sure all paints are same consistency use a hard piece of plastic quickly put the same amount of each color on plastic and hold it vertically and each color will run at same speed if it's good
I find it better to make my own pouring medium with either Elmer's glue or a knockoff glue that's like Elmer's. If you get the one gallon jug of Elmer's glue you'll want to add one gallon of water to it, so what I do is, I make sure that I have an extra empty Elmer's container and I pour half of my Elmer's in one container and then fill up both of the Elmer's containers the rest of the way with water, that gives me two gallons of pouring medium. It is definitely cheaper to do it this way and you get more for your buck.
That sounds like a great way to get some really inexpensive pouring medium! Thank you for sharing your tips with all of us Peggy!
@@JMoPainting you all are very welcome, this is what I did when I was first learning, it was cheaper for me to use Elmer's/generic school glue in the beginning than it was the actual craft pouring mediums
Is it elmers glue all that you use?
@@vickyb9918 you do half Elmer's half water
@@peggyoooo7092 my question is do you use regular elmers glue or elmers Glue All (it’s name of glue)? I’ve always heard to use Elmers Glue All but not regular Elmers Glue. Thank you!!
Put a marble in your bottle, help mixing paint faster
Thanks for this! It always helps to hear from other people the problems that they might have had and their solutions to those problems.
Thank you for sharing some of your tips I brought a lot of paint over 2 years and canvas all kind of supplies all kind of little accessories and just stuff that you can use reuse but I haven't started painting or using the paint so I can't wait to do a small canvas and when I do I send you a picture
Thanks perfect explained for thickness I've heard pancake batter n when me and my kid were trying it out Ive fiddled around few times before this her 1st n when I said pancake batter she said huh??? I told her ya I don't know I suck at pancake batter always have n have to follow instructions on box n everyone make their pancake diff and trying to see it come off the sticks as a idea didn't really help this is 💯 clear straight forward no fools way to know if it was to thick or to thin
This was a very helpful presentation.
This is the only time that I have had this kind of help. Thank you for sharing.
Ok I’m obsessed with the black and white painting behind him. Typically I don’t love the whole swinging paint thingy but I love love love that one! And the sign “the first five days after the weekend are the hardest” 😂😂
I started with dollar tree paints, canvas and everything I could find to make my paintings beautiful. I reuse my canvas. I collect so many things that I recycle.
Thanks Jo! Appreciate these tips! Wish I saw this before I started pouring a bit back lol! I’ll second the “start cheap”! A few tips I might add are: have clothes you pour in. As someone who has painted many styles, I never needed to have different clothes on.. I always wear my messy art gear for pouring! I also recommend getting the ketchup/mustard bottles at the dollar store! They store paint great, and more importantly, label them!!! Then when you want to use it again you know how you mixed it and if you want to use it. A few times in the start I used paints that silicone already when I didn’t intend to! Keep creating everyone!
You are a lifesaver. Recently did a puddle pour. Came out better than I could have imagined. Tried to duplicate with different colors. Result? A hot mess. Was sad and discouraged the rest of the day. Just happened to read this. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Nice to hear that the man who absolutely rocks blooms and other techniques started just like the rest of us.
Very informative. I'm going to try pouring with my 5 year old granddaughter. She loves drawing and creating things. I think she will love this art form.
I have a medical condition that makes me wear compression hose and I’ve had to wear them since I was in my 30s and I have saved them all just in case we ever had another oil spill like the BP oil spill… Because they used panty hose to help catch the oil. I never however, thought about using that to strain my floetrol because the lumps drive me crazy and a kitchen strainer for like loose tea and stuff still doesn’t catch all of it so thank you for that tip! You have great information and I appreciate that you share everything because I am on a grandma budget and I’m not actually an artist but I try to make gifts for family members and you save me a lot of money and time and I appreciate that!🥰😮
Supporting the canvas, was huge for me. Also just mixing with water when blowing with a hair dryer.
I had gotten EXPENSIVE acrylics in a bunch of crafts/fabric I bought on Swap and Sell. And there was nothing wrong with these. I paint ceramics, (off and on), so I ALMOST always have paints. But I must admit, I was surprised how many people use interior paints! I love your tips!
You're awesome! Thank you so much for this.
Thank you for your tips and inspiration I will save $$$ because of you… ❤
Definitely agree with letting it dry before making a decision to keep it or not. I also record my work so I have a reference if I need to go back and make another and I've discovered a couple that were pretty cool looking that I scraped midway because standing next to it I didn't like it, but from overhead, it looked great. Now I let it dry and show others for input on whether to keep it or paint it over. Absolutely it is totally fine to repaint the same canvas more than once. It doesn't hurt a thing and saves a little cost. I did a 2'x4' commission that took four tries to make the client happy. If I'd bought four canvases I would have gone broke on the project. Along the lines of scraping edges...I just recently had a piece that was so cool and even though it was level as it was drying, the entire piece shifted almost off the canvas because I failed to scrape it. I'm considering keeping the piece in my space just to remind me of what can happen, lol. Also, I would suggest taking full advantage of sale prices: Blicks, Michaels (I can't comment on Jerry's as I haven't used them), and even Hobby Lobby have awesome sales periodically where you can BOGO canvas or paint. It's worth the email notifications to be up on those sales. Thank you for this video, its chock full of helpful hints.
I started with Apple Barrel paints, Elmer’s glue and canvas boards from Wal-mart... I also bought canvases and cheap acrylic paper at Dollar Tree. Some of my first paintings were awful, but I’ve found techniques I really love and that you never try to pour red and green or lime green and hot pink together. Mud... nasty gross looking color lol.
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I wish I had a list of all the colors you should never put next to each other. For starters I believe it is primary colors that you don't put next to each other but you can put complementary colors
These are awesome tips and reminders!!!! I love finding things to paint on at thrift stores like records, old paintings, etc, as others have brought out! So fun to find things like that.
I might also say...in going along with the other comments on having paint clothes to not wreck everything....if you have long hair, not even just long, but if your hair at all flops forward whenever you lean forward, then always have something to keep your hair out of the way. I have gotten a ridiculous amount of tips of hair plopped down in my painting because I'll think "oh no, it'll be fine, I'm not doing one that ill need to blow on" and inevitably I either need to look closely or blow a bit of something and I'm not prepared and some little chunks of hair flop down right on it...or the front of my apron will pop forward as I lean over a painting and brushes along the side...yea...I'm a mess, I know😳🙄😬😁☺
Anyway...thanks again for all these and thanks to everyone else dropping in all these extra great points!! Very cool!! :)
A tip: if you have some plain wine glasses dip the bottom of the stems in the run off paint turn upside down to dry . Then cover with a little resin.
I had a friend give me 10 boxes of 4.5 x 4.5 tiles. They are awesome. Also I use the
6 x 6 tiles from home depot. They cost $0.36 each. Worth it for practice.
Corner Keeper!....Really is a Great tip!,,,Thank you!
Next time you forget to scrape your tile or canvas, turn it over so you are looking at the back and heat up the edges with your heat gun then cut with a razor blade. If using canvas be careful to make sure you only cut the paint and not the canvas!!
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Thank you!! I totally needed this.
Super informative and educational videos!! Thanks!!
I'm only halfway through this video and I had to pause it to say THANK YOU!!! You have QUICKLY given me more information that I needed to hear than all the other videos and experience I've had so far!! Brilliant tips.
I did too 😂
I'm a dollar short and 8 months late, anyway I thank you for sharing your tips n tricks with us. I loved the cardboard for the corners to save from losing your composition. You are Awesome!
IKEA makes a very inexpensive plate rack that you can use to organize paintings once they are dry but haven't completely cured. I cover/wrap the canvas in freezer paper to prevent anything sticking. Also Press n Seal found near the foil and plastic wrap, will stick to the top of any size cup you want to use to mix your paint. That was a game changer, because I could finally mix larger cups of paint!!
Kim I love the tips especially the press and seal for storing mixed paints! Why have I never thought of that!!
I use it to cover my cake stand spinner too.
Do I just look up plate rack on Ikea? I need someplace to store paintings but don't want to spend a fortune
Kim Barrows which plate rack? They all, metal,, plastic and wood, seemed like they would press into your canvas to me.
@LAS it is a form of plastic wrap for food and it sticks to the edges of your container and seals it when you press on it.
Literally the best tips I've heard. And have learned myself. Consistency of paints and the corner block are my favorites.
Again, the master reveals…I love that I still have some perceived joy to look forward to when I thought I really didn’t have that left to look forward to. Some day soon, I’ll actually pay for and paint on canvas. The ONLY WAY I’m going to get there is by watching you. Again, thanks!! Namaste, Chris