*IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT GLUING SILICONE STRIPS TO YOUR CROSS BARS* You can't use hot glue to adhere silicone strips to your cross bar. After a little bit of pulling it comes right off - I should have realized this as the whole purpose to silicone is that things don't easily stick to them. I am doing a little research and testing but right now I believe E6000 or SilPoxy or silicone based adhesives should work. They take 24-48 hours to sure so if they don't work I'll update this message.
I am lucky enough to have two designated tables plus a mixing table and supply table.... and shelves. Rolled plastic (with the roll attached to the end of the tables legs), helps me keep moving with less clean up time. I cut the plastic with paint drips into storage size pieces if I want to keep to save them for jewelry making.
Used clear Scotch brand packing tape at ends and one in middle of silicone strips along curtain rods and works perfectly. Glad you passed along that glue and hot glue do not work. Will save others time.
I know they make various types of silicone adhesive tape. Flex Seal even makes one, X-Treme tape and different types of weather striping tape. I wonder if something of that nature would stick to that and the paint would come off easier.
Where's the LOVE button??! You're awesome!! Straight to the point, not a lot of chitter chatter before hand. I like a couple of the other artists doing the pour paint, but dang...I have to FF to get to what I'm there for!!
I agree Karla. I am always playing things at 1.5 speed and hitting the right arrow to speed it up. I try to get right to the point. Thanks for watching.
I just found your page today when I was researching DIY paint pouring containers and boy am I glad I did!! Just browsing through your videos, I can already tell you’ve covered the majority of the issues/questions I have about pouring. Thank you for your time in educating us newbies, and I look forward to going through all your videos!! :)
Great idea. I looked into using a similar setup. Wouldn’t quite fit right on my kitchen table. I lay down a 30 gallon trash bag. Then lay down a vinyl mat. Works great. I’ll use leftover paint as a base for the next canvas and peel off the dried paint. Also have a large Amazon box cut down to use with a spinner. The challenges of living in a studio apartment. When you get lemons you gotta make lemonade 👍🏻
I am so glad I found you! I have watched lot of pouring videos but they don't educate you, most of them just want you to buy their products and or paintings. I have poured 2 paintings so far and I love it. Thank you for your teaching and you are a blessing to so many starting out. I want to do enough paintings so I can rent a booth this coming spring or summer. 😀
Once again, your videos are incredibly helpful and save us so much time and effort in figuring out so many situations that you have tested/experimented and kindly share with us. Thank you so much!
Another great tip, for painting on a small canvas, or paper, get a gridded plastic ceiling louver (it's the grid, that you see in office building over the flourescent lights). Cut this thing to side and you'll have a small grid that you can put on top of the bars
Ooh, I would have never though of that. I tried to find a cheap grill type cover but they were all too expensive. Things like chicken wire just don't keep it's shape and stay flat. I can see how this would work well.
@@LeftBrainedArtist Yes, I came across a panel in the HW store and grabbed it. I had tried using a cookie drying metal rack, but mine are not level and not being a grid, they don't work well. Anyway, the plastic gridded louver panel was easily cut and works wonderfully for painting on paper while still using the pour container. I've built a pour container based on your earlier video - Thank you so much - it makes all the difference in the world to have a level, good, pour container!
I just watch your video on the pouring tub. I have started on 8 x 10 canvas's so I used a dollar store kitty litter tub with a dollar store wire basket inside the tub. Works great.
@Linda Linford Allen I came to the comment section to see if anyone else was doing this! Lol I JUST started pour painting this week and as I was brainstorming what I could use, I was like, "oh, ya, I have a Dollar Tree kitty litter box that I didn't need after all, I can use that"! ... so I did!! Lol I have posted 2 videos so far using that method and it's working so far for this beginner!!! 😆 (I also have a larger litter box from Petco that I might start using since it's bigger. (Turns out my kitty doesn't like stepping on litter...😒 ... so I use the "Breeze" litter system with pine pellets and only 1/2 the container can have the pellets, so she can stand on the side without the pellets, but still turn and potty ON the pellets! 🤣😆) (Oh, and I had just purchased a set of 3 wire racks for my air fryer, so I had planned on using one those for my paintings as well! Great minds think alike! 😉) Happy POURING everyone!!
You are so practical minded🤓. Thank you so much. I’ve been trying to figure out some type of tub that would be big enough and would not break my limited bank!! Et voila!! You came up with it!! I have painted since I was little (80f) but now I live in an apartment. Kitchen size 8’x8’. If I ruin stuff I pay for it! I have conditions where I can only paint 10 or 20 mins at a times so my time is valuable too. You’ve just ticked all the boxes for me! Thanks from a fellow left brainer artist🤷🏽♀️❤️❤️❤️
Of course we love you, David! We love your tips too! We love your sincerity. We love your knowledge of color mixing. We love your down to earth personality!!!! Keep going!!!
Plastic pipes is just awesome idea! Silicone tapes for electrical isolation will work on plastic pipes or steel bars, cheap and easy. That is my suggestion. Let's help each other out. As always thanks again!!! Peace and love..
I like how you are so informative and so detailed in your descriptions I'm definitely going to get this setup and clean up method that you talked about I'm all about saving money
@@LeftBrainedArtist I finally assembled the pour container, I did try using the gorilla extra super glue and it did not work adhearing the PVC pipe to the pour container so I had to use my e6000 glue and that worked like a charm
I pour on my kitchen counter top with lots of protective covering. Then I have to clean up the mess so that no paint is left anywhere. A pain in the neck. This is great information.
Just a suggestion… Try Glad Press n Seal to cover the metal strips and bottom of pan! It sticks really well! I fold a corner into itself so I know where to start pulling it off and makes for easy clean up. I use the Press n Seal to cover a lot when painting and crafting. And to cover glass paint paint bottles in between uses so the tops don’t get yucky. 😃
We have found that using yard sticks across a container helps. They are more inexpensive than the pipes or the rails. Also with them being flat we can lay the cups and paint on the ends.
Thank you so much for your very interesting videos, you have so many good tips, I always look out for your videos. I absolutely love Acrylic Pour painting but I have not have much time and space, as I had my 93 year old mum living with us, she has now past on so I will organize myself, an I really value your tips.....
I go to the grocery stores and find big boxes, line it with old rags and pour all my excess off the canvas into the lined box. The box can be poured into several times, the paint dries in there, and I replace the old box when done. I have a very, very small area to pour, so I use old shelves, usually found in a trash bin, they are flat. I put that on my pouring side of the table, on top of an old stair gate that we used to use for the baby. It's leveled with popsicle sticks. Also, flat, and fits across the entire table. Then, I tie down my lazy susan to the gate, very tight, and place a heavy, large ceramic tile on top of the lazy susan to keep it stable, and spin faster. on the other side of the table. I surround both sides with flat card board box standing up to keep the paint from spreading everywhere when I spin. I mix all my paints right before I pour and use enough to not have any left over, and do the same for the next pour. I have done a dozen Shelee Art Blooms in one sitting. No clean up needed. Every thing is lined in plastic, and foil on the lazy susan. I dry on another table in my closet, It's a big closet, on top of the other baby gait, leveled with popsicle sticks.
@LeftBrainedArtist Yessir! I decided to drill the holes. I meant to post when I 1st made it. I've actually been using mine for about 2 years. Your video popped up in my steam so i wanted to say something because it's been great using this tool since I started painting. 💯🤩
Thank you so much for sharing your vast amount of knowledge and I really appreciate your humble approach to pour painting. Best wishes to you and your family.
SO much easier for sure. Just make sure you have a level place to put your paintings when you are done so they can dry. Otherwise they'd stick to the bars and make mess and rip your canvases.
@@LeftBrainedArtist What do you call the second bar you showed? Thank you! I love how you simplify everything!! I subscribed to your channel after the first video I watched!! SO glad I found you!! ✌🏼💯
I purchased all the supplies, but am using wooden 1/2” dowels instead of the thread bolt. My husband drilled the holes for the dowels and made sure everything was level. We watched your video as you taught us how to do it right. I was afraid the thread bolt would be too heavy for me, so that’s why the dowels. THANK YOU a ton for these fantastic videos!!!!! Keep them coming. I can’t tell you how much paint mess this has saved me. Way to go David. You are really cool. This coming from a young grandma, LOL.
Young grandma just means there are cute babies about. They are my favorite. You are right about the pouring container. Changed my life when it comes to pouring. Glad you made your own adjustments and that they worked.
I have a large rectangular board that has screws in a 1 inch grid that I use to do my pours on. It works well especially for small items. I pour on rocks as well as glass ware that work perfectly on the 1" grid.
@@LeftBrainedArtist yes. And with 2" screws it takes a long time for any paint buildup before you need to scrape. When putting the screws in just use your level as you put them in and you have a perfect level place all the time. Even if the countertop isn't level, if you use it in the same spot all the time you never have to relevel. I'd love to send you a picture.
Great idea! I have lg river rocks, some of which I want to try & pour on, but don't know how to keep them level, esp. while drying. Bottoms of rocks rarely perfectly level! Maybe wads of modeling clay on bottom to make it level?
Thank you! I am pouring in a doggy Bath. Covert With some puppy towels taped with Frog tape in it. In it Stands a Spinner covert with Alunium Folie. For the bigger canvases I put two sticks taped with Frog tape over the Spinner. Its an idea from someone Els and it works Wunderwell. After the work you just Push it a bit together and let It dry in a corner. You always have a clean table.
@@LeftBrainedArtist Thank you. The spinner you can find on Ebay Backery Artikels. Its from Steel and it Spins very smooth to thee left and rigth. Its a Cakespinner.
Definitely going to do this as it'll double as a storage box for all my bottles and paraphernalia. The biggest frustration I've had so far, apart from moving or touching the paintings too soon, are those damn thin, plastic dustsheets. You have to tape them down as they'll flap around if you switch on a hairdryer or blower and catch the edges of the the paintings. The only thing you can't do with your buckets is, of course, spinning.
Making mine tomorrow. going to use an under bed plastic organizer that I already had and a (cleaned) grate to a grill my husband no longer has. Planning on putting the grate low enough to still use the top and use the bin as a dust free drying space since I'm starting out with smaller canvases to start. I'm pretty geeked that I actually get to spend zero monies ☺
That’s great! Any chance you could engineer us a DIY lazy Susan spinner that doesn’t just fly off the table? I have seen DIY’s with dollar store pie plates and marbles, but I cannot remember where!
Mine is from Amazon, It was 2 for $14.95....I put it on a silicone mat and it doesn't move. And if I want it a bit higher, I use two and put a piece of round silicone on the first one, stack the second one on top and it goes great.
My canvasses just stand on inverted condiment cups over silicone mat, over big dog pee pads (because I'm messy) and sometimes with a lazy Susan covered in Saran wrap. ....on top of my dog grooming table. Everything needed is on/in rolling trays. I roll it all away to groom the fuzz bombs, then clean up the fuzz, and set the pee pads on and start stacking.
Wow, what a great plan; I'm just starting this genre in my art career. After watching your videos for beginners I just ordered some paint, apron, and pouring medium from Dick Blick's. Thanks to you I know I'm going to save time, money, & frustrations in this new adventure!
Very nice tips! 5:20 , even easier than clamps is just taking a piece of Duct Tape and taping the rod from the top to under the lip of the container. It should hold in place fine.
WOW....I'm so glad I stumbled on this video....ur a genius...I love u man...such an awesome idea...I spend too much time preparing n cleaning.....ur videos keep getn better... definitely gonna try this out... TFS Shelly from Colorado 😉❤️
Secure the pvc pipes (or inexpensive wooden dowels)with a blob of ticky tacky! Or with a soldering iron make holes in the tray and pop the dowels/pvc pipes through the holes :-))
Thank you for sharing all of your great ideas. I've watched different videos on paint pouring but I seem to learn more watching yours. Again, thank you for your time and effort. I'm making coasters, trays from Portland cement and doing paint pouring to decorate. A bit cheaper then buying the tiles. I decorate some by painting pouring - I like the different designs I can achieve in one set. Though I still struggle with the paint combinations - opaque and transparent. I do have a color wheel - it does help but I'm still not achieving the look I want: feathery, colorful, the wow effect. Will most definitely continue watching your videos over and over.
I can’t tell you how happy I am that I watched your pouring bin video before I started pouring. I have never needed to set up or take down. Bought a table and large bin at Walmart and every evening I just go there and paint. Easy peasy. Do you have any videos on ideas for shelving for paints and drying canvases?
I use green kitty litter flat box works great. I use free cup holders from McDonald's turn over in box. Their napkins. I'm ready to paint. Your handsome and speak so we'll. God bless you.lisa
Love the vid! I actually put small canvases under my pour to catch the extra paint - i have made as many as 4 extra paintings from one pour. I have a board with plastic cups and I set the wet paintings on it, on the corners of the canvas. I do like the idea of sides though! Lol
Lol, I didn't realize you had already seen this video when I responded the other previous comment. Totally going to try some "clean up" pours with this one.
Hi, I bought a 33x54 kennel cage tray that has a raised edge, not to deep & it is durable, easy to clean, great for big or multi canvas projects & fits nicely on my art table. I can take it off & store it easily too.
A lot of people seem to use those puppy pads. I think on advantage to a container is being able to pour many times without needing to cleanup. Or letting it dry and using the remnants for jewelry and the like. Thanks for commenting Cheryl.
That is seriously the best set up I have seen. Have tried several things, but they all require maintenance between pours. I found a ribbed silicone mat at Dollarama. Was $4 for about 18” x 10’,
Thank you! Using the cement mixing tub never occurred to me for this purpose even though I have used them before (for cement). This was a forehead-slapper of an idea!
As a full-on fluid painting newbie I have gotten paint on my garage tarp and shoes etc, and the clean up was a pain. It makes me want to go someone else's business that will do all the prep and clean up for me! I just want to learn and pour and create. Your pouring acrylic pouring system is so great. Thanks for sharing. I think I will task my FIL to create the container with the 5 stainless rods, bolts and washers as that seems the best way to keep the dowels in one place! Thanks LBA!
These organizer racks are working perfect on my cement mixing bucket. Much easier than dowels and they cleanup better too. Just one screw in each side.
@@LeftBrainedArtist what organizing racks? I like the permanence of the metal dowels in your clear sweater tote storage bin. Slow work day so I am watching episode 3 now. I am an avid home baker who lives by her digital scale, so you won me over with the weighing!!!
@@lesliefranken3955 You know the white wire organization closets that you can mix and match parts? The rails they use for those are perfect for this. Closetmade White ShlefTrack I believe they are called.
@@LeftBrainedArtist oh! Yes I saw your video on that today. So you like that better than the metal dowels that you have going through the clear tote? Btw really like the ring pour and the flip cup pour results on episode 4 of beginners lessons I have shopping plans tomorrow.
Great ideas on the tubs and PVC pipes that you can buy at the hardware stores. I was overlapping and using my old drawing papers of 18 x 24 and it gets expensive to continue using art papers to cover my table and then sticky art papers.
I noticed in some of your garage videos that you have a deeper container with bars down inside so the paint doesn't fly everywhere when doing a Dutch pour with dryer. Can you show how you made the deeper version where the canvas sits lower to contain paint splatter? I have learned so much more from your videos than others because I am left brained too. Thanks so much.
This is going to happen as soon as I can get to a Lowe's! I love it! Currently I have sectioned off a corner of a 1 car garage for painting. Drop cloths hanging all over, tarps on the floor, Dexter Style. I cover the table I work on with freezer paper which works great, but sometimes the run off ends up in my lap! Something I do have that it very cool, I got the idea from one of Pouring Your Heart Out videos: an old baby crib converted into a drying rack with many large shelves. You turn the crib on end and put plywood across the bars! If I knew how to post a photo I would, but I'm sure you get what I'm talking about. Keep those tips and tricks coming!
@@LeftBrainedArtist It couldn't be better, especially if you are horizontally space challenged! Also, I've wrapped a tarp around it to keep any dirt or flying creatures out.
I used the plastic container my pouring kit came in. Was quite small, but I'm now at a point where I'm going to buy a bigger container 👍. (loved your post on silicone! Very informative)
Your table is more level than mine. I had to use hanging hooks so I could adjust each corner separately. That's awesome that you have a system that works.
Thank you again. I was just trying to find something that was easy to move and store. Now I know exactly what to purchase. You have been a great help. I am grateful to you for sharing all of the information. You have helped me with many questions I have had. I look forward to seeing more. 😊
Great idea! I have the storage container with a colling rack inside. Works great! For other things,I use plastic bed risers on a silicone mat to bring the work closer. Thanks for your videos!
Great idea! And I'm off to hardware store!. Cheaper than silicone mats are thick shower curtains from dollar store. Cut strips, wrap around and duck tape bottom side.
Hi David, thanks for this excellent and practical tip. I am going to get my husband to make me one. Each time I watch your video I learn something new. Thanks for spending your time in helping us become better artists.
David I have been meaning to ask you about pouring paint into a cup. I see some people tilt the cup or pour on the side, others just pour into a straight cup, some pour from high up above the cup , others from very close to the cup. No one explains the difference between these different pouring methods. Perhaps you could do a video on it or refer me to one that you have already done.
@@sunitasuri7626 Hi, Sunita. I've been pouring for a few years, and i hope i can clarify some of these techniques and their purpose... When pouring tree rings, flip cups or dirty pours, i mix my paint thicker and 'stack' the colors by pouring each color slowly and as close to the cup as possible. Choosing to layer colors by pouring them low and slow into the cup, or sliding them down the side of the cup doesn't make much of a difference either way. It's just a way to keep the paints in layers of colors rather than risking colors mixing up too much in the cup (which can create mud, especially for newer artists.) i know that was a problem for me for a long time. I like to stack my paints mostly for tree rings, or when I'm adding silicone. If you pour the colors into your cup from higher up, it will distribute those colors throughout the rest of your paint colors, and (in my opinion) creates more interesting cells, but can also create a busier painting. The higher up you pour, the lower in your cup that paint will go (i hope that makes sense). In my experience, I get more celling, by pouring into the cup from higher up and then doing a flip cup or straight pour. Be aware that pouring from higher up will create paint bubbles in your cup, which may require torching to pop. I try to avoid torching if possible at the risk of burning the paint, or creating a skin over the top that can cause uneven drying and cracking of the final painting. I also had alot of problems with torching too much when i first started. I was trying to get more cells, more cells, more cells, and i was getting cracked paint, cracked paint, cracked paint. So torch to get rid of bubbles, more than to create cells. But i think that's also a trial and error thing when you first get started. Practice, practice. Remember, we can't 'force' fluid art to do what we want it to do. Over time, we can try to 'coax' it by using little tricks we have learned along the way. It's going to do, what it's going to do. The number one tip that helped me the most: whether you mix your paints thinner or thicker, each color for each painting must be the same viscosity. Mixing thinner paints and thicker paints into the same cup is not going to give you a good result. One way to check if your paints are the same thickness, is to put a few drops of each color across the top of a canvas, or card stock, or junk mail... then turn the surface vertically. All of the colors should run down the surface somewhat evenly. i hope this helps and makes some kind of sense... its hard to explain without showing how.
@@YookinTryta thank you so very much for your detailed explanation. It does make sense to me. I am not so crazy about too many cells so will remember not to torch too much. I am very appreciative that you took the time to respond to me in such detail. Thank you again. I might reach out to you if I have any more questions regarding pouring. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
*IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT GLUING SILICONE STRIPS TO YOUR CROSS BARS* You can't use hot glue to adhere silicone strips to your cross bar. After a little bit of pulling it comes right off - I should have realized this as the whole purpose to silicone is that things don't easily stick to them. I am doing a little research and testing but right now I believe E6000 or SilPoxy or silicone based adhesives should work. They take 24-48 hours to sure so if they don't work I'll update this message.
I am lucky enough to have two designated tables plus a mixing table and supply table.... and shelves. Rolled plastic (with the roll attached to the end of the tables legs), helps me keep moving with less clean up time. I cut the plastic with paint drips into storage size pieces if I want to keep to save them for jewelry making.
U are great
Used clear Scotch brand packing tape at ends and one in middle of silicone strips along curtain rods and works perfectly.
Glad you passed along that glue and hot glue do not work. Will save others time.
I know they make various types of silicone adhesive tape. Flex Seal even makes one, X-Treme tape and different types of weather striping tape. I wonder if something of that nature would stick to that and the paint would come off easier.
I will let you know if my glue sticks,
stick to the tub.
Thank you! You have the best ideas and are kind enough to share. Plus you get to the point without a lot of "jibber jabber" 😂.
Thanks Cindi. I actually really appreciate that. This was one of the main goals I had with this channel.
Where's the LOVE button??! You're awesome!! Straight to the point, not a lot of chitter chatter before hand. I like a couple of the other artists doing the pour paint, but dang...I have to FF to get to what I'm there for!!
I agree Karla. I am always playing things at 1.5 speed and hitting the right arrow to speed it up. I try to get right to the point. Thanks for watching.
I just found your page today when I was researching DIY paint pouring containers and boy am I glad I did!! Just browsing through your videos, I can already tell you’ve covered the majority of the issues/questions I have about pouring. Thank you for your time in educating us newbies, and I look forward to going through all your videos!! :)
That is awesome to hear Amber. Glad to be of service. I am happy to answer any questions you have also.
It's like being in kindergarten and first grade🥰🏵️👍
I agree 💯 Super informative and personable...I'm addicted!
Great idea. I looked into using a similar setup. Wouldn’t quite fit right on my kitchen table.
I lay down a 30 gallon trash bag. Then lay down a vinyl mat. Works great. I’ll use leftover paint as a base for the next canvas and peel off the dried paint. Also have a large Amazon box cut down to use with a spinner.
The challenges of living in a studio apartment. When you get lemons you gotta make lemonade 👍🏻
That is the spirit. We need to move ahead with what we have. Well done!
@@LeftBrainedArtist Thanks. Gonna redo a pour today with the advice from your video
I am so glad I found you! I have watched lot of pouring videos but they don't educate you, most of them just want you to buy their products and or paintings. I have poured 2 paintings so far and I love it. Thank you for your teaching and you are a blessing to so many starting out. I want to do enough paintings so I can rent a booth this coming spring or summer. 😀
Good luck Abby. Glad to help.
I am making one of these, I am the messiest paint pourer!
Haha, I know that feeling Nicole.
I made a pouring container today with steel rods 😁 this will save me hours of cleaning up as I get so messy 😂 thanks so much 👏🏻
You are so welcome! Makes a huge difference for me.
What an incredible and affordable IDEA! Thanks for sharing!
You are so welcome! Hope it helps.
That is such a common sense idea........and as a beginner I'm glad i saw this clip before I even put paint to canvas!...........Thank you
You are so welcome! This has saved me so much prep and cleanup time.
Once again, your videos are incredibly helpful and save us so much time and effort in figuring out so many situations that you have tested/experimented and kindly share with us.
Thank you so much!
You are alway welcome my friend.
Another great tip, for painting on a small canvas, or paper, get a gridded plastic ceiling louver (it's the grid, that you see in office building over the flourescent lights). Cut this thing to side and you'll have a small grid that you can put on top of the bars
Ooh, I would have never though of that. I tried to find a cheap grill type cover but they were all too expensive. Things like chicken wire just don't keep it's shape and stay flat. I can see how this would work well.
@@LeftBrainedArtist Yes, I came across a panel in the HW store and grabbed it. I had tried using a cookie drying metal rack, but mine are not level and not being a grid, they don't work well. Anyway, the plastic gridded louver panel was easily cut and works wonderfully for painting on paper while still using the pour container. I've built a pour container based on your earlier video - Thank you so much - it makes all the difference in the world to have a level, good, pour container!
I just watch your video on the pouring tub. I have started on 8 x 10 canvas's so I used a dollar store kitty litter tub with a dollar store wire basket inside the tub. Works great.
Way to get started Linda. For most that is the hardest part and you blew through that already.
Thanks...I'm going to see if I can get one as well.
@Linda Linford Allen
I came to the comment section to see if anyone else was doing this! Lol
I JUST started pour painting this week and as I was brainstorming what I could use, I was like, "oh, ya, I have a Dollar Tree kitty litter box that I didn't need after all, I can use that"! ... so I did!! Lol
I have posted 2 videos so far using that method and it's working so far for this beginner!!! 😆
(I also have a larger litter box from Petco that I might start using since it's bigger. (Turns out my kitty doesn't like stepping on litter...😒 ... so I use the "Breeze" litter system with pine pellets and only 1/2 the container can have the pellets, so she can stand on the side without the pellets, but still turn and potty ON the pellets! 🤣😆)
(Oh, and I had just purchased a set of 3 wire racks for my air fryer, so I had planned on using one those for my paintings as well! Great minds think alike! 😉)
Happy POURING everyone!!
@@LeftBrainedArtist
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!! Now I have more options if my artwork ever progresses past a small hobby!! 🙃 One can dream!!! ❤🙏❤🙏
David is such a good teacher and artist. What an inspiration. Thanks David!
You are too kind Ruth.
You are so practical minded🤓. Thank you so much. I’ve been trying to figure out some type of tub that would be big enough and would not break my limited bank!! Et voila!! You came up with it!! I have painted since I was little (80f) but now I live in an apartment. Kitchen size 8’x8’. If I ruin stuff I pay for it! I have conditions where I can only paint 10 or 20 mins at a times so my time is valuable too. You’ve just ticked all the boxes for me! Thanks from a fellow left brainer artist🤷🏽♀️❤️❤️❤️
Awesome to hear Carol. Let me know how it works for you.
Brilliant ideas! Love the way your mind works.
Wow, thank you!
Thank you so much for showing us this great ideas, it has taken me from i can not pour in my apartment to nothing can stop me now
Awesome Ross!
Of course we love you, David! We love your tips too! We love your sincerity. We love your knowledge of color mixing. We love your down to earth personality!!!! Keep going!!!
You're the best Ma. Thanks for brightening up my morning.
Love your t-shirt 💕
Thanks Liz.
Plastic pipes is just awesome idea!
Silicone tapes for electrical isolation will work on plastic pipes or steel bars, cheap and easy. That is my suggestion. Let's help each other out. As always thanks again!!!
Peace and love..
Oh, that is a great idea Simon. Didn't even think of that.
@@LeftBrainedArtist And a few holes, couple of zip ties instead of clamps for someone who is looking for something realy convenient, simple and easy!
I like how you are so informative and so detailed in your descriptions I'm definitely going to get this setup and clean up method that you talked about I'm all about saving money
Please do! I save so much time with this.
@@LeftBrainedArtist I finally assembled the pour container, I did try using the gorilla extra super glue and it did not work adhearing the PVC pipe to the pour container so I had to use my e6000 glue and that worked like a charm
@@gloriagiefer3013 Good to know. Thanks Gloria!
I pour on my kitchen counter top with lots of protective covering. Then I have to clean up the mess so that no paint is left anywhere. A pain in the neck. This is great information.
It can be a game changer for pouring for sure.
Just a suggestion… Try Glad Press n Seal to cover the metal strips and bottom of pan! It sticks really well! I fold a corner into itself so I know where to start pulling it off and makes for easy clean up. I use the Press n Seal to cover a lot when painting and crafting. And to cover glass paint paint bottles in between uses so the tops don’t get yucky. 😃
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We have found that using yard sticks across a container helps. They are more inexpensive than the pipes or the rails. Also with them being flat we can lay the cups and paint on the ends.
That is a great idea. How does it hold up the weight of a full 16 X 20?
@@LeftBrainedArtist we have not used that large of a canvas yet. We are just starting and the largest we have used is 10x8 and it holds fine.
you might not believe me but i have used a container like you have for the past 5 months .seems like great people think alike. lol
Great minds to think alike for sure. This was something I was shown also after I made my more complex version.
Alrighty!!! I’m on to a new project.👷♀️
Thanks so much!! Awesome!
Good luck!
This really is a game changer!!! Thank you so much for sharing this!
You're so welcome! Makes my life so much easier for sure.
Thank you so much for your very interesting videos, you have so many good tips, I always look out for your videos. I absolutely love Acrylic Pour painting but I have not have much time and space, as I had my 93 year old mum living with us, she has now past on so I will organize myself, an I really value your tips.....
I am sorry to hear that Marie. You are an Angel for keeping your safe and in loving hands.
I go to the grocery stores and find big boxes, line it with old rags and pour all my excess off the canvas into the lined box. The box can be poured into several times, the paint dries in there, and I replace the old box when done. I have a very, very small area to pour, so I use old shelves, usually found in a trash bin, they are flat. I put that on my pouring side of the table, on top of an old stair gate that we used to use for the baby. It's leveled with popsicle sticks. Also, flat, and fits across the entire table. Then, I tie down my lazy susan to the gate, very tight, and place a heavy, large ceramic tile on top of the lazy susan to keep it stable, and spin faster. on the other side of the table. I surround both sides with flat card board box standing up to keep the paint from spreading everywhere when I spin. I mix all my paints right before I pour and use enough to not have any left over, and do the same for the next pour. I have done a dozen Shelee Art Blooms in one sitting. No clean up needed. Every thing is lined in plastic, and foil on the lazy susan. I dry on another table in my closet, It's a big closet, on top of the other baby gait, leveled with popsicle sticks.
Necessity is the mother of invention for sure Eve. Sounds like you've done what you need to to be able to keep pouring!
I just spent 2 days making a mess of my yard.... SO yeah I have one of these now lol. Thank you kind sir!
Glad to help Natacha. Makes setup and take down so much easier.
Great informative video, but....LOVE your shirt!!😁😁
Thanks Amy! 😃
Yep! This was a great idea and it works perfectly!
Awesome to hear!
@LeftBrainedArtist Yessir! I decided to drill the holes. I meant to post when I 1st made it. I've actually been using mine for about 2 years. Your video popped up in my steam so i wanted to say something because it's been great using this tool since I started painting. 💯🤩
Love the left brain creative paint tray!
Makes painting so much easier.
Thank you so much for sharing your vast amount of knowledge and I really appreciate your humble approach to pour painting. Best wishes to you and your family.
You are very welcome Geoff. Thanks for watching.
You are a GENIUS!!! Thanks so much for this video!! This sounds AMAZING!!
It makes pouring so much easier. Especially if you have a level place to transfer your paintings to when you are done.
Yesssss!!! This is precisely what I was looking for! Thank you so much! Pouring will be a LOT more fun with one of these handy tubs.
SO much easier for sure. Just make sure you have a level place to put your paintings when you are done so they can dry. Otherwise they'd stick to the bars and make mess and rip your canvases.
@@LeftBrainedArtist What do you call the second bar you showed?
Thank you! I love how you simplify everything!! I subscribed to your channel after the first video I watched!! SO glad I found you!! ✌🏼💯
Thank you so much for posting this video. Great tips as always.
You are so welcome! Glad to help.
I purchased all the supplies, but am using wooden 1/2” dowels instead of the thread bolt. My husband drilled the holes for the dowels and made sure everything was level. We watched your video as you taught us how to do it right. I was afraid the thread bolt would be too heavy for me, so that’s why the dowels. THANK YOU a ton for these fantastic videos!!!!! Keep them coming. I can’t tell you how much paint mess this has saved me. Way to go David. You are really cool. This coming from a young grandma, LOL.
Young grandma just means there are cute babies about. They are my favorite.
You are right about the pouring container. Changed my life when it comes to pouring. Glad you made your own adjustments and that they worked.
You are a lifesaver!
Glad it was helpful Gemma. This really has changed my pouring experience.
This is so darn smart. Thanks!
It has been a lifesave for me.
This is a game changer!!! I’ve been lining Costco boxes lol
It makes it so much easier.
I use the large aluminum pasta pans and put a lazy susan cake decorating stand inside. Easy Peasy!
Excellent. how often do you change them out CS?
Thank you I found a video on how to make your advance paint pouring container
Wonderful!
I have a large rectangular board that has screws in a 1 inch grid that I use to do my pours on. It works well especially for small items. I pour on rocks as well as glass ware that work perfectly on the 1" grid.
Interesting. I'd never have thought of that. You just leave the paint on the bottom to dry?
@@LeftBrainedArtist yes. And with 2" screws it takes a long time for any paint buildup before you need to scrape. When putting the screws in just use your level as you put them in and you have a perfect level place all the time. Even if the countertop isn't level, if you use it in the same spot all the time you never have to relevel.
I'd love to send you a picture.
Great idea! I have lg river rocks, some of which I want to try & pour on, but don't know how to keep them level, esp. while drying. Bottoms of rocks rarely perfectly level! Maybe wads of modeling clay on bottom to make it level?
Thanks for such a lovely video given me lots of idea to start painting right away
Go for it Arul. It is so much fun.
Yes indeed, You are just one big freakin' ray of sunshine!! Thanks for the idea.
😅😊😆 Thanks Ellis. My family says I am grumpy and I think Eeyore is my spirit animal.
@@LeftBrainedArtist I adore Eeyore! I can listen to that monotone voice all day!
Thank you! I am pouring in a doggy Bath. Covert With some puppy towels taped with Frog tape in it. In it Stands a Spinner covert with Alunium Folie. For the bigger canvases I put two sticks taped with Frog tape over the Spinner. Its an idea from someone Els and it works Wunderwell.
After the work you just Push it a bit together and let It dry in a corner. You always have a clean table.
Great idea! I need to get a me a spinner soon for sure.
@@LeftBrainedArtist Thank you. The spinner you can find on Ebay Backery Artikels. Its from Steel and it Spins very smooth to thee left and rigth. Its a Cakespinner.
Great video!! Great idea thank you. I love watching your videos always great information and simple.👏🏼👏🏼❤️🥰😍💕🇬🇧🇬🇧
You are so welcome!
Fab idea! Thank you! Laura x
You are so welcome! Saves me a boat load of time setting up and cleaning up.
I have my spinner in one but hadn’t thought of this! Thanks so much!
You are so welcome!
I want to start pouring, and I’m so glad I found you before I spent a fortune on all the materials. I’m need to go to Home Depot here soon!
So worth it.
Definitely going to do this as it'll double as a storage box for all my bottles and paraphernalia. The biggest frustration I've had so far, apart from moving or touching the paintings too soon, are those damn thin, plastic dustsheets. You have to tape them down as they'll flap around if you switch on a hairdryer or blower and catch the edges of the the paintings. The only thing you can't do with your buckets is, of course, spinning.
Yeah, I've ruined a few of my paintings by having sheet blow up on to my painting.
Making mine tomorrow. going to use an under bed plastic organizer that I already had and a (cleaned) grate to a grill my husband no longer has. Planning on putting the grate low enough to still use the top and use the bin as a dust free drying space since I'm starting out with smaller canvases to start. I'm pretty geeked that I actually get to spend zero monies ☺
That is amazing! I love it it when I already have what I need to make something. You go Lynn!
As usual a very helpful video. Thank you so much!
My pleasure Marylyn. I do love my bins that I have made.
That’s great! Any chance you could engineer us a DIY lazy Susan spinner that doesn’t just fly off the table? I have seen DIY’s with dollar store pie plates and marbles, but I cannot remember where!
Oh that sounds intriguing. My first attempt was horrible and loud and not very spinney. I do need to do get back trying that again Sharnell.
Mine is from Amazon, It was 2 for $14.95....I put it on a silicone mat and it doesn't move. And if I want it a bit higher, I use two and put a piece of round silicone on the first one, stack the second one on top and it goes great.
@@judipalumbo thank you for the advice! I didn’t think about Silicone under for grip!
@@judipalumbo hi there. could you please put in a link...the ones I've seen on amazon are very expensive so very interested in your purchase. thanks!
Thank you! Very informative! I love your videos.
Thanks so much!
My canvasses just stand on inverted condiment cups over silicone mat, over big dog pee pads (because I'm messy) and sometimes with a lazy Susan covered in Saran wrap. ....on top of my dog grooming table. Everything needed is on/in rolling trays. I roll it all away to groom the fuzz bombs, then clean up the fuzz, and set the pee pads on and start stacking.
Haha. Do you get hair in everything? 🤔
I use a foil roasting pan and a cookie cooling rack. I’m just starting out so this is perfect for beginners.
Great idea Marie.
Hey great idea lefty..I appreciate it. I also plan to add push lights inside the bottom. I pour on plexiglass quite often so this is perfect.
Ooh, I'd love to see that Neal.
Wow, what a great plan; I'm just starting this genre in my art career. After watching your videos for beginners I just ordered some paint, apron, and pouring medium from Dick Blick's. Thanks to you I know I'm going to save time, money, & frustrations in this new adventure!
Awesome Kevin. I hope you love it as much as I do!
I got my black tub, both sizes. I use a collapsible Puppy Pool for large pieces and spinning, Thank you!
Collapsible puppy pool?!? I need to look that up. Thanks KJ.
Very nice tips! 5:20 , even easier than clamps is just taking a piece of Duct Tape and taping the rod from the top to under the lip of the container. It should hold in place fine.
Oh yeah, I didn't even think of going McGuyver on them.
Actually I have the bigger ben which i once used for paper making. I use old curtain rods for bars, they are easily found in second hand stores.
So true. So much easier to pour with a quick prep station Sally.
WOW....I'm so glad I stumbled on this video....ur a genius...I love u man...such an awesome idea...I spend too much time preparing n cleaning.....ur videos keep getn better... definitely gonna try this out... TFS Shelly from Colorado 😉❤️
Thanks and welcome Shelly.
You have great ideas and videos.💛💛💛
Thanks Vicky. This was on of the best things I did for improving my acrylic pouring. Being efficient when pouring is so much better
Secure the pvc pipes (or inexpensive wooden dowels)with a blob of ticky tacky! Or with a soldering iron make holes in the tray and pop the dowels/pvc pipes through the holes :-))
Ooh, I forgot about ticky tacky. I
Thank you for sharing all of your great ideas. I've watched different videos on paint pouring but I seem to learn more watching yours. Again, thank you for your time and effort.
I'm making coasters, trays from Portland cement and doing paint pouring to decorate. A bit cheaper then buying the tiles. I decorate some by painting pouring - I like the different designs I can achieve in one set. Though I still struggle with the paint combinations - opaque and transparent. I do have a color wheel - it does help but I'm still not achieving the look I want: feathery, colorful, the wow effect. Will most definitely continue watching your videos over and over.
Thanks Maria. I think we all have the same thoughts you do about color combinations. I know I still do.
I can’t tell you how happy I am that I watched your pouring bin video before I started pouring. I have never needed to set up or take down. Bought a table and large bin at Walmart and every evening I just go there and paint. Easy peasy. Do you have any videos on ideas for shelving for paints and drying canvases?
I have like 4 shelves in my table I use. I'll have to look in to some economical ways to dry canvases. Thanks Ali.
You are a gem! Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
I just purchased the container and other items from Home Depot! Can hardly wait to get started
I use green kitty litter flat box works great. I use free cup holders from McDonald's turn over in box. Their napkins. I'm ready to paint. Your handsome and speak so we'll. God bless you.lisa
Thanks Lisa. The kitty litter box sounds like it would be perfect. Especially the low big ones.
Thank you so so much... great advice 💚☮️🏴
You are so welcome! Good luck Clare.
Thank you for all the awesome tips and hints. Very helpful
Happy to help!
Love the vid! I actually put small canvases under my pour to catch the extra paint - i have made as many as 4 extra paintings from one pour. I have a board with plastic cups and I set the wet paintings on it, on the corners of the canvas. I do like the idea of sides though! Lol
Lol, I didn't realize you had already seen this video when I responded the other previous comment. Totally going to try some "clean up" pours with this one.
I have this setup, it works like a charm. Great tip about the silicone rail cover though, that one I’m going to apply 👍
Rail cover is an excellent word for that Nicoline. I couldn't think of how to word it.
omg i'm so glad i subscribed to this channel
Thanks my friend. If you have more questions definitely let me know.
Hi,
I bought a 33x54 kennel cage tray that has a raised edge, not to deep & it is durable, easy to clean, great for big or multi canvas projects & fits nicely on my art table. I can take it off & store it easily too.
I had no idea they sold something like that. It's pretty brilliant. Thanks Kristy.
I pour on puppy peed pads with tacks on the back in the corners of the canvas. 😐 Thank you for posting this!
A lot of people seem to use those puppy pads. I think on advantage to a container is being able to pour many times without needing to cleanup. Or letting it dry and using the remnants for jewelry and the like. Thanks for commenting Cheryl.
Wow!! So helpful!! Thanks for your advice!
You're so welcome!
That is seriously the best set up I have seen. Have tried several things, but they all require maintenance between pours. I found a ribbed silicone mat at Dollarama. Was $4 for about 18” x 10’,
It saves me so much time for sure Roberta.
Thank you! Using the cement mixing tub never occurred to me for this purpose even though I have used them before (for cement). This was a forehead-slapper of an idea!
You're very welcome! I am so glad one of my viewers suggested it to me. I love this container.
Again, thank you!
No worries! Anything to help my friends out.
I have a large cat litter pan from when I had a cat. I set my canvas in that on cups but I'm going to invest in the PVC pieces. Thanks
Sounds great Margaret. Hope it helps you as much as it did me.
As a full-on fluid painting newbie I have gotten paint on my garage tarp and shoes etc, and the clean up was a pain. It makes me want to go someone else's business that will do all the prep and clean up for me! I just want to learn and pour and create. Your pouring acrylic pouring system is so great. Thanks for sharing. I think I will task my FIL to create the container with the 5 stainless rods, bolts and washers as that seems the best way to keep the dowels in one place! Thanks LBA!
These organizer racks are working perfect on my cement mixing bucket. Much easier than dowels and they cleanup better too. Just one screw in each side.
@@LeftBrainedArtist what organizing racks? I like the permanence of the metal dowels in your clear sweater tote storage bin. Slow work day so I am watching episode 3 now. I am an avid home baker who lives by her digital scale, so you won me over with the weighing!!!
@@lesliefranken3955 You know the white wire organization closets that you can mix and match parts? The rails they use for those are perfect for this. Closetmade White ShlefTrack I believe they are called.
@@LeftBrainedArtist oh! Yes I saw your video on that today. So you like that better than the metal dowels that you have going through the clear tote?
Btw really like the ring pour and the flip cup pour results on episode 4 of beginners lessons
I have shopping plans tomorrow.
@@lesliefranken3955 Yes I like the rails better. Thanks for the compliment.
Great ideas on the tubs and PVC pipes that you can buy at the hardware stores. I was overlapping and using my old drawing papers of 18 x 24 and it gets expensive to continue using art papers to cover my table and then sticky art papers.
It really helps setup and clean time spent.
You're a genius! Thanks for the ideas.
I think baking paper would prevent the painting to stick on the surface too.
It would but in this container it just peels right off anyways.
@@LeftBrainedArtist Baking paper could probably help to store them one on the top of the other.
I noticed in some of your garage videos that you have a deeper container with bars down inside so the paint doesn't fly everywhere when doing a Dutch pour with dryer. Can you show how you made the deeper version where the canvas sits lower to contain paint splatter? I have learned so much more from your videos than others because I am left brained too. Thanks so much.
That video is right here - czcams.com/video/pMNH9V7--Jw/video.html
You’re awesome. Thank you so much for sharing.
Glad to help my friend.
This is going to happen as soon as I can get to a Lowe's! I love it! Currently I have sectioned off a corner of a 1 car garage for painting. Drop cloths hanging all over, tarps on the floor, Dexter Style. I cover the table I work on with freezer paper which works great, but sometimes the run off ends up in my lap!
Something I do have that it very cool, I got the idea from one of Pouring Your Heart Out videos: an old baby crib converted into a drying rack with many large shelves. You turn the crib on end and put plywood across the bars! If I knew how to post a photo I would, but I'm sure you get what I'm talking about.
Keep those tips and tricks coming!
Uh, I didn't see that video from PYHO but I LOVE that idea!
@@LeftBrainedArtist It couldn't be better, especially if you are horizontally space challenged! Also, I've wrapped a tarp around it to keep any dirt or flying creatures out.
Thank you very much 👍❤️
I love your videos and how do you explain everything. 👍😊
So nice of you Sandra. Good luck with your pouring.
I used the plastic container my pouring kit came in. Was quite small, but I'm now at a point where I'm going to buy a bigger container 👍. (loved your post on silicone! Very informative)
Love creative conserving. Thanks for sharing.
I pour on my dining room table on a puppy pee pad. I put 4 jumbo push pins on the underneath of the canvas to keep it level
Your table is more level than mine. I had to use hanging hooks so I could adjust each corner separately. That's awesome that you have a system that works.
@@LeftBrainedArtist i am going to make one of these so the paint can flow better.
Thank you again. I was just trying to find something that was easy to move and store. Now I know exactly what to purchase. You have been a great help. I am grateful to you for sharing all of the information. You have helped me with many questions I have had. I look forward to seeing more. 😊
Glad I could help Sandy. I think you'll love it.
Just wanted to let you know that it works great. I couldn’t get the hot glue to adhere so I used super glue and it is seeming to work. Thanks again!
Great idea! I have the storage container with a colling rack inside. Works great! For other things,I use plastic bed risers on a silicone mat to bring the work closer.
Thanks for your videos!
Thanks for the tip Kim. That setup sounds pretty awesome too.
I use a cat litter tray from the Dollar Tree, and put a wire napkin basket under the canvas. Less than $5 to buy both
Thanks for the ideas Denice.
I have used old Amazon boxes to create a workstation
That is a great idea Reg. I just emailed a response back to you also on your cells.
"Nobody wants to do that!" Indeed!
Set-up & clean-up time means less painting time.
#amen
You are so clever. Thanks for the information.😁
Thanks Marcey. I did hear about this from one of my viewers of my other pouring container video but it was such an amazing idea I had to share.
Great idea! And I'm off to hardware store!. Cheaper than silicone mats are thick shower curtains from dollar store. Cut strips, wrap around and duck tape bottom side.
Great idea. I found the bars I bought don't have any paint stick if I wipe them off afterwards since they are coated also.
Hi David, thanks for this excellent and practical tip. I am going to get my husband to make me one. Each time I watch your video I learn something new. Thanks for spending your time in helping us become better artists.
Fantastic Sunita. Doing these videos have honestly been the best thing for my own acrylic pouring so everyone wins.
David I have been meaning to ask you about pouring paint into a cup. I see some people tilt the cup or pour on the side, others just pour into a straight cup, some pour from high up above the cup , others from very close to the cup. No one explains the difference between these different pouring methods. Perhaps you could do a video on it or refer me to one that you have already done.
@@sunitasuri7626 Hi, Sunita. I've been pouring for a few years, and i hope i can clarify some of these techniques and their purpose...
When pouring tree rings, flip cups or dirty pours, i mix my paint thicker and 'stack' the colors by pouring each color slowly and as close to the cup as possible. Choosing to layer colors by pouring them low and slow into the cup, or sliding them down the side of the cup doesn't make much of a difference either way. It's just a way to keep the paints in layers of colors rather than risking colors mixing up too much in the cup (which can create mud, especially for newer artists.) i know that was a problem for me for a long time.
I like to stack my paints mostly for tree rings, or when I'm adding silicone. If you pour the colors into your cup from higher up, it will distribute those colors throughout the rest of your paint colors, and (in my opinion) creates more interesting cells, but can also create a busier painting. The higher up you pour, the lower in your cup that paint will go (i hope that makes sense). In my experience, I get more celling, by pouring into the cup from higher up and then doing a flip cup or straight pour.
Be aware that pouring from higher up will create paint bubbles in your cup, which may require torching to pop. I try to avoid torching if possible at the risk of burning the paint, or creating a skin over the top that can cause uneven drying and cracking of the final painting. I also had alot of problems with torching too much when i first started. I was trying to get more cells, more cells, more cells, and i was getting cracked paint, cracked paint, cracked paint. So torch to get rid of bubbles, more than to create cells. But i think that's also a trial and error thing when you first get started. Practice, practice. Remember, we can't 'force' fluid art to do what we want it to do. Over time, we can try to 'coax' it by using little tricks we have learned along the way. It's going to do, what it's going to do.
The number one tip that helped me the most: whether you mix your paints thinner or thicker, each color for each painting must be the same viscosity. Mixing thinner paints and thicker paints into the same cup is not going to give you a good result.
One way to check if your paints are the same thickness, is to put a few drops of each color across the top of a canvas, or card stock, or junk mail... then turn the surface vertically. All of the colors should run down the surface somewhat evenly.
i hope this helps and makes some kind of sense... its hard to explain without showing how.
@@YookinTryta thank you so very much for your detailed explanation. It does make sense to me. I am not so crazy about too many cells so will remember not to torch too much. I am very appreciative that you took the time to respond to me in such detail. Thank you again. I might reach out to you if I have any more questions regarding pouring. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Thank you very much David. 🙏👋
Totally the best thing I've done for my pouring habit.
@@LeftBrainedArtist 🙏👋