A glorious creation Mina. Always a joyful experience watching you create these awesome paintings. I love that you do them outside, no constrictions, free to breathe and lovely Wind is always there to assist you. Colors played perfectly together. I’m positive Tina will fall in Love with this beauty. Thank you so much for sharing 🥰
Thank you Mina for the wonderful instructional video for a large canvas. Loads of great advice and it looks gorgeous! You've given me the courage to try these huge canvases! ♡
Thanks this is very beautiful .The violet/deep blue are so beautiful. The Payne's gray worked well in the corner love the cells that popped out. Gorgeous!
You make some of the prettiest art and I’m learning from your comments about why you are doing what you are doing. Good that you were able to preserve some of the gold.
Absolutely AMAZING results!! STUNNING really beautiful! You make these big pours look easy, and they're not. Thankyou SO SO much for sharing your talent and skills with us! You are a pleasure to watch so again much thanks !!!
Hi Sue! I'm very excited, the painting arrived there yesterday, he going to give it to her on their anniversary on the 16th.. I cant wait! Wrapping that one to be shipped was very interesting! 😄 the box was gigantic!
Hi Mina, the way you explain the paint, the thickness a.s.o. while creating another Masterpiece gives me lots of energy: you’re doing this with lots of humor and laughter, it’s so contagious! Thanx for posting, lots of joy and happiness, Maria🌹
Thank you Maria!! 🥰 I'm so happy you are enjoying my channel, I LOVE that it gives you energy, that's the best compliment ❤ love and light to you always
Mina Villegas Art Gidget and Sweetpea are my two Maltese girls. They both passed away only 9 days apart. I think Gidget passed away from a broken heart 💔 after we lost Sweetpea. Some people don’t understand how much we love our furry little friends. I’m reminded of how much I miss them every time I log in. It makes me smile from all the great memories of them. I’m sorry, I don’t know why I felt so compelled to tell you such a sad story but I’m really ok with it now. Time teaches us how to cope. I do want to tell you though that your laugh is infectious and I can tell that you’re a kind, gracious and talented woman! I’m going to go and watch a few more of your videos and hope that I can learn something from you! Have a wonderful day!😊
Thank you so much Linda! 🥰 I'll be happy to do more LOL I went and got 3 more 48x60s from Michael's on sale lol 😁 things are gonna get interesting hahaha
👋 Mina and your darling husband of awesomeness 🙂. .My husband thinks pouring outside is brilliant idea but I love my multi coloured garage floor 😂. Oh my this is stunning. Loving the deep lake. Beautiful sentiment. Karen NZ
Hi Karen! Thank you so much! I could pour inside, I just really like being outside lol I love the sun and wind and birds (and even the damn jackhammers lol) and I like figuring out solutions to the challenges the wind and sun present.. we are having a lot of fun experimenting! All of you have been so supportive, honestly I'm blown away .. and very inspired too! Thank you and your husband for watching, and your sweet comment 🥰 try it outside lol, it's kind of crazy at first but the wind is fun 🤭
Mina if you live in the US you can order 30x40 Gallery Wrapped canvases in a quantity of 3 for a really good price and free shipping from Dick Blick online !!! They are good quality too! I know, crazy! Now some of the smaller sizes incur shipping charges, but check that out and take advantage of it. You get great prices there for the splined gallery wrapped canvases in quantities of 3 or 6. I haven't ordered for a few months, so hopefully, they are still doing it on the big ones. THIS IS GORGEOUS!!! Awesome results!! Thanks for posting....... :)
Thanks so much! I hit up Michaels 70% off sale whenever possible 😁 I get the cradleboard wood panels from Blick Art Supply. Both of those places are having a nice sale right now, just fyi! 😉
I can’t get enough! You are by far my favorite pour artist I watch! I’ve been wanting to get into this myself and you are so inspiring, there is something so special about your art! ✨✨✨
Love the colors. A friend made me a 30" x 30" turntable. I use it to turn my paintings so I don't have to continuously walk around my table to turn my piece. I have never done a painting as large as this one of yours - must try one.
Hello again from Australia Mina. You know what this looks like? It looks like the images from the Hubble Telescope, which are beyond beautiful, images of the Universe in all its wonder. I love the fact you did this outside, not confined to a building. It certainly is a wonderful gift and I am certain Tina will be thrilled with it. I love this the most because of the violet, since a child I have loved purple. Have a grand day and hugs from down under.
Hello Dear Deborah! I love the Hubble images, they are amazing! Thank you for the lovely compliment 🥰 I'm so glad that you like it! Sending a big hug back to you ❤
Did you see the Auroras that the Hubble captured on Jupiter? Amazing! www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/cg5wcj/jupiters_auroras_captured_by_the_hubble_telescope/?_branch_match_id=665935021060323105
No Mina I did not, so I shall look at the link you sent me. I had no idea you could send a link on TH-cam, you learn something every day. I look forward to seeing more of your work, especially if it outside the house, which is so very cool to watch...biggest hugs from Mount Tamborine Queensland Australia, Google it, it is a rainforest and very pretty, you might get some colour inspiration from looking....hugs.@@MinaVillegasArt
PS: Just had a look at Jupiter, seems like you were already there, because I see a fluid pour in three parts, you certainly get around and your hubby even took photo's.lol@@MinaVillegasArt
Inspiring work and great instructions, too. You are a gifted artist! Obviously you don’t live in Oklahoma where the wind would add all sorts of extra elements into the paint!
Hi Pat! Thank you so much! We are in Southern California.. I was noticing the other day that it is very clean wind, you're right! She mostly just ruffles my paper and my hair and my paint lol but I did get upset once. There is wisteria growing here, and I watched all the buds and then they finally bloomed! It was gorgeous! Then three hours later the wind came a whoopin and blew off every last bloom.. I was very upset lol obviously not the right location for that plant!
Another GIANT success on a GIANT canvas! :) Love watching it. I'm totally amazed by the turquoise that showed up in there...so lovely and surprising! . beautiful! I love the Anniversary wishes on it, really special. :)
Thank you Heather! This one was really fun, I was so excited to pour it, it was great that it 'worked'.. I'm so excited to see what the lucky wife's reaction is going to be when he gives it to her 🥰
Big, Beautiful, and INSPIRING! It turned out beautiful! I love how you have multiple camera shots going at the same time! Gives a really great feel to your videos
Thank you Jenny! That's my husband lol because I would say get a close up of the pour part and he got tired of changing directions midstream lol.. his solution was more cameras Haha mostly old phones but they work! It does look really neat tho, and we are refining it and streamlining it I hope lol it was a bit complicated to decipher until they were all synched 😁
Hi Gabe! 😂 I was waiting for that lol But it was true, they just wouldn't stop oozing and spreading. Splooooging . See. Pouring medium is a good thing lol 😉
Hahaha! Mina, I'm trying to use the word sploooging in my daily life? Maybe splurging! hahaha! Went and bought more bird seed for my million parrots! When you coming over to paint my parrots? @@MinaVillegasArt
Hi Mina, I’m new to your channel. I especially love watching from birds eye view, it helps me to see your flow logic as you explain. Thanks for sharing. I’m wondering what you are calling your “flow extender”? Or is it just the Payne’s grey and black that you thinned more in lieu of a base pour?? Oh my...a scale.
Hi Monica! I'm glad you are enjoying the videos! Yes, my 'flow extender' is just my thinned out Payne's. If I pour it on as a basecoat then the sun and wind start to dry the edges before even pour my cup. So I took out the possibility of it drying by pouring it around my pour to still give the paint something to glide one, and to not lose my center pour design. Scales are not scary lol you can do it 😉 I hope I answered your question
Hi Laurie! Yes, I mix my paints with the Liquitex Gloss Medium & Varnish. It dries beautifully with a nice luster. I don't feel the need to add additional varnish. If I'm working on a big canvas and I want more shine I can use an Archival UV Resistant Spray Gloss, Krylon has a good one. You could use Polycrylic if you want to, but with the LGM&V, you don't need to. Personal preference 😊
Looks great!!! You had a very good attitude while you were pouring and lifting the canvas up and down to spread the flow of those beautiful colors. How many miles did you walk while running around your pour? ;o) Love the way you got rid of that solid blue lake. :O)
That's one of the hardest parts! There is a chart that tells you how much you need, but I always make up extra paint. And I'm terrible when I'm filling my pour cup, I always want to add more if I have paint lol. It's very tricky to get it right. The best thing I can tell you is get comfortable with one size and experiment until you figure out how much you need for that size, and then use that when figuring out for other sizes. I love the little 5 ounce Dixie Cups, I use those all the time for 12x12 canvas. If you are still learning, I think it's better to have too much paint rather than not enough. I'll see if I can send you the chart 😉
Mina, thank you. I have the chart, I use the smartartmaterials calculator sometimes, Julie Cuts chart have more than double the amount of paint and other artist’s have different quantities also. So confusing 🙂
I may put a coat or two of Golden's Gloss Archival Varnish spray on it just as insurance but I really dont think it needs it. That medium dries beautifully with a gorgeous sheen, it almost feels like plastic on top. I think I used 120 g of gloss medium per color, 60 g of paint and about 10 or 15 g of water. Once that was combined I added 200 g of Floetrol
A glorious creation Mina. Always a joyful experience watching you create these awesome paintings. I love that you do them outside, no constrictions, free to breathe and lovely Wind is always there to assist you. Colors played perfectly together. I’m positive Tina will fall in Love with this beauty.
Thank you so much for sharing 🥰
Thank you Diane!!🥰 what a lovely compliment ❤ I hope you have an amazing day!!
Beautiful, I love how you explain how and why you are tilting a specific way & direction. Its super helpful. Thank you, thumbs up 👍💜
Thank you Tish! My kids asked Why for every thing lol so I got used to explaining I guess 😂 I'm glad you liked it 🥰
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I love the marbled look with just hint of gold and I love the purple and blue's
Thank you Karen! 🥰
So beautiful!
If I haven't already said it it is so beautiful I love the colors that pains gray is growing on me can't go wrong with purple thank you
Wow! I love big pours I cannot lie! Love love love!
Thank you! 🥰
Amazingly wonderful and beautiful.
Mina that looks amazing
Thank you Daniel!
These days I love abstract way more than fine art...
This is so dramatic! Someone is going to be very lucky to have this hanging i there home. I absolutely love it.5⭐️’s
Thank you Evelyn!! 🥰
Do sweet,I love that you dedicated this painting to your husband. It's a beautiful piece,reminds me of an Agate or Geode.Well done hun.😍🤩🤩🤩👌
The colors are beautiful.
Thank you Mina for the wonderful instructional video for a large canvas. Loads of great advice and it looks gorgeous! You've given me the courage to try these huge canvases! ♡
You're very welcome!! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 🥰
Thanks this is very beautiful .The violet/deep blue are so beautiful. The Payne's gray worked well in the corner love the cells that popped out. Gorgeous!
Beautiful piece . How romantic!!!!!!
So beautiful! Very galactic. 💜
You make some of the prettiest art and I’m learning from your comments about why you are doing what you are doing. Good that you were able to preserve some of the gold.
Thank you so much Sheila! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 🥰
Absolutely AMAZING results!! STUNNING really beautiful! You make these big pours look easy, and they're not. Thankyou SO SO much for sharing your talent and skills with us! You are a pleasure to watch so again much thanks !!!
Thank you so much Leisa! Im.glad you are enjoying them 🥰
Another gorgeous one! ❤❤❤
Thanks Cathryn! 🥰
Amazing!! I love your work!! There are only a couple of others I put on that level! I’m getting ready to paint my biggi! Eeekkk you keep inspiring me!
Sarah you are so sweet, thank you so much!! I'm excited to see!! ❤
Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you!
Thank you so much! ❤
Very pretty awesome composition looks great nice color choices thank you
That is "GORGE" !!!
This is so beautiful. I love watching you create!
Thank you Jan 🥰
Just about fell off my office chair "helping you tilt", but think you had a grip on it best! Gorgeous...
🤭 thank you for your help LOL I've done that, while holding hot coffee 😁 thank you Jeanne 🥰
I was doing the same thing lol!!
So nice as a present I bet the lady loved it, I would off put it in my living room xxx
Hi Sue! I'm very excited, the painting arrived there yesterday, he going to give it to her on their anniversary on the 16th.. I cant wait!
Wrapping that one to be shipped was very interesting! 😄 the box was gigantic!
So beautiful love it love th colors
This is stunning.... and what a huge project!! It is amazing to watch you create such a magnificent piece! Wow💞
Thank you so much Sil! I'm so glad you enjoyed it 🥰
I love your big pours! I wanna be like you when I grow up! (I'm 62.😊)
Wish I were strong enough to do this size!
🥰 dont grow up lol it's over rated 😂😂😂 thank you Kimberly
Gorgeous! 💜
Hi Mina, the way you explain the paint, the thickness a.s.o. while creating another Masterpiece gives me lots of energy: you’re doing this with lots of humor and laughter, it’s so contagious! Thanx for posting, lots of joy and happiness, Maria🌹
Thank you Maria!! 🥰 I'm so happy you are enjoying my channel, I LOVE that it gives you energy, that's the best compliment ❤ love and light to you always
Stunning!!!
Thank you Kyanna! 🥰
Stunning
Breath taking! :D
Thank you 🥰
Wow this is so beautiful 💖💕❤
Thank you Michelle! 🥰
Beautiful!
WONDERFUL. I LOVE YOUR TALENT !
Thank you Deb!! 🥰 have an amazing day!
My goodness Mina you certainly like a big pour, I love it once again, beautiful (love your laughter too). That looks incredible... John C...
🤭 thank you John, im so glad you like it! 🥰 go big or go home, right? 😉
Wow!!!! Amazing. Love the cells. Gorgeous. The Payne’s gray and black. So nice ❤️😇❤️😇💕
Thank you so much Cathy!! I'm glad you enjoyed it! 🥰
stunning!
Love it.
🥰 thank you!
Love it
What a beautiful painting! That looks like a *lot of work! Good on ya!
You would know 😁 my darling Husband of Awesomeness, thank you for all your help.. you are the best! 🥰
I'm speechless! Well, I can think of only one word, Amazinglystunningandperfectlygorgeous!! 😍☺️
You are so sweet, thank you 🥰 GidgetnSweetpea! I love your name lol how cute!!
Mina Villegas Art Gidget and Sweetpea are my two Maltese girls. They both passed away only 9 days apart. I think Gidget passed away from a broken heart 💔 after we lost Sweetpea. Some people don’t understand how much we love our furry little friends. I’m reminded of how much I miss them every time I log in. It makes me smile from all the great memories of them. I’m sorry, I don’t know why I felt so compelled to tell you such a sad story but I’m really ok with it now. Time teaches us how to cope. I do want to tell you though that your laugh is infectious and I can tell that you’re a kind, gracious and talented woman! I’m going to go and watch a few more of your videos and hope that I can learn something from you! Have a wonderful day!😊
This is awesome!
Mike, this piece makes me so happy! I'm so excited for you, I can hardly wait! 🥰 you're the best!!
Fantastic!
Amazing love it! you're so good
AWESOME😃😃
Amazing Mina !! It’s so amazing to watch you do big canvases. Just lovely ❤️
Thank you so much Linda! 🥰 I'll be happy to do more LOL
I went and got 3 more 48x60s from Michael's on sale lol 😁 things are gonna get interesting hahaha
It looks like a baby in the womb. Lol. Its totally awesome. Nice colors
Thank you so much! 🥰
I am tilting my phone while watching you tilt that big canvas 😂. Turns out beautiful😊
Love it❤️
Thank you Dani! 🥰
Super..
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I really like this, the blue colors and others beautiful. ......
Great work Mina !
Thank you so much! 🥰
Lovely. I could listen to you laugh while you pour all day long! The end results are fabulous.
Mina just to let you know, when you tilt i tilt with you so funny i almost fall off my chair. Love your work.
👋 Mina and your darling husband of awesomeness 🙂.
.My husband thinks pouring outside is brilliant idea but I love my multi coloured garage floor 😂. Oh my this is stunning. Loving the deep lake. Beautiful sentiment. Karen NZ
Hi Karen! Thank you so much! I could pour inside, I just really like being outside lol I love the sun and wind and birds (and even the damn jackhammers lol) and I like figuring out solutions to the challenges the wind and sun present.. we are having a lot of fun experimenting! All of you have been so supportive, honestly I'm blown away .. and very inspired too! Thank you and your husband for watching, and your sweet comment 🥰 try it outside lol, it's kind of crazy at first but the wind is fun 🤭
You are AWESOME, Mina!!! I love it! And I really enjoyed watching you create this beauty!
Thank you so much Joan! 🥰
Such a beautiful piece of art, and I hope Tina was very happy with it, you did a great job with all those cells. Love it.
Thank you so much! I hope so to! I love the cells in this one, some of them are so cute lol 🥰
Mina if you live in the US you can order 30x40 Gallery Wrapped canvases in a quantity of 3 for a really good price and free shipping from Dick Blick online !!! They are good quality too! I know, crazy! Now some of the smaller sizes incur shipping charges, but check that out and take advantage of it. You get great prices there for the splined gallery wrapped canvases in quantities of 3 or 6. I haven't ordered for a few months, so hopefully, they are still doing it on the big ones. THIS IS GORGEOUS!!! Awesome results!! Thanks for posting....... :)
Wow! This is gorgeous! I love watching you do the large ones!
Thank you Ann! 🥰
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beautiful Mina!
Thank you Stephanie!!🥰
Another exceptional piece! Thank you for sharing your work with the world. Where do you get your large canvases at?
Thanks so much! I hit up Michaels 70% off sale whenever possible 😁 I get the cradleboard wood panels from Blick Art Supply. Both of those places are having a nice sale right now, just fyi! 😉
Mina, wow. You are so awesome, such a beautiful soul, and a true inspiration. Just gorgeous. Stay cool! I can’t wait for your next creation!
Thank you so much Cristina! What a lovely compliment 🥰 I'm so glad you are enjoying my channel ❤
I can’t get enough! You are by far my favorite pour artist I watch! I’ve been wanting to get into this myself and you are so inspiring, there is something so special about your art! ✨✨✨
Love the colors. A friend made me a 30" x 30" turntable. I use it to turn my paintings so I don't have to continuously walk around my table to turn my piece. I have never done a painting as large as this one of yours - must try one.
Hello again from Australia Mina. You know what this looks like? It looks like the images from the Hubble Telescope, which are beyond beautiful, images of the Universe in all its wonder. I love the fact you did this outside, not confined to a building. It certainly is a wonderful gift and I am certain Tina will be thrilled with it. I love this the most because of the violet, since a child I have loved purple. Have a grand day and hugs from down under.
Hello Dear Deborah! I love the Hubble images, they are amazing! Thank you for the lovely compliment 🥰 I'm so glad that you like it! Sending a big hug back to you ❤
Did you see the Auroras that the Hubble captured on Jupiter? Amazing!
www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/cg5wcj/jupiters_auroras_captured_by_the_hubble_telescope/?_branch_match_id=665935021060323105
No Mina I did not, so I shall look at the link you sent me. I had no idea you could send a link on TH-cam, you learn something every day. I look forward to seeing more of your work, especially if it outside the house, which is so very cool to watch...biggest hugs from Mount Tamborine Queensland Australia, Google it, it is a rainforest and very pretty, you might get some colour inspiration from looking....hugs.@@MinaVillegasArt
PS: Just had a look at Jupiter, seems like you were already there, because I see a fluid pour in three parts, you certainly get around and your hubby even took photo's.lol@@MinaVillegasArt
That looks amazing. You are a great artist and teacher. Love your pieces.
Thank you so much Dorothy! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 🥰
I love working with large canvases too. Your paintings are totally spectacular!🤗💖
You're so sweet, thank you Nana! 🥰
Inspiring work and great instructions, too. You are a gifted artist! Obviously you don’t live in Oklahoma where the wind would add all sorts of extra elements into the paint!
Hi Pat! Thank you so much! We are in Southern California.. I was noticing the other day that it is very clean wind, you're right! She mostly just ruffles my paper and my hair and my paint lol but I did get upset once. There is wisteria growing here, and I watched all the buds and then they finally bloomed! It was gorgeous! Then three hours later the wind came a whoopin and blew off every last bloom.. I was very upset lol obviously not the right location for that plant!
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Newbie Sub.... I absolutely love this piece 💖💯...my fav colors! Totally digging you Mina🤗
Thank you so much and Welcome Christine! ❤ I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 🥰
Another stunner Mina! The colors are incredible! You are very talented! Tfs! 💐🥰🎨
Penny you are too kind, thank you!! 🥰
Another GIANT success on a GIANT canvas! :) Love watching it. I'm totally amazed by the turquoise that showed up in there...so lovely and surprising! . beautiful! I love the Anniversary wishes on it, really special. :)
Thank you Heather! This one was really fun, I was so excited to pour it, it was great that it 'worked'.. I'm so excited to see what the lucky wife's reaction is going to be when he gives it to her 🥰
Beautiful
Thank you Katie! 🥰
Beautiful love ❤️
Thank you Angie! 🥰
This👏🏻is👏🏻gorgeous 👏🏻💜💙💫 I truly love your work! Absolutely stunning!!!
Thank you so much Misty! 🥰
Wow amazingly beautiful! Love watching your videos!
Thank you!🥰
Wow that is so pretty!!
I love this.Wonderhow it would do if you used silver rather than gold..
Love this! Ths is for all of the great instruction and advice. Interesting how your name is a combo of theirs Mike+Tina...Mina! :)
Haha! You're right, that's funny!😁 I'm so glad you are enjoying the videos 🥰
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Beautiful it looks like two pieces of Crystal two geo's
Thanks Debbie! I loved this piece, it was so much fun to do ❤
That is so damn pretty 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you Linda! I love how it came out too 🥰
WOW!!!!! I have got to try your mix!!! Absolutely love this piece Mina!!!!! ❤️👍❤️
Thank you so much Joan! 🥰 im so glad you enjoyed it!!
Big, Beautiful, and INSPIRING! It turned out beautiful! I love how you have multiple camera shots going at the same time! Gives a really great feel to your videos
Thank you Jenny! That's my husband lol because I would say get a close up of the pour part and he got tired of changing directions midstream lol.. his solution was more cameras Haha mostly old phones but they work! It does look really neat tho, and we are refining it and streamlining it I hope lol it was a bit complicated to decipher until they were all synched 😁
Another beautiful piece! You have a new subscriber.
Thank you so much! 🥰 welcome!
Hello Mina!
May I ask you how do you varnish such huge paintings?
This painting is gorgeous!!! 👏🏼👍🏼👌🏼😍
Wow❤❤ beautiful go big or go home LOL
Hey there girlfriend! That was lovely to watch! You are so creative and I learnt a new word? Splooging! Hahhaa! Keep up the fantastic work! Gabe xx
Hi Gabe! 😂 I was waiting for that lol
But it was true, they just wouldn't stop oozing and spreading. Splooooging . See. Pouring medium is a good thing lol 😉
Hahaha! Mina, I'm trying to use the word sploooging in my daily life? Maybe splurging! hahaha! Went and bought more bird seed for my million parrots! When you coming over to paint my parrots? @@MinaVillegasArt
@@brendanlees197 where are you? And what color do you want me to paint them? 😂😂😂 a parrot pour could be fun! What colors are they mainly?
Well the Rainbow Parrots are all colours and the Galah's are pink and grey! I"m in Oz! hahaha!@@MinaVillegasArt
Hi Mina, I’m new to your channel. I especially love watching from birds eye view, it helps me to see your flow logic as you explain. Thanks for sharing. I’m wondering what you are calling your “flow extender”? Or is it just the Payne’s grey and black that you thinned more in lieu of a base pour?? Oh my...a scale.
Hi Monica! I'm glad you are enjoying the videos! Yes, my 'flow extender' is just my thinned out Payne's. If I pour it on as a basecoat then the sun and wind start to dry the edges before even pour my cup. So I took out the possibility of it drying by pouring it around my pour to still give the paint something to glide one, and to not lose my center pour design.
Scales are not scary lol you can do it 😉 I hope I answered your question
Do you add the Liquitex Gloss Varnish to all your paints? Do you need to Polycrylic afterwards? Thank you, Mina... you are a wonderful teacher!
Hi Laurie! Yes, I mix my paints with the Liquitex Gloss Medium & Varnish. It dries beautifully with a nice luster. I don't feel the need to add additional varnish. If I'm working on a big canvas and I want more shine I can use an Archival UV Resistant Spray Gloss, Krylon has a good one. You could use Polycrylic if you want to, but with the LGM&V, you don't need to. Personal preference 😊
Mina Villegas Art Thank you for your guidance.
Looks great!!! You had a very good attitude while you were pouring and lifting the canvas up and down to spread the flow of those beautiful colors. How many miles did you walk while running around your pour? ;o) Love the way you got rid of that solid blue lake. :O)
😁 thank you so much! That part of the video is so funny when its sped up 6x.. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 🥰
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As always so gorgeous
But, I have to ask. Where in the world are you that is so windy?
😁 I'm in Thousand Oaks, California.. on top of a mountain lol we get a lot of breezes 🌬
Another fabulous one! How do you calculate the amount of paint Mina? I am asking everybody, for me seems that I have way too much or not enough.....
That's one of the hardest parts! There is a chart that tells you how much you need, but I always make up extra paint. And I'm terrible when I'm filling my pour cup, I always want to add more if I have paint lol. It's very tricky to get it right. The best thing I can tell you is get comfortable with one size and experiment until you figure out how much you need for that size, and then use that when figuring out for other sizes. I love the little 5 ounce Dixie Cups, I use those all the time for 12x12 canvas. If you are still learning, I think it's better to have too much paint rather than not enough. I'll see if I can send you the chart 😉
Mina, thank you. I have the chart, I use the smartartmaterials calculator sometimes, Julie Cuts chart have more than double the amount of paint and other artist’s have different quantities also. So confusing 🙂
Do you varnish this or leave it as with the gloss medium you used? How much gloss medium?
I may put a coat or two of Golden's Gloss Archival Varnish spray on it just as insurance but I really dont think it needs it. That medium dries beautifully with a gorgeous sheen, it almost feels like plastic on top.
I think I used 120 g of gloss medium per color, 60 g of paint and about 10 or 15 g of water. Once that was combined I added 200 g of Floetrol
How do you finish the back of your paintings?