I get the feeling that playing in your studio space would be so much fun! I can just imagine it- talking and goofing off while we create colorful chaos on whatever medium we chose to work on! You also make me feel less weird, because I'm interested in so many things and want to learn to do all of them! Sewing, painting, jewelry making, sculpting, photography... my list of hobbies just goes on and on!
I am in the middle of making a ton of amazing shimmer & watercolour sprays at the moment & it’s so much fun 🤩! The liquid watercolours can be found for a decent price just keep looking online, I paid £35 in the uk for 6 colours, in the big bottles (that price includes postage) & they are going to last & be a lot of fun! It works out so much cheaper it’s unbelievable! Thanks for another great video 👍🏼🤩⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I Love you! I found you while I was stumbling around the internet last week. I was SURE there must be a brilliant Crafter out there who knew how to make Glimmer Spray and other arty stuff. Brilliant! That would be you! I would love to have the whole Ranger ink line but I have bills to pay so I am art on a shoestring. Thank you so much for sharing and being there for the rest of us. Big hugs!!!
Great video as usual, Lindsay! I have made these sprays using water, distress ink re-inkers and Perfect Pearls - these have a binding agent in them so they don't rub off the paper once dry. Love how you can customise the colours. I bought my spray bottles really cheap in Superdrug. Shoshi
I just straight up dump cheap watercolor tubes into those bottles then put alcohol or water in and shake the heck out of it and just make sure I shake it before I spray each time. They've worked wonderfully. Don't have to buy a whole set of expensive designer sprays too.
you were actually a lot of fun to watch! i do acrylic painting and recently figured out that using these spray bottles is awesome for applying stencil designs without using the acrylic paint straight from the bottle.. ive been using the black permanent spray and have noticed a lot of cool effects ive been able to do. now i need to mix my own colors and add some variety! thanks for showing us!
I bought gold and pearl liquid watercolor from Blick Art Materials (online $3.50 an 8oz bottle) and just put a squirt in a spry bottle with water. It works great and does not clog. The eyeshadow is really fine too, I's say try 1/8teaspoon per 3 oz of water and "ring the bell" and if it looks like liqud gold that is perfect, if not try another 1/8tsp. I too have clogged many bottles overdoing it with the mica powder:)
Your version of the do it yourself shimmer color mist is the best and that's what I wound up using after a few trials and errors (liquid water color and food color--the Easter neon are a fun way to get some new colors for really cheap entry start). I also loved your additional tip on one of the Ask a Crafter sessions where you talked about using the ink from printer refill ink kits which is what I wound up for my black. As for white, I had to use acrylic and I put it in a sprayer I didn't care about too much if it clogged and I use that over bluish / teal color sprays to look like ocean wave frost. Thank you for all that you do and teach us beginners :) I appreciate it.
Just to follow up, Dick Blick does have black and the shimmery clear which is mostly white but I couldn't find them in my local DB store so I bought the few colors that my local teacher supply store had and they just had blue, red, yellow, orange, magenta, green...One day I will order online some more colors but for now, I have what I need :)
Lindsey Weirich, Hi there! I am one of you newbies and you just amaze me. I am a self taught artist, I have only had one college Art Class, and my teacher was excellent. I do not know if she knew as much as you, however she was nowhere near your sweet, bubbly personality. I knew you were an educator, you are so sharing and giving, just so very happy to share your many talents with us. I am in my late sixties and now have time for myself, to paint and my new passion, jewelry making. Kiddo, I am taking notes, watching your videos for the second time. Just had to let you know, just how much I appreciate and respect you, Lindsey, Blessings and Hugs, Val.
I have tried this with 3 colors so far and it is fantastic, thank you for sharing this information, I never even knew liquid watercolors existed! I love that I just had to buy 5 bottles of paint and I can make an infinite variety of colors of ink sprays and glimmer mists! I think I spent about $15 and each bottle of watercolor really does go a long long way so I enjoy using them instead of feeling like I should save them for something special.
I love this. I've been watching art journal pages on here lately and wondered where I could get spray inks so this is perfect timing. And I LOVE the cap idea as well, so brilliant.
all kinds of stuff! You can dye silk flowers, paper and fabric (iron it after it to make it more permanent), you can refill dye stamp pads (I add a couple drops of glycerin to make the ink thicker) if you don't have reinker, I use this for my kids inkpads especially, shaving cream marbleizing (I have a video) and you can paint with it!
add a bit of the opposite color so if you have really bright neon red you want to add a bit of green (yellow+blue) etc. Just look across the color wheel to find an opposite or complimentary color;) Glad the colors worked for you!
Wow what a fun trip back in time. I can remember watching this video years ago. Now after watching your wreath video I watched it again cause it popped up on the screen. I thought the video was brilliant years ago and made both the sprays and the foam cap daubers.
thanks for your feedback, I'm glad you acrylic paint sprays still work, I think if they sat unused too long they would clog but I'm glad yours did not:)
Awesome video, Lindsey! I love your enthusiasm for whatever you are doing. I was so excited to see a video posted. Thank you for the great idea. Take care. :)
for an opaque white spray try white liquid tempera paint (kids art supply section of craft store) and water. Keep adding the tempera until it is as opaque as you want. It will be about the consistency of whole milk and you will need to shake it every time you use it;)
I am a very new subscriber (as of 2 minute ago) and you wanna know what made me click that button?.....the ENERGY and passion you pour into these videos!😘yay!
I do make my own thanks to you and all the other crafters that have shared this idea. I have bought my bottles from the "A" mega online store because PM does not have small enough quantities to choose from. I do love PM for glassine bags and flowers though.... and I am lucky cause PM is only about 12 miles from my home. thx for sharing!
OMG....2013 and you look like a baby......and the red hair!!!! Loved you then, love you now. (2018). What a fun video to re-visit, or see for the first time. Your enthusiasm knows no bounds! Love your "do it yourself" recipes and tips. That will never change.
Thank you so much for this video! I had tried to make these sprays with other recipes that included glue and paint and they clogged my sprayers within minutes! While I didn't have liquid watercolor paints, I was able to dissolve some kids' watercolor paint chips in water and once I added the Pearl Ex they were perfect!
love all your tips! what i hav been using is just some water and regular food color in a small fingertip sprayer, it works great, and also while cleaning up after a project one day i discovered if you use a little watered down bleach spray you can do a great galaxy effect or use larger drops of the bleachwater for great clouds!
Hi Lindsay Oh my goodness I'm having packrat/hoarders remorse, why did I throw away bottle tops!!!!!!!!I've never thought of using them that way. That ranks right up there with some of the best tips I've ever heard!! I've made some glimmer mist with distress stain and perfect pearls. I will surely check out the Dollar World eye shadows & I have some Winsor&Newton tube watercolors.Clever and energizing! Iris,SavedbyGrace
Gonna make me some sponge daubers! whoo hoooo! Just bought a pack of those makeup sponges, and I have some caps I can use....and I even have a case to store them in! Thanks, Lynsey!
Wowza...I HATE HATE HATE dollar store cheap crafters...or I did until I found you. I used to say that I could tell 100% of the time that the crap was dollar store quality but now I must say 99% because you do a great job. Those daubers? I think I need to make some. It's funny because I never used them until recently and I decided I like them but hate the thought of spending money to get enough to cover all my Distress Ink colors. I have made misters with Distress reinkers but using the MiniMisters which empty in hot minute. I love your sprays-from the bottles to the micas (dollar store eye shadow...brilliant) to the Blick liquid water colors which I did not know of. I can't wait to see what else you do to blow my mind.
0.o ... HOW can you "hate" crafters that make there crafts on a bargain O.O ... isnt THAT what crafting is about ??!!! DIY ! Beeing creativ ... when I go into one of those stores I get like Tons of Ideas what to do !!! Are you one of those that buy expensive crafting bundles that tell you step by step what exactly to do ?! So you can at least feel creativ ?! I dont ge it seriously !! I am actually kind of hording (like a real Crafter does lol) the stanges stuff O.o ... and sure those are leftovers or packing or very cheap BUT I did use and do use those stuff a lot !! And when I mae something unique out of it and someone comes to ask me how much did this grab our wallet ... saying that was free or like less then xxx bucks ... and seeing there Face drop ... I am surely loving to be a "frugal" Crafter.
AmelieBrooks I guess what I hate is the finished project looking like it was a dollar store craft. If you are going to do it you need to make it look like it is high end- something I think Lindsey does and has really excites me. But I get what you are saying- and to each her own. I am a very experienced crafter but I realize that bloggers and Pinterest has brought crafting to many many people who didn't think they could craft. And that can only be a good thing. That doesn't mean I want to see that blogger or Pin or that I want to make that project. I guess what I love about Lindsey and was trying to say was that I have a very hard time finding inspiration online because I am looking for things that challenge me. Until Lindsey I can say I Had never had a dollar store crafter inspire me.
nokay I sure am aware that you are complimenting Lindsey gg !!! Sure online there are many bad baaaaad Pics and Tutorials (called so) that are simply ... ooooum ... cheap in the outcome 0.o ... couriously that can be a projekt made of highclass Materials as well !!! Its about your Intension !! The Inspiration the Creativity and the WILL to craft something, however someone else then you will see it !!! I think I understand now what you mean :o) and if I understand the right way ... I kind of agree !! otherwise if those People put out these things to www they sure are feel okay abou it, so actually no need to "hate" on them ;o) ... just view at this would be your Children ! thats what you come up whit ? did you really want to/tryed to ? Hay thats fine !! Actually Lindsey is seiously taleented in drawings O.o what I am not !!! I am more in dollouseminiatures and usefull Crafts gg ... like the seriously "building" ones . okay ONE last Thing try to get inspiration from whereever you are ! I dont know what Crafts you are into at least but Insiration is Everywhere even from those sleazy cheap Pics and orVids you might get inspiratet to just do it bedder :o) !!
AmelieBrooks Ok- you are right. But here's the truth. I see more and more "famous" bloggers who are doing tutorials that suck. They started blogging doing things they knew and were good at, but now "X" years later they are running out of ideas and starting to branch into areas they know nothing about-including a few dollar store crafters. My beef is that I am looking for inspiration...Martha Stewart level inspiration. Not everyone is, I get that and that is why everyone has a place here. But please don't try to "teach" me how to save money being frugal if the end product is made with items that aren't color fast or light fast or even hold together. Lindsey gets all that and that is why I was so happy to find her. She added gum arabic to her mica powder eye shadow so they would stay on the paper. She teaches but she GETS why she is going something. Too many bloggers don't have a clue. They are just following other tutorials. If you can't make it better -or even good-why bother making another tutorial?
Just had an idea for re-mixing the glimmer sprays (keeping the mica in suspension), add a glass or stone bead to the bottom of the sprayer bottle when you add the water. Make sure the bead is larger than the sprayer tube diameter. As you "TWIRL" to mix (re-mix) the watercolor and glimmer the bead should run around the bottom of the plastic bottle, putting the mica in suspension and should prevent the clogging of the pick up tube. I see you cut the spray tube at a 45 degree angle and about a 1/4 inch above the bottom of the plastic bottle. Thank you Lindsay, you are my favorite part of the day.
We have a 24hour craft channel over here called create and craft you would make the best presenter. You are so full of crafty liveliness and amazing ideas. Thank you for making my crafting more value for money. We dont get the coupons like you do our craft supplies can be double what you pay. Just the glycerine alone has saved me a fortune and the home made sprays. Love love love it xxxxxx a very happy uk crafter
thanks! I sometime watch C&C on my computer, I love the demos:) I agree, you guys have to pay top dollar, I saw some foam brushed on that channel that were 9 pounds for 8 plus 3 pounds P&P and we get 20 for a dollar on sale for the exact same thing! What kills me is some of my favorite supplies are make in the UK and I can still buy them cheaper here, crazy! Thanks for watching and I think being a C&C presenter would be so much fun:)
thefrugalcrafter . I totally agree with heidi, you would be great on C&C, a lot better than some they have on there. I've been checking out the liquid watercolour on ebay and found some for 2.99 (pounds) for 35ml so thought I'd get just the three colours, then I found another listing for 10 little bottles of various colours, 59ml each, for just 7.99. Even I can do the maths to work out that the 20 pack is much better value lol. They're going on my watch list. It's a shame we can't get stuff from Papermart as the spray bottles are quitr pricey this side of the pond.
I used Blick Liquid watercolors in pearl. You get an 8oz bottle for $3.50, it works great and does not clog when used as I described. Also the mica loose eyeshadow (LA Colors) for $1 at the Dollar Tree or Family Dollar works well too!
Lindsay, I have been watching your videos for some time and this is the first one I see where your hair is redish. I like you better this way, it brings your eyes color up nicely. Great video. Thank you.
Thanks for the pointer to Paper Mart! I just checked them out - amazing stuff at amazing prices. Great video...never thought of using liquid water colors.
I'm so glad I found this tutorial among your many! I was wondering what is the ratio of water to watercolor paints for these sprays & got my answer. Thanks again so much for sharing your knowledge. You're amazing!
Hi Lindsay, I love your videos, and I think this is amazing I made my own sprays. I used rubbing alcohol and food colouring, I didn't stop there lol I also made some water colour ones , which when dry are really cool :)
Love all your videos! I really need to buy some liquid watercolors, been thinking about it for some time now, now I really have a good reason to! Thanks for all your wonderful ideas!
Hi AltaG, I am planning an ink pad basics video and all of that info will be in there. Stay tuned. The watercolors did not come from papermart, they are form Blick Art Materials, just do a search for "blick liquid watercolors" and it will show up:) I use a mix of 1 part simple green (you can get a big jug of it in the automotive section of walmart) to 10 parts water for rubber stamps. For clear stamps I use a mix of baby shampoo, glycerin and water. Good luck!
I have recently stumbled upon your channel and I subscribed right away, I love all the great ideas, I'm an artist too and you have some awesome tips...especially love your business videos, marketing is my weak point. keep doing what your doing I love your excitement and passion!!
I went to the Papermart site and ooh could I get in so much trouble. They have wonderful treasures that I would love to buy. You do buy in bulk but the prices are really wonderful. If you are into decorating the tags, you should definitely check them out. Thanks so much for your video on how to make our own sprays and thanks for putting me on to Papermart. As always, you are awesome and I love all your videos.
Awesome video. Agreed - Dick Blick and Papermart rock. Totally worth getting paper supplies there. For the tissue paper alone - an order lasted me over 8 years. Maybe more.
Ok miss hoity toity, with all your colors and your hoity toity daubbers Lol. I love your video's. I have learned so much from you. Thank you so much for sharing your tips and tutorials, and also your time with us. Oh, and you always make me laugh and for that I give you a ((hug)).
Just went to your link for papermart and they don't ship to England I'm in tears lol. So many things I needed (wanted) I was so disappointed, as somethings are hard to get in England. Love your videos xxx
Lyndsey, what an awesome idea on using the make up sponges to have ready made daubers. Also you use water to make yours and they look great. I've been using alcohol and the "innerds" from permanent markers and then adding the shimmer powder. THey work great also. What is the advantage to using water mists versus doing the alcohol mists? I just thought of something, I bet you could use soda pop bottle lids with the sponges also. I'll have some of both things, I'll try that. Thanks again for another great video.
water works and I worry about breathing in too much alcohol. I use alcohol in a mister for soapmaking and occasional techniques but I use my spray mists everyday and I want to limit exposure and I am using liquid watercolor and in the long run they are cheaper.. Alcohol has the advantage of not wrinkling paper but the watercolor spray inks won't wrinkle it bad either:)
I am a subscriber now- I love the idea of making my own sprayers instead of buying them for crazy prices at craft stores- if I buy sprayers from the travel size section, eyeshadow from the dollar store which is my fave shop ever! and use cheap sprays, I can have a nice but cheap collection to make journal art. But my question is where do you get your journals that take paint and water? I want something heaven enough to do all that cuz I think it is brilliant
87crazycookie I lucked out on my first try with the Canson XL Mixed Media Journal. I am very happy with it, it is spiral bound so the pages stay flat and it is easy to find, almost all the big craft stores have it and you can get it at Oriental Trading Comapny.
Thank you once again for a great video. The problem I have, is finding a sprayer that sprays evenly. I know that the blotchy spray is what most crafters want but I am a bit different minded. I like a smooth even spray. Do these sprayers give a smooth spray? Right now I am using liquid hair spray bottles and they are really smooth spraying.
Hello, Lindsay! Thanks for all your videos, I've been watching you for a while and you're a God-sent for crafters!your videos are so useful! Big question for you: I live in Europe, in an area where you can't buy spray inks. I'm trying to make my own, but they don't produce Isopropyl Alcohol, they use only Ethyl Alcohol for medical purposes. So would Ethyl Alcohol work for these or would Vodka be better, since it evaporates fast and leaves pigment behind on the surface used?
I went and bought the Blick liquid water colors... Great idea, I was using the fluid/thick watercolors in a tube and watering it down. The problem with that was it would settle to the bottom and I would have to shake them forever to use them... Anyway, do you have any suggestions for toning down the fluorescence of the colors. I don't want to add more water because that will lighten the color
I tried it once and it sprayed well at first but then gummed up in my sprayer. I know it dries permanent, I'm not sure if there is a shellac in it but I did not have luck with it. If you try it let us know how it works for you. I think the face that it is not resoluble n water makes it a bad choice though. I think I would create art with the india ink them spray over it with watercolors!
thanx now i know where i was going wrong. i made my own glimmer mist and got a clogged up nozzle. i need 2 chop abit of the tube off yay u answered my question before i asked lol. tfs xxx hugs xxx sharon xxx
Thank you so much !, I do love everything that has to do with paint and you doesn't know how longing my vacation to devote to paint pictures that I want to paint in a while, I'm a fan of painting, the paintings that I painted what I made guiding me from others and I felt satisfied with the result, after seeing your video ''How To Make Stencils with Hot Glue'', I wanted to try as I would, but did not know where to get paint, if that perhaps bought already prepared jars or I could do it, THANKS !, you took me that doubt Blessings! PS: I am fascinated by your works, are amazing Greetings from Ecuador!
they are pretty smooth, I's spray off on a scrap (or in a box) before spraying on my project though. You could email papermart and ask if they will send a sample maybe? I am happy with them:)
Lol im watching a couple of your older videos because I needed a DIY spray loved this so easy! I love the part where you said nothing worse than a hoity-toity crafter with all her colors LOL
hi Linda, thanks for all your great and fun videos I enjoy them very much. I have a question. yesterday I made red, yellow and blue bottles of paint with the water; glimmer and watercolour from a tube. they look great and are nice for a background but it runs underneath stencils. in the yellow I put a tiny little bit of glue to make it run less but that glitters in the spray tip. I used both normal thick paper (cardstock) and watercolour paper but the result is the same it gets too wet so I cannot get a proper patern with my stencils. it runs underneath. I live in Holland so we donnot have same products as with you. maybe you can help me with this problem? Thanks for all your good and creative works and sharing. regards Maaike
Thank you so much for this! Any idea about how much eye shadow to use? 1/8 of a teaspoon too much or not enough? You have no idea how many bottles I have clogged trying to do this very thing. I need to ring a bell in church. I will always remember that. So many good tips. Also when you mentioned using just the plain colors then spraying with the glimmer spray over top, what is the glimmer spray you used?
Can this be made with alcohol instead of water? Would it try faster? Love you videos as I am just learning. Thank you for sharing your time and talents.
Jane DeSanti maybe, I have not had a issue with the water sprays and alcohol often contains a poison in it so it is not drank so I avoid putting it in sprays.
Hi Lindsay, I found your tutorial really helpful, thank you. I have a load of small tubes of water colour that came with a package I bought second hand. They are all good so could I use them to make spray colours using water in the same way? Also could acrylic paint from the tube be used? I am conscious of underbidding acrylic paint so would the amount of water needed to spay through the tiny nozzle under bind acrylic paint? Would I be best to use air brush medium to make spray colours from acrylic? Thanks very much Lindsay. x
I've watched this video three or four times because I really have wanted to make them and today I am going to make at least one. Lindsay you're so funny, miss hoity toity crafter with all your colours. Lol. I started my water colour painting journey with a set of reeves tubes and now I have some artist grade half pans from WN and a few other types so I think I'll use the reeves tubes to make my colours as you suggested. As for the the eye shadows, etc... I live in Canada and our dollar stores are different. Well, everything that we have access to craft wise is different. Even Michael's, everything is double the price of an actual art store (in most cases) and they only allow one coupon per purchase. And if we try to order from any craft store in the US they don't offer free shipping (it's not like they pay the duties or taxes for us, so why can't they raise the free shipping with purchase *higher threshold price*). Lol. Anyway, I digress, and I apologize for my little rant. Fellow Canucks, I know you feel my pain. Anyway, I'm going to assume any dollar store type of make up powders will work. Also, I've heard some people say that adding alcohol is a must, but I'm glad to see it works just great without it. As always, thanks Lindsay. I find your videos incredibly entertaining.
Lol. So I had my rant about Michael's in Canada earlier today, right. Well I go out today and just glanced around the clearance rack. 👀 A crayola marker maker refill kit is sitting there for 2.99. It has three 29 ounce bottles of crayola marker ink 🎉(1 blue, 1 red, 1 yellow). I know the inks are washable, but I didn't know if they were water colour-able. I think for 2.99 I can try it. So I get home and google crayola inks water colour... what pops up in the second result?... A split coast stammers post with a link to Lindsay's stamping and water colouring with cheap crayola markers. I think it was meant to be. Lol. I don't know how I've missed that video over the few years I've been a subscriber, but it's brilliant. I'm going to make my spray inks with these crayola inks and I think it's going to be great. And the best part is I found the perfect small mister bottles at my local art store a couple of weeks ago... 2 in a pack for 1.29. I felt like a jerk, but I just picked up the box of bottle they had and put them in my basket. Sorry, I hope no one else wanted any today. Lol. I did the same thing a week later. I think I'm good for bottle for a while. Anyways, thanks once again for all the inspiration. Artistic hobbies are crazy expensive and I'm just so appreciative for the short cuts. I've been using my homemade stamp cleaner pad made of paint edgers and a DVD case for a couple years. It's smaller than the one that I probably should have from stampin up since I am a demo, but I can't save that 25 bucks for more useful tools in my studio. The distributor for Spectrum Noir in Canada once said something that I thought was so true. Something like, "You can have artist grade supplies, and not have the skill to produce a piece of beautiful art, but an artist can have sub-par materials and make some of their most beautiful work." Her point wasn't to take anything away from the less skilled artist. She just wanted to show that practice and skill aren't the product of the supply and that art is a very therapeutic and beautiful way for the soul to have a bit of a recharge and sharing it is a special thing. I don't know if it was her sales pitch, but I ended up buying the aquablend pencils, colourblend pencils and the entire set of spectrum noir alcohol markers along with a few other things over time as my budget allowed for it. Lol. Wait. That may have been Lindsay's fault for introducing me to her experiences with them. Anyway. I just wanted to share my story so you can see how your videos inspire people and make good things happen out here. Cheers to Lindsay!
I've use acrylic paints (iridescent ones) with 91% alcohol and have yet to have the formula dry in my spray bottles or clog the sprayer (I turn the bottle upside down and clear the nozzle before putting them away and it seems to work). I also have used pearl ex successfully with the acrylic paint if I want more shimmer) tx :)
I get the feeling that playing in your studio space would be so much fun! I can just imagine it- talking and goofing off while we create colorful chaos on whatever medium we chose to work on! You also make me feel less weird, because I'm interested in so many things and want to learn to do all of them! Sewing, painting, jewelry making, sculpting, photography... my list of hobbies just goes on and on!
Makers gonna make!!
@@MsShanarun This is so true!
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I am in the middle of making a ton of amazing shimmer & watercolour sprays at the moment & it’s so much fun 🤩! The liquid watercolours can be found for a decent price just keep looking online, I paid £35 in the uk for 6 colours, in the big bottles (that price includes postage) & they are going to last & be a lot of fun! It works out so much cheaper it’s unbelievable! Thanks for another great video 👍🏼🤩⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I Love you! I found you while I was stumbling around the internet last week. I was SURE there must be a brilliant Crafter out there who knew how to make Glimmer Spray and other arty stuff. Brilliant! That would be you! I would love to have the whole Ranger ink line but I have bills to pay so I am art on a shoestring. Thank you so much for sharing and being there for the rest of us. Big hugs!!!
iambeithe the best thing is that it is FUN to learn to make your own and I hate to shop so if I can save myself a trip and make it myself I am happy:)
Great video as usual, Lindsay! I have made these sprays using water, distress ink re-inkers and Perfect Pearls - these have a binding agent in them so they don't rub off the paper once dry. Love how you can customise the colours. I bought my spray bottles really cheap in Superdrug.
Shoshi
I just straight up dump cheap watercolor tubes into those bottles then put alcohol or water in and shake the heck out of it and just make sure I shake it before I spray each time. They've worked wonderfully. Don't have to buy a whole set of expensive designer sprays too.
Wow, what a great idea. I am going to try this too, thanks so much. Be Blessed.
you were actually a lot of fun to watch! i do acrylic painting and recently figured out that using these spray bottles is awesome for applying stencil designs without using the acrylic paint straight from the bottle.. ive been using the black permanent spray and have noticed a lot of cool effects ive been able to do. now i need to mix my own colors and add some variety! thanks for showing us!
***** thanks!
I just have to say, you seem like such a positive person. Your kids are lucky to have such a talented and upbeat mom.
I bought gold and pearl liquid watercolor from Blick Art Materials (online $3.50 an 8oz bottle) and just put a squirt in a spry bottle with water. It works great and does not clog. The eyeshadow is really fine too, I's say try 1/8teaspoon per 3 oz of water and "ring the bell" and if it looks like liqud gold that is perfect, if not try another 1/8tsp. I too have clogged many bottles overdoing it with the mica powder:)
Your version of the do it yourself shimmer color mist is the best and that's what I wound up using after a few trials and errors (liquid water color and food color--the Easter neon are a fun way to get some new colors for really cheap entry start). I also loved your additional tip on one of the Ask a Crafter sessions where you talked about using the ink from printer refill ink kits which is what I wound up for my black. As for white, I had to use acrylic and I put it in a sprayer I didn't care about too much if it clogged and I use that over bluish / teal color sprays to look like ocean wave frost. Thank you for all that you do and teach us beginners :) I appreciate it.
Just to follow up, Dick Blick does have black and the shimmery clear which is mostly white but I couldn't find them in my local DB store so I bought the few colors that my local teacher supply store had and they just had blue, red, yellow, orange, magenta, green...One day I will order online some more colors but for now, I have what I need :)
Lindsey Weirich, Hi there! I am one of you newbies and you just amaze me. I am a self taught artist, I have only had one college Art Class, and my teacher was excellent. I do not know if she knew as much as you, however she was nowhere near your sweet, bubbly personality. I knew you were an educator, you are so sharing and giving, just so very happy to share your many talents with us. I am in my late sixties and now have time for myself, to paint and my new passion, jewelry making. Kiddo, I am taking notes, watching your videos for the second time. Just had to let you know, just how much I appreciate and respect you, Lindsey, Blessings and Hugs, Val.
+Valarie Housley aww, thank you:)
I have tried this with 3 colors so far and it is fantastic, thank you for sharing this information, I never even knew liquid watercolors existed!
I love that I just had to buy 5 bottles of paint and I can make an infinite variety of colors of ink sprays and glimmer mists! I think I spent about $15 and each bottle of watercolor really does go a long long way so I enjoy using them instead of feeling like I should save them for something special.
I love this. I've been watching art journal pages on here lately and wondered where I could get spray inks so this is perfect timing. And I LOVE the cap idea as well, so brilliant.
all kinds of stuff! You can dye silk flowers, paper and fabric (iron it after it to make it more permanent), you can refill dye stamp pads (I add a couple drops of glycerin to make the ink thicker) if you don't have reinker, I use this for my kids inkpads especially, shaving cream marbleizing (I have a video) and you can paint with it!
add a bit of the opposite color so if you have really bright neon red you want to add a bit of green (yellow+blue) etc. Just look across the color wheel to find an opposite or complimentary color;) Glad the colors worked for you!
Wow I wanna be Lindsay when I grow up lol......Truly love your channel (one of the best on Ytube) ...God bless!!
Shaemarie Daniels awww:) thank you:D
Wow what a fun trip back in time. I can remember watching this video years ago. Now after watching your wreath video I watched it again cause it popped up on the screen. I thought the video was brilliant years ago and made both the sprays and the foam cap daubers.
Cool!
thanks for your feedback, I'm glad you acrylic paint sprays still work, I think if they sat unused too long they would clog but I'm glad yours did not:)
Awesome video, Lindsey! I love your enthusiasm for whatever you are doing. I was so excited to see a video posted. Thank you for the great idea. Take care. :)
for an opaque white spray try white liquid tempera paint (kids art supply section of craft store) and water. Keep adding the tempera until it is as opaque as you want. It will be about the consistency of whole milk and you will need to shake it every time you use it;)
I am a very new subscriber (as of 2 minute ago) and you wanna know what made me click that button?.....the ENERGY and passion you pour into these videos!😘yay!
Katelyn Killman Thanks so much and welcome!
I do make my own thanks to you and all the other crafters that have shared this idea.
I have bought my bottles from the "A" mega online store because PM does not have small enough quantities to choose from. I do love PM for glassine bags and flowers though.... and I am lucky cause PM is only about 12 miles from my home.
thx for sharing!
OMG....2013 and you look like a baby......and the red hair!!!! Loved you then, love you now. (2018). What a fun video to re-visit, or see for the first time. Your enthusiasm knows no bounds! Love your "do it yourself" recipes and tips. That will never change.
aww, thanks!
Thank you so much for this video! I had tried to make these sprays with other recipes that included glue and paint and they clogged my sprayers within minutes! While I didn't have liquid watercolor paints, I was able to dissolve some kids' watercolor paint chips in water and once I added the Pearl Ex they were perfect!
love all your tips! what i hav been using is just some water and regular food color in a small fingertip sprayer, it works great, and also while cleaning up after a project one day i discovered if you use a little watered down bleach spray you can do a great galaxy effect or use larger drops of the bleachwater for great clouds!
misslibra187 great tip, thanks!
Your dauber idea is BRILLIANT! Thank you.
You are so welcome!
Wow, no way?!! That make-your-own dauber idea is awesome! Never thought of that.
Great vid overall... looking forward to trying this.
Thanks for all the great ideas and crafting tips. I absolutely love your channel
thanks Pat!
You are so full of energy !!! Thank you for sharing your great ideas ! Wishing you the best !
Hi Lindsay Oh my goodness I'm having packrat/hoarders remorse, why did I throw away bottle tops!!!!!!!!I've never thought of using them that way. That ranks right up there with some of the best tips I've ever heard!! I've made some glimmer mist with distress stain and perfect pearls. I will surely check out the Dollar World eye shadows & I have some Winsor&Newton tube watercolors.Clever and energizing! Iris,SavedbyGrace
Gonna make me some sponge daubers! whoo hoooo! Just bought a pack of those makeup sponges, and I have some caps I can use....and I even have a case to store them in! Thanks, Lynsey!
Best art/craft video ever. Funny, informative, money-saving. Thank you!
thanks!
Ringin' a bell in church folks. You crack me up! Thank you for this awesome video :)
Wowza...I HATE HATE HATE dollar store cheap crafters...or I did until I found you. I used to say that I could tell 100% of the time that the crap was dollar store quality but now I must say 99% because you do a great job. Those daubers? I think I need to make some. It's funny because I never used them until recently and I decided I like them but hate the thought of spending money to get enough to cover all my Distress Ink colors. I have made misters with Distress reinkers but using the MiniMisters which empty in hot minute. I love your sprays-from the bottles to the micas (dollar store eye shadow...brilliant) to the Blick liquid water colors which I did not know of. I can't wait to see what else you do to blow my mind.
Thanks Danee, it is all about knowing when it is a better deal to splurge and when you can get by with the b=cheap stuff:) Thanks for watching!
0.o ... HOW can you "hate" crafters that make there crafts on a bargain O.O ... isnt THAT what crafting is about ??!!! DIY ! Beeing creativ ... when I go into one of those stores I get like Tons of Ideas what to do !!! Are you one of those that buy expensive crafting bundles that tell you step by step what exactly to do ?! So you can at least feel creativ ?! I dont ge it seriously !! I am actually kind of hording (like a real Crafter does lol) the stanges stuff O.o ... and sure those are leftovers or packing or very cheap BUT I did use and do use those stuff a lot !! And when I mae something unique out of it and someone comes to ask me how much did this grab our wallet ... saying that was free or like less then xxx bucks ... and seeing there Face drop ... I am surely loving to be a "frugal" Crafter.
AmelieBrooks I guess what I hate is the finished project looking like it was a dollar store craft. If you are going to do it you need to make it look like it is high end- something I think Lindsey does and has really excites me. But I get what you are saying- and to each her own. I am a very experienced crafter but I realize that bloggers and Pinterest has brought crafting to many many people who didn't think they could craft. And that can only be a good thing. That doesn't mean I want to see that blogger or Pin or that I want to make that project. I guess what I love about Lindsey and was trying to say was that I have a very hard time finding inspiration online because I am looking for things that challenge me. Until Lindsey I can say I Had never had a dollar store crafter inspire me.
nokay I sure am aware that you are complimenting Lindsey gg !!! Sure online there are many bad baaaaad Pics and Tutorials (called so) that are simply ... ooooum ... cheap in the outcome 0.o ... couriously that can be a projekt made of highclass Materials as well !!! Its about your Intension !! The Inspiration the Creativity and the WILL to craft something, however someone else then you will see it !!! I think I understand now what you mean :o) and if I understand the right way ... I kind of agree !! otherwise if those People put out these things to www they sure are feel okay abou it, so actually no need to "hate" on them ;o) ... just view at this would be your Children ! thats what you come up whit ? did you really want to/tryed to ? Hay thats fine !!
Actually Lindsey is seiously taleented in drawings O.o what I am not !!! I am more in dollouseminiatures and usefull Crafts gg ... like the seriously "building" ones .
okay ONE last Thing try to get inspiration from whereever you are ! I dont know what Crafts you are into at least but Insiration is Everywhere even from those sleazy cheap Pics and orVids you might get inspiratet to just do it bedder :o) !!
AmelieBrooks Ok- you are right. But here's the truth. I see more and more "famous" bloggers who are doing tutorials that suck. They started blogging doing things they knew and were good at, but now "X" years later they are running out of ideas and starting to branch into areas they know nothing about-including a few dollar store crafters. My beef is that I am looking for inspiration...Martha Stewart level inspiration. Not everyone is, I get that and that is why everyone has a place here. But please don't try to "teach" me how to save money being frugal if the end product is made with items that aren't color fast or light fast or even hold together. Lindsey gets all that and that is why I was so happy to find her. She added gum arabic to her mica powder eye shadow so they would stay on the paper. She teaches but she GETS why she is going something. Too many bloggers don't have a clue. They are just following other tutorials. If you can't make it better -or even good-why bother making another tutorial?
Just had an idea for re-mixing the glimmer sprays (keeping the mica in suspension), add a glass or stone bead to the bottom of the sprayer bottle when you add the water. Make sure the bead is larger than the sprayer tube diameter. As you "TWIRL" to mix (re-mix) the watercolor and glimmer the bead should run around the bottom of the plastic bottle, putting the mica in suspension and should prevent the clogging of the pick up tube. I see you cut the spray tube at a 45 degree angle and about a 1/4 inch above the bottom of the plastic bottle. Thank you Lindsay, you are my favorite part of the day.
nice idea!
Lindsay, it is always so much fun watching you on video! Funny and informative too :D THANKS for this tips!
We have a 24hour craft channel over here called create and craft you would make the best presenter. You are so full of crafty liveliness and amazing ideas. Thank you for making my crafting more value for money. We dont get the coupons like you do our craft supplies can be double what you pay. Just the glycerine alone has saved me a fortune and the home made sprays. Love love love it xxxxxx a very happy uk crafter
thanks! I sometime watch C&C on my computer, I love the demos:) I agree, you guys have to pay top dollar, I saw some foam brushed on that channel that were 9 pounds for 8 plus 3 pounds P&P and we get 20 for a dollar on sale for the exact same thing! What kills me is some of my favorite supplies are make in the UK and I can still buy them cheaper here, crazy! Thanks for watching and I think being a C&C presenter would be so much fun:)
thefrugalcrafter .
I totally agree with heidi, you would be great on C&C, a lot better than some they have on there. I've been checking out the liquid watercolour on ebay and found some for 2.99 (pounds) for 35ml so thought I'd get just the three colours, then I found another listing for 10 little bottles of various colours, 59ml each, for just 7.99. Even I can do the maths to work out that the 20 pack is much better value lol. They're going on my watch list. It's a shame we can't get stuff from Papermart as the spray bottles are quitr pricey this side of the pond.
I used Blick Liquid watercolors in pearl. You get an 8oz bottle for $3.50, it works great and does not clog when used as I described. Also the mica loose eyeshadow (LA Colors) for $1 at the Dollar Tree or Family Dollar works well too!
Lindsay, I have been watching your videos for some time and this is the first one I see where your hair is redish. I like you better this way, it brings your eyes color up nicely. Great video. Thank you.
Naticris Tellavi thanks:)
LOVE, LOVE the ink dabbers! I also have a problem finding a fine mist spray here in the UAE. But love all your video's! You are awesome!!
"nothing worse than a hoity toity crafter!" hilarious.
new subscriber from Oz
THIS IS THE MOMENTI WAS SOLD LOLOL
Every time I revisit this video I wish could give it additional thumbs up! your the best...thank you!
Thanks for the pointer to Paper Mart! I just checked them out - amazing stuff at amazing prices. Great video...never thought of using liquid water colors.
Loving the positive energy and these hacks are great too tfs
By the way, I watch with pleasure your tutorials, you are very bubbly, and I love that!
I'm so glad I found this tutorial among your many! I was wondering what is the ratio of water to watercolor paints for these sprays & got my answer. Thanks again so much for sharing your knowledge. You're amazing!
You are wonderful. I love your spirit, as well as your tips and tricks. Thank you for the great videos.
Hi Lindsay, I love your videos, and I think this is amazing I made my own sprays. I used rubbing alcohol and food colouring, I didn't stop there lol I also made some water colour ones , which when dry are really cool :)
Love this idea...making you own color wash...and the cap tip is awesome...thank you so much for sharing...
Love all your videos! I really need to buy some liquid watercolors, been thinking about it for some time now, now I really have a good reason to! Thanks for all your wonderful ideas!
Hi AltaG, I am planning an ink pad basics video and all of that info will be in there. Stay tuned. The watercolors did not come from papermart, they are form Blick Art Materials, just do a search for "blick liquid watercolors" and it will show up:) I use a mix of 1 part simple green (you can get a big jug of it in the automotive section of walmart) to 10 parts water for rubber stamps. For clear stamps I use a mix of baby shampoo, glycerin and water. Good luck!
I have recently stumbled upon your channel and I subscribed right away, I love all the great ideas, I'm an artist too and you have some awesome tips...especially love your business videos, marketing is my weak point. keep doing what your doing I love your excitement and passion!!
This is my favorite video of yours yet!! ❤️you're the best teacher!!
Holy cow! Didn't know they made liquid watercolor in gold and pearl! Thanks for the fantastic idea!!
Love the ink daubers and the liquid watercolors spray inks too. TFS!
wow, the ideas presented were so cool. Loved the idea of saving my hands with the daubers- and so simple too.
You have great energy and many good ideas. Tfs
I went to the Papermart site and ooh could I get in so much trouble. They have wonderful treasures that I would love to buy. You do buy in bulk but the prices are really wonderful. If you are into decorating the tags, you should definitely check them out. Thanks so much for your video on how to make our own sprays and thanks for putting me on to Papermart. As always, you are awesome and I love all your videos.
+Anastasia Miller aww, thank you:)
thanks for the great ideas. loving your channel
Awesome video. Agreed - Dick Blick and Papermart rock. Totally worth getting paper supplies there. For the tissue paper alone - an order lasted me over 8 years. Maybe more.
Ok miss hoity toity, with all your colors and your hoity toity daubbers Lol. I love your video's. I have learned so much from you. Thank you so much for sharing your tips and tutorials, and also your time with us. Oh, and you always make me laugh and for that I give you a ((hug)).
Just went to your link for papermart and they don't ship to England I'm in tears lol. So many things I needed (wanted) I was so disappointed, as somethings are hard to get in England. Love your videos xxx
Lyndsey, what an awesome idea on using the make up sponges to have ready made daubers. Also you use water to make yours and they look great. I've been using alcohol and the "innerds" from permanent markers and then adding the shimmer powder. THey work great also. What is the advantage to using water mists versus doing the alcohol mists? I just
thought of something, I bet you could use soda pop bottle lids with the sponges also. I'll have some of both things, I'll try that. Thanks again for another great video.
water works and I worry about breathing in too much alcohol. I use alcohol in a mister for soapmaking and occasional techniques but I use my spray mists everyday and I want to limit exposure and I am using liquid watercolor and in the long run they are cheaper.. Alcohol has the advantage of not wrinkling paper but the watercolor spray inks won't wrinkle it bad either:)
Awesome tips and tricks! You are such a fun person!
I am a subscriber now- I love the idea of making my own sprayers instead of buying them for crazy prices at craft stores- if I buy sprayers from the travel size section, eyeshadow from the dollar store which is my fave shop ever! and use cheap sprays, I can have a nice but cheap collection to make journal art. But my question is where do you get your journals that take paint and water? I want something heaven enough to do all that cuz I think it is brilliant
87crazycookie I lucked out on my first try with the Canson XL Mixed Media Journal. I am very happy with it, it is spiral bound so the pages stay flat and it is easy to find, almost all the big craft stores have it and you can get it at Oriental Trading Comapny.
Thank you once again for a great video. The problem I have, is finding a sprayer that sprays evenly. I know that the blotchy spray is what most crafters want but I am a bit different minded. I like a smooth even spray. Do these sprayers give a smooth spray? Right now I am using liquid hair spray bottles and they are really smooth spraying.
Brilliant!! Love the dauber tip! Thank you
you dont know how much i like this video *.*
You are Awesome. Love your personality. keep up the goooooood work.
Hello, Lindsay! Thanks for all your videos, I've been watching you for a while and you're a God-sent for crafters!your videos are so useful! Big question for you: I live in Europe, in an area where you can't buy spray inks. I'm trying to make my own, but they don't produce Isopropyl Alcohol, they use only Ethyl Alcohol for medical purposes. So would Ethyl Alcohol work for these or would Vodka be better, since it evaporates fast and leaves pigment behind on the surface used?
I just use water
I just love your enthusiasm! How did you make your bottled spray water colors?
I went and bought the Blick liquid water colors... Great idea, I was using the fluid/thick watercolors in a tube and watering it down. The problem with that was it would settle to the bottom and I would have to shake them forever to use them... Anyway, do you have any suggestions for toning down the fluorescence of the colors. I don't want to add more water because that will lighten the color
Excellant video! :-) Great frugal ideas!
I tried it once and it sprayed well at first but then gummed up in my sprayer. I know it dries permanent, I'm not sure if there is a shellac in it but I did not have luck with it. If you try it let us know how it works for you. I think the face that it is not resoluble n water makes it a bad choice though. I think I would create art with the india ink them spray over it with watercolors!
OOO - your hair looks great!
thanx now i know where i was going wrong. i made my own glimmer mist and got a clogged up nozzle. i need 2 chop abit of the tube off yay u answered my question before i asked lol. tfs xxx hugs xxx sharon xxx
Super ideas! Thanks.....love it, "the hoity toity crafter"....ha ha
I a definitely going to try that... Thank you, for getting back to me so quickly..
Again, another good video, with several good ideas,. Thanks.
Thank you so much !, I do love everything that has to do with paint and you doesn't know how longing my vacation to devote to paint pictures that I want to paint in a while, I'm a fan of painting, the paintings that I painted what I made guiding me from others and I felt satisfied with the result, after seeing your video ''How To Make Stencils with Hot Glue'', I wanted to try as I would, but did not know where to get paint, if that perhaps bought already prepared jars or I could do it, THANKS !, you took me that doubt
Blessings!
PS: I am fascinated by your works, are amazing
Greetings from Ecuador!
thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich If something is out of place, sorry, is that speak Spanish and the translator of google is disgusting xD
love your idea re the caps btw and even more? love your enthusiasm and great tips!
Loved the dauber idea!
Amazing idea, thanks Lindsay!
they are pretty smooth, I's spray off on a scrap (or in a box) before spraying on my project though. You could email papermart and ask if they will send a sample maybe? I am happy with them:)
I also use drops of food colouring in water for spraying :) mostly just put it in the mini misters.
Wow thank you for this video!!!! I'll be trying this out!
Lol im watching a couple of your older videos because I needed a DIY spray loved this so easy! I love the part where you said nothing worse than a hoity-toity crafter with all her colors LOL
hahaha, they are the worst LOL:)
hi Linda, thanks for all your great and fun videos I enjoy them very much. I have a question. yesterday I made red, yellow and blue bottles of paint with the water; glimmer and watercolour from a tube. they look great and are nice for a background but it runs underneath stencils. in the yellow I put a tiny little bit of glue to make it run less but that glitters in the spray tip. I used both normal thick paper (cardstock) and watercolour paper but the result is the same it gets too wet so I cannot get a proper patern with my stencils. it runs underneath. I live in Holland so we donnot have same products as with you. maybe you can help me with this problem? Thanks for all your good and creative works and sharing. regards Maaike
It was fun to watch you six years ago!
Awesome.. joy to watch 💜
Thank you so much for this! Any idea about how much eye shadow to use? 1/8 of a teaspoon too much or not enough? You have no idea how many bottles I have clogged trying to do this very thing. I need to ring a bell in church. I will always remember that. So many good tips. Also when you mentioned using just the plain colors then spraying with the glimmer spray over top, what is the glimmer spray you used?
Thank you so much. Off to Papermart and Blicks I go!!! You videos really rock.
To make this an alcohol ink..could you add alcohol to it instead of water to cut the drying time? Thank you! Love the ideas!
You can if you dont mind spraying alcohol
New sub here. This was a very informative video and fun to watch. Those daubers tho. Wow!
Can this be made with alcohol instead of water? Would it try faster? Love you videos as I am just learning. Thank you for sharing your time and talents.
Jane DeSanti maybe, I have not had a issue with the water sprays and alcohol often contains a poison in it so it is not drank so I avoid putting it in sprays.
Awesome!!! Another fabulous tip... thank you Lindsay!!! You are awesome :o)
Hi Lindsay, I found your tutorial really helpful, thank you. I have a load of small tubes of water colour that came with a package I bought second hand. They are all good so could I use them to make spray colours using water in the same way? Also could acrylic paint from the tube be used? I am conscious of underbidding acrylic paint so would the amount of water needed to spay through the tiny nozzle under bind acrylic paint? Would I be best to use air brush medium to make spray colours from acrylic? Thanks very much Lindsay. x
I've watched this video three or four times because I really have wanted to make them and today I am going to make at least one. Lindsay you're so funny, miss hoity toity crafter with all your colours. Lol.
I started my water colour painting journey with a set of reeves tubes and now I have some artist grade half pans from WN and a few other types so I think I'll use the reeves tubes to make my colours as you suggested.
As for the the eye shadows, etc... I live in Canada and our dollar stores are different. Well, everything that we have access to craft wise is different. Even Michael's, everything is double the price of an actual art store (in most cases) and they only allow one coupon per purchase. And if we try to order from any craft store in the US they don't offer free shipping (it's not like they pay the duties or taxes for us, so why can't they raise the free shipping with purchase *higher threshold price*). Lol. Anyway, I digress, and I apologize for my little rant. Fellow Canucks, I know you feel my pain.
Anyway, I'm going to assume any dollar store type of make up powders will work.
Also, I've heard some people say that adding alcohol is a must, but I'm glad to see it works just great without it.
As always, thanks Lindsay. I find your videos incredibly entertaining.
Lol. So I had my rant about Michael's in Canada earlier today, right. Well I go out today and just glanced around the clearance rack. 👀
A crayola marker maker refill kit is sitting there for 2.99. It has three 29 ounce bottles of crayola marker ink 🎉(1 blue, 1 red, 1 yellow). I know the inks are washable, but I didn't know if they were water colour-able. I think for 2.99 I can try it.
So I get home and google crayola inks water colour... what pops up in the second result?...
A split coast stammers post with a link to Lindsay's stamping and water colouring with cheap crayola markers. I think it was meant to be. Lol.
I don't know how I've missed that video over the few years I've been a subscriber, but it's brilliant. I'm going to make my spray inks with these crayola inks and I think it's going to be great. And the best part is I found the perfect small mister bottles at my local art store a couple of weeks ago... 2 in a pack for 1.29. I felt like a jerk, but I just picked up the box of bottle they had and put them in my basket. Sorry, I hope no one else wanted any today. Lol. I did the same thing a week later. I think I'm good for bottle for a while.
Anyways, thanks once again for all the inspiration. Artistic hobbies are crazy expensive and I'm just so appreciative for the short cuts. I've been using my homemade stamp cleaner pad made of paint edgers and a DVD case for a couple years. It's smaller than the one that I probably should have from stampin up since I am a demo, but I can't save that 25 bucks for more useful tools in my studio.
The distributor for Spectrum Noir in Canada once said something that I thought was so true. Something like, "You can have artist grade supplies, and not have the skill to produce a piece of beautiful art, but an artist can have sub-par materials and make some of their most beautiful work."
Her point wasn't to take anything away from the less skilled artist. She just wanted to show that practice and skill aren't the product of the supply and that art is a very therapeutic and beautiful way for the soul to have a bit of a recharge and sharing it is a special thing. I don't know if it was her sales pitch, but I ended up buying the aquablend pencils, colourblend pencils and the entire set of spectrum noir alcohol markers along with a few other things over time as my budget allowed for it. Lol. Wait. That may have been Lindsay's fault for introducing me to her experiences with them.
Anyway. I just wanted to share my story so you can see how your videos inspire people and make good things happen out here. Cheers to Lindsay!
Still a classic!!! I need to make some sprays.
I've use acrylic paints (iridescent ones) with 91% alcohol and have yet to have the formula dry in my spray bottles or clog the sprayer (I turn the bottle upside down and clear the nozzle before putting them away and it seems to work). I also have used pearl ex successfully with the acrylic paint if I want more shimmer) tx :)
I've found that storing my bottles on their sides also helps to keep the sprayer from clogging :)