Thank you so much. I really love doing this and am happy to pass on any gems I may find out along the way. Thank you for your kind response and feedback. It is very much appreciated.🥰
One your first three canvases I love how #3 doesn’t muddy. Your paints don’t mingle too much. The cells are cool. The color is cool. On painting #2 the cells are fabulous like you mentioned. And I love those cells that are grey and white. So the white didn’t completely blend with whatever color made the grey. Super cool cells. It’s really interesting that you just let them develop on their own and don’t heat the paint. Also I’m pretty pressed with the use of house paint. I bet that saves money. I’m digging your videos. Thanks!
Determined to master this technique, I've been binge watching as many pearl videos including variations of recipes. I must say as a former Michael's employee I remember how bare our paint shelves were for so long after the original lockdown and reopening. I felt so bad for so many guests waiting for restock, myself included. Glad I found this video, I'm really digging these 3 colors used and have to try this color palette. I've yet to try house paint or the addition of gac 800. I finally started getting successful pearl pours using the decoart S.E. & artist loft soft body and adding a drizzle of pouring medium. I think I'm ready to step it up and try the other recipe. My success to fail ratio sits at about 65% YAY though. However I went from NOTHING IS WORKING to I DID IT in a week. Just gotta brave it. Thank you for the experimental pours 💕❤
I have not painted for about 9 months due to covid and then I got shingles teaching my grandson's School needless to say I've got a couple jars of the Deco art White but when your experimenting you'll go through more than you'd like I'm sure so that's good to know that the behr paint gives a reasonably good option
Thanks for all the research and time you put into this video❣️ I too like so many others can't find the dag gone Satin Enamels🤪 I'm going to try one or more of your wonderful concoctions ❣️
Thanks Cathie! Im really happy to say that the recipes do work! I was amazed and impressed and am going to be changing my recipes to these because the colors stay a little truer than with the decoart satin enamels! I hope you have similar results. Keep me posted! ❤️
Hello Tara, just watched your video on cell pour and I will try round 3 with Behr Satin Enamel paint and Artist loft white. Thank you so much for this tutorial. 👏👏👍
What an excellent tutorial and experiment. So thorough and informative. Thank you so much. I just found your channel by accident, and am now a subscriber!Yay
Hi Felicia! There are some newer updated videos on my channel that you can watch for more explanation. If you ever have any questions just let me know…I’m happy to answer. ☺️
This is exactly what I have going crazy to find...an alternative to the DecoArt sating enamel. Thank you for your time in testing these different methods, I truly appreciate you for doing so. I can now maybe play around with this lovely pearl and cloud technique and see what I can do with it...thx again Tara!
Thank you for sharing. I just found you by mistake but a good one. I was looking for DA satin Enamel and I can't find it anywhere. So I'm definitely getting the behr next trip to Home Depot. Your paintings are gorgeous.
Thank you so much Joyce. I really appreciate it. I actually really like the results with the Behr satin enamel paint almost better. Keep me posted on how your results turn out! ❤️
Yea it’s amazing that we DONT have to kill ourselves over getting the DecoArt for the effects...I love that there r other products out there we can use...we just have to tap into them! Thanks for your comment! ❤️
This is amazing, thank you so much Tara. I tried a satin enamel house paint here in Australia and didn't get the result of DecoArt. We can't get DecoArt here either and the house paint I bought to try was expensive, so felt I had wasted my money.. Thanks to your video I am going to try it again with 2 parts. I'll be so excited if it works.
Hi Sonia! Thanks for your comment. Yes maybe you just need to add a little more. Please let me know the results so I can pass them on because I have heard from others in Australia that have had similar problems. ❤️🙏🏻
@@PiecesofTaraArtistry Hi Tara, Unfortunately I didn't get the result I was hoping for. It did cell up a lot more but they weren't nice clean sells. It also went really milky and ate up most of my colour more than DecoArt does. Perhaps it's just a matter of tweaking the amounts again. I used the 2 parts Enamel paint this time. Perhaps I will try 1.5 parts next try. (Its important to not that we can only get Low Sheen Enamel here in Australia but I'm told its very similar) When I try the lower amount of enamel, I will let you know the results.
Thanks Sonia...I’m sorry it didn’t work out but I think it’s worth tweaking a little. You could do an experiment... kind of like my video with different ratios on little canvases and see what happens. And yes...keep me posted...🙏🏻👍
Just received my order of Behr's satin enamel paint, and can't wait to start my next pouring using your suggestions. Thank you for clarifying and making this technique doable for me.
I believe the deco art factory has been closed for many many months due to Covid. They just started production again. But their shipping times are going to be extremely slow as they get started back up. Thanks for this wonderful video, it was very informative.
Yea that has been my understanding too. I just love knowing there are other options out there! I’m glad u enjoyed the video and thanks for the feedback! ❤️
Thank you so much for your time and patience and your experience and taking the time out to go through the different paints I think it's the deco that causes the paint to take over the color but all of them seem to have their own unique way of coming out they all look beautiful to me and like you said depending on what you want and what you can go for
Wow. Thanks for this. I was trying to take notes but ended up still confused about which was which. I'll try watching again tomorrow when my headache subsides. I really appreciate all the adjustments you made to see the differences in results!
Sounds good Grace...by the way...you have my favorite name of all time. I love it! If you still are confused after watching again shoot me an email and I can work you thru any other questions! 🙏🏻☺️
Aww. Thanks Lo... thanks for saying so... Kinda boring but content I would really appreciate right now since supplies are hard to come by. The pups were just for you...🥰😉
Your welcome Gloria. Always happy to share what I learn. My pups are my sanity and my insanity right now! I never have a moment without them these days...a blessing and a curse...seems like when I try to do a video or edit a video they show up and want to be very vocal! 🥰😖🤣
WOW!!! Well done! ... This is fantastic chemistry, and I thank you so much. I'm in the UK, so am preparing some mixtures for my own experiments, and am also going to try some substitutes for floetrol and gac. If anything good comes of it, I'll start a channel and post it. Lots of love xxx
Very nice info. Tammy Anderson's last video was on how to make your own satin enamel paint using Deco Art's other products. I think she mixed Deco Art satin enamel with their gloss paint and one other thing. You may want to check her out.
Thank you Jane. 🙏🏻☺️ Yes, I have seen Tammys video. When I did this experiment I hadn’t yet seen her video. She seems to be getting good results with her mixture tho!
Hi Tara, thank you for sharing. Im trying to get the Behr that you're talking about. There are so many. Can you share an image of the can. Thank you so much. There is interior, exterior, not seeing deep base on can or suff defense
Hi Eva! That is an older video you are referring to. I would go with the Behr 7300 Deep Base Satin Enamel. If you go off that description and ask someone in the paint department they will know exactly what you are lookjng for. Hope this helps!
I use fluid paints normally and when I mix it with pouring medium (50% Floetrol & 50% Golden GAC 800) it is normally fluid enough...BUT if I use tube paints or something with more body I do add water to approximately the same consistency as base coat...maybe a tad thicker. Hope that’s helpful.
Hi dear Tara, thank you so much for these great tests.!!! About poppy, maybe u could put him into an other room during painting If u can? Paints can be quite dangerous for dogs and cats even if it sais that they are not toxic, they can maybe cause epildpsy and lung pain, allergies. . Just to keep this in mind. . and watch him. . . God bless you 🙏 Love from Caro💕
Thank you so much Caroline! As far as puppy goes...usually they don’t come around while I’m painting. they don’t like the basement. They are usually upstairs in my house so they either ring their bell at the top of the stairs or don’t come down. Those are very good reminders though! I will keep them in mind. ☺️❤️🙏🏻
This was so helpful, I was doing it all wrong and not sure why I wasn’t getting the results. In the end, is it the third recipe that you liked the best? I am heading over to your. Dad’s channel 😃. Thank you so much ☺️
Thank you Diana! The recipe I like the best is with the Behr Satin Enamels. I did a paint mixing video that you may want to watch. Here is the link: th-cam.com/video/ddUrrtQi1Eg/w-d-xo.html I hope this is helpful. Keep me posted on your results! 🙏🏻❤️
Thank you so much! I am a fan for sure love your work and your tutorials are the best :) I asked on you another video about mixing the Behr with some deco art ? What do you think?
Thanks Sherry. I am very flattered by your words! As far as your question...I’m not sure because I haven’t tried that but I honestly don’t see why not. I answered in the other thread. Let me know how it goes. 🙏🏻❤️
Thanks Tara for sharing, great video. Having so much trouble getting DecoArt products in Australia so can't even make the recipe from Tammy Anderson. The Pittsburg Satin House Paint or Behr Satin Enamels are they both water based paints?
I understand Francine. DecoArt is hard even for us in the US to get. Yes those paints are water based. Behr Satin Enamels is a Home Depot Brand, but any Satin House Paint should work. Keep me posted on how things go!❤️🙏🏻
Tara, thank you for quick reply, have done a few paintings of my own and don't get any thing near what you guys do. Scrape them all off and feel like I am wasting a lot of paint. I have been using student paints and they are all the same (medium bodied) so don't know if that means they are transparent or opaque and that is why I am not getting any cells. I think I have become a serial youtube watcher lol. May be that's where my talents are.
Lol Francine... I feel your pain...it can be frustrating at times. Do you have a kitchen scale where you can measure out your base coat recipe. I find that makes a big difference. I do online tutoring if you are ever interested. We could troubleshoot your issues. Just shoot me an email if you are interested. ☺️❤️
thank you so much for this....it is really helpful...can you use any white acrylic paint instead of the artist loft for the base? I can not get it in Denmark
Your welcome Marla! It’s nice to have options! If you go on DecoArts website you can buy the Satin Enamels directly from them. I just confirmed that they do have it in stock.
Huh...is this the site you are looking at? I’m not seeing where it is discontinued. I believe you but I’m just not seeing it...I’d like to know where you see that so I don’t give out misinformation. decoart.com/americana-decor/satin-enamels/paint
That’s so crazy...I ordered some last week and got 4 jars so hopefully they will still be making it. Otherwise I guess it will be Behr Satin Enamels from now on...which I’m not mad about. 😉☺️
Hi Tara, thank you so much for sharing your experiments. I live in germany and don't have behr satin enamel, deco art satin enamel, but found something hopefully similar. BUT I also can't get Artists Loft (amazon sales them for 50,- 60,-€ per bottle 🤯) Do you know, if any other brand of paint would do it??? Thank you for your videos. Keep going with your beautiful art 🤗
Hi Kerstin! Thanks so much for your kind words. If you have any sort of titanium white paint that should work as long as not isn’t Amsterdam titanium White. For some reason that white doesn’t work well in on base paint. I’m sorry I can’t be more help…I am just not familiar with European paints. ☺️🙏🏻❤️
Thank you for your response. I have seen that video, and it was very helpful. I have bought some Behr satin enamel after seeing your Video but didn’t realize that you use it the same as the Decoart satin enamel. I was using it straight, no additives and was not getting the results. I do have to laugh at myself about that. I do have two paintings with a lot of crazing and cracking. Will it make a difference when I paint over it? I wonder if I need to sand it off? Thank you so much for your help.
Hi Diana. I think if you don’t sand it down you will have the crazing and cracking marks in your new painting. Because the paints are so thin they dry very thin and you will be able to really see what’s on the canvas underneath. Hope that helps! ❤️
Hi, I want to thank you for taking the time to try them. It really helps to actually see the difference, And how each on reacts. But..🧐 I got confused in reference to the recipes. Would it be possible if you make a video when you are actually mixing the paints? I didn’t understand if you put the mixed the first ones alone or any other additions. And the second round, I got confused also whether or not you put white artist loft in it ☺️. Thank you
Your very welcome! I agree. I’m happy to share my findings! ❤️ Are you able to find recipes in the description box? When I talk in parts I always get my kitchen scale out and measure in ounces. 1 part=1oz. Does that make sense? The only one I tried without the Artist Loft White was the Satin House Paint but then I added it in on another canvas to show the difference. I hope that all makes sense. Please let me know. I’ll try to add how I mix it in one of my upcoming videos.
Thank u for the information I'm trying this but not much success in getting only small cells and hardly any not sure what I'm doing wrong imusing the behr recipe not Sue if it's to thick or if I'm not taking off enough paint HELP
Hi Cheryl! Thank you so much for watching. Unfortunately without seeing you I can’t tell you if your paints are too thick or too much is being left on the canvas. I can do a zoom consultation with you if you think it would help. If you would like a consultation let me know and we can work out the charges. My email is info@PiecesofTaraArtistry.com 🙏🏻☺️❤️
Excellent experiment. I subbed just for watching it. Which recipe would you say was the best balance between decent cells and colors not disappearing? Sorry, I wasn't sure. I did watch twice. Was it the 2 parts housepaint (HP) with the AL or another?
I have to say that I kept the most color with the 2 parts satin house paint with 2 parts artist loft white. The results were very close though to the Behr satin enamel paint mixed the same way. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching and subbing. 🙏🏻❤️
Thank you so much Cindy! The cells are made using very thin skin satin enamel base paint. There is a paint reaction when pouring and stretching it and non enamel paint on top. I have many many videos where I explain the process. Check them out for lots more info! ☺️🙏🏻❤️
What a sacrifice you made to do these. It really takes time and money to do these experiments. Thanks for sharing. BTW when you say Behr satin enamel, do you mean the untinted one 8300 at home depot? Or a white paint that says satin enamel. I have the untinted one for bloom technique. Could I color it with artist Loft? If you don't know I guess I'll experiment. Lol Stay safe. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for your kind words. Yes I use the Behr Premium Plus Interior Satin Enamel Paint in Ultra Pure White 7050. I think that if it’s a SATIN untinted paint it should work by adding the artist loft white BUT I’ve never done that experiment. I only have the high gloss untinted paint so I don’t think that would work. Please if you do the experiment let me know the results and I can add it in a follow up video. 👍
Hi Beverly. It is the Satin Enamel recipe that causes those pearl cells. The pearls are achieved by using that recipe which is a very thin base coat and thin paints over top. You then stretch them and because the bottom paint is so light the top paint sinks and the bottom paint floats up to create those cells. I have a video you can watch that shows the exact recipe and how I mix my paints to achieve them. You can check it out if you are interested! ☺️❤️🙏🏻
Thanks so much Beverly. I have been doing a lot of those lately. If you watch the videos you will see how I achieve the cells on the edges. Paint consistency and stretching the paint are really important in gaining that outcome. Thanks for watching! 🙏🏻❤️☺️
I’m super happy you made this tutorial! I have a question 🙋🏼♀️ so I have satin enamels but in the off white buff color, I saw that you used yours in gray. What would you recommend when using this colored satin enamels for mixing ratios so it dosent eat up all the colors? I also added color to it so it’s not buff colored have you tried this? Any ideas or thoughts on this? I would really appreciate it!! Thanks again for this very generous video. If my satin enamels dosent work I’m really gonna try out Behr house paint now that I have seen the results it’s really cut down my experimenting! 🤗💜
Thank you, Crystal! Soooo...my only experience is with adding color to white satin enamels and in that case I had to add in about another 1/2 part of satin enamels...otherwise when I used the colored satin enamel I used the 1/2 part but I think I would back that down to 1/4 part next time...that was specific to the smoke grey. I’m not sure how the buff color would work...I’m assuming it would be similar to the grey and would need a little less. The variable that I see might be a little tricky is adding the color to the buff white because if the density of that paint is heavy then you would probably need to add a little more of the satin enamels to make the density lighter. I hope this didn’t confuse you but that is my thoughts! ☺️ thanks for the question! Let me know your results!
@@PiecesofTaraArtistry Thank you! What you said makes sense. I actually just got done experimenting with it and I used a 1/4 part of the Satin enamels but nothing but maybe ten cells came thru but like you said I did add some Amsterdam color mixed with FLO and water...so next time I think maybe I need more satin enamels....? Thank you so much for the help and information you have shared! This satin enamels stuff is sooo much guess work and having to just experiment, takes time tho 🤗
@@PiecesofTaraArtistry 🤣 yes you have! I just use older canvases from when I thought I was doing good, especially when experimenting with this. So I wanted to let you know, I watched Dwight and I saw what it was, my artist loft white must have been thick cause when I saw him pouring out the cloud/pearls mix his was a lot more thin that mine, so I added more water and a little more medium and “bam” it worked! So thank you for your insight it helped a lot and now I’m happy and ready to pour on a brand new canvas!! Yay!🤗💫
You need the Golden GAC 800 in the recipe to keep from cracking. Also you need to make sure that you don’t leave too much paint on the canvas. Hope that helps! ❤️
Thank you so much! The pearl cells are caused by a paint reaction. I did not add them. It happens when you put an acrylic paint without satin enamel paint over a paint with Satin enamel and stretch it very quickly to make a thin layer of paint. I have many tutorials on my TH-cam that explains the process. 🙏🏻☺️❤️
Hi Gina. If you want white cells you used Behr pure white but if you want to be able to get colored cells you used the colorless deep base and tint it yourself to the color you want. ☺️
Hi Alison…it’s funny you ask because I asked myself the same question after I made this video so I did another one! Here is the link: th-cam.com/video/dnTSpkkvbGw/w-d-xo.html Let me know if this doesn’t answer your question! ❤️☺️🙏🏻
Hi Vickie. The recipes are all in the drop down box description. If you tap on the title of the video while it’s playing it will drop down and you can find all my paints and recipes or tap on the little triangle arrow in the bottom right corner under the video. Hope that helps. Otherwise if you watch my most recent video the recipe for my base coat is on the screen. ❤️
That is a very good question! So….from what I have gleaned from other artists and what I know of paint additives…the matte paint has less “varnish” additive (which makes it heavier or denser) to it so it might work but will probably produce very little pearl cells… That being said I don’t know this for sure because I have never tried it. The semi gloss and high gloss will produce a pearl like look as well… you just don’t get the puffy cloud like pearls from them like the satin enamel. For some reason the satin enamel has some sort of additive that gives it a puffy look. Because I liked the look of the puffy pearls I never tried using any other house paints. That is a very interesting experiment…I might have to try! In the meantime if you try it I’d love to see your results! My email is taralombardi1010@gmail.com. 🙏🏻☺️❤️
I have tried contacting Deco art to find out why we aren't able to get the white enamel of course I didn't hear anything back but where you're on TH-cam has anybody inquired is to what's going on I noticed that some of the stores aren't even carrying the smaller bottles like the extreme Sheen
Due to COVID they had to shut down their plants for several months. I think it is still operating minimally so it is hard to get ahold of any of their paints right now. I actually really like the Behr Premium Plus from Home Depot better. It doesn’t eat the paint as much as DecoArt Satin Enamels. That’s just my opinion though. ☺️
Hi Nicole! This is a pearl cell pour. It is a specific technique which is different from most other pours that makes cells. The satin enamel base coat helps produce the cells…along with an array of ingredients. It’s all about recipe, friction, and consistency of paints. I have lots and lots of videos with explanations if you are looking at more explanation. If you are curious about the cells look up - Pearl Cell Technique. Hope this helps!! 🙏🏻☺️❤️
Yup, Artist Loft = unavailable in EU Satin Enamels = unavailable in EU Love watching but unfortunately the recipes are no good for us BUT enjoying the results and wishing...........
You can substitute the Artist Loft white with any acrylic white paint that you have available and you can use just regular house paint with a satin finish. It will produce similar results.
I didn’t find yr explanation to be very clear as to how you mixed the paints so part way I just skimmed threw the video because I felt like you jumped from one explanation into the next without a thorough explanation of how you reached yr goal so again I found it very confusing and frustrating. But the end results were great however you reached them, even the description I found to not be detailed enough.
I’m so sorry that you found it frustrating. I know in that video I was trying to be helpful but you are definitely entitled to your opinion. Thank you for your frankness. I accept your constructive criticism and will work to do better. ☺️
lol Cindy! It’s definitely not for beginners. Check out my channel for beginner tutorials. That is actually an older video and I have much more up to date videos as well. ❤️☺️🙏🏻
Wow, your incredibly generous with the info for ppl interested in this technique. Thanks for the transparency! You are appreciated.
Thank you so much. I really love doing this and am happy to pass on any gems I may find out along the way. Thank you for your kind response and feedback. It is very much appreciated.🥰
I had been wondering about that very thing. Thank you for taking the time to share.
Your very welcome & thanks for the feedback! 🥰
Love your channel. You are a gifted artist.
Aww! Thank you Mary Pat! ❤️🙏🏻☺️
Thanks for experimenting and sharing 👏🏻
Your welcome Kaye! Thanks for watching. 🙏🏻☺️
Cool thanks for sharing your experiments
Your very welcome! 🙏🏻☺️
Thanks for taking the time to compare all of those mixes Tara, very helpful 👍
Thanks Cindy! I’m so glad u found it helpful and I appreciate, as always, your kind feedback! ❤️
Great job! Very informative. Love those puppies😀
Thanks! ❤️
Thanks Tara. I appreciate the work you put into this. It was very helpful to know that there are some good alternatives. ❤❤❤👍😊
Thanks Dad! I’m glad to know too...I was getting a little worried...😬
One your first three canvases I love how #3 doesn’t muddy. Your paints don’t mingle too much. The cells are cool. The color is cool. On painting #2 the cells are fabulous like you mentioned. And I love those cells that are grey and white. So the white didn’t completely blend with whatever color made the grey. Super cool cells. It’s really interesting that you just let them develop on their own and don’t heat the paint. Also I’m pretty pressed with the use of house paint. I bet that saves money. I’m digging your videos. Thanks!
Thanks Lisa. That was a fun experiment! ❤️🙏🏻
Determined to master this technique, I've been binge watching as many pearl videos including variations of recipes. I must say as a former Michael's employee I remember how bare our paint shelves were for so long after the original lockdown and reopening. I felt so bad for so many guests waiting for restock, myself included.
Glad I found this video, I'm really digging these 3 colors used and have to try this color palette.
I've yet to try house paint or the addition of gac 800. I finally started getting successful pearl pours using the decoart S.E. & artist loft soft body and adding a drizzle of pouring medium. I think I'm ready to step it up and try the other recipe. My success to fail ratio sits at about 65% YAY though. However I went from NOTHING IS WORKING to I DID IT in a week. Just gotta brave it. Thank you for the experimental pours 💕❤
Great Lauren! I’m so glad u are getting the hang of it! It’s so fun right? 🙏🏻☺️❤️
Very helpful. No DecoArt to be found and J just started working on these pours when the shortage occurred. Thanks for testing and showing results.
I had the same thing happen...so glad you found it helpful! ❤️
I also would like to thank you because I didn't buy that particular paint I just bought a regular satin house paint so now I know what to expect
Glad I could help!
Excellent information Tara. Thanks so much!
Thanks Emily...you are so welcome! ❤️☺️🙏🏻
Thank you! This was so helpful!❤
Those welcome Hazel! ❤️☺️🙏🏻
Thank you for sharing! Very helpful 😁
You are very welcome Brenda! I’m so glad it was helpful! ☺️🙏🏻❤️
I have not painted for about 9 months due to covid and then I got shingles teaching my grandson's School needless to say I've got a couple jars of the Deco art White but when your experimenting you'll go through more than you'd like I'm sure so that's good to know that the behr paint gives a reasonably good option
Yes it definitely does. 👍☺️
So interesting! 😊 I like the idea of having some control over the cell development...maybe in a chosen section of the canvas...very clever!
Thank you so much. I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I like that idea too. 👍
Thanks for all the research and time you put into this video❣️ I too like so many others can't find the dag gone Satin Enamels🤪 I'm going to try one or more of your wonderful concoctions ❣️
Thanks Cathie! Im really happy to say that the recipes do work! I was amazed and impressed and am going to be changing my recipes to these because the colors stay a little truer than with the decoart satin enamels! I hope you have similar results. Keep me posted! ❤️
@@PiecesofTaraArtistry I surely will!!
That was helpful and thanks for the experimenting! Love little Baxter!
Your welcome! Isn’t he cute! He is so funny. I love my little Baxy too. ❤️
Hello Tara, just watched your video on cell pour and I will try round 3 with Behr Satin Enamel paint and Artist loft white. Thank you so much for this tutorial. 👏👏👍
Your very welcome Diane! I hope you have success! ☺️❤️🙏🏻
What an excellent tutorial and experiment. So thorough and informative. Thank you so much. I just found your channel by accident, and am now a subscriber!Yay
Thank you Margaret. I REALLY appreciate the feedback. If u ever have any questions please feel free to ask! ❤️
I'm confused. But, I'm studying and learning. I love them all. I think Tara is saying number 3 is the best.
Hi Felicia! There are some newer updated videos on my channel that you can watch for more explanation. If you ever have any questions just let me know…I’m happy to answer. ☺️
You know what I better like the ones with out decor art .👍
I actually think I do too! ❤️
This is exactly what I have going crazy to find...an alternative to the DecoArt sating enamel. Thank you for your time in testing these different methods, I truly appreciate you for doing so. I can now maybe play around with this lovely pearl and cloud technique and see what I can do with it...thx again Tara!
Your so welcome Susan! I hope you have good results. Keep me posted! 🙏🏻☺️
Thank you for sharing. I just found you by mistake but a good one. I was looking for DA satin Enamel and I can't find it anywhere. So I'm definitely getting the behr next trip to Home Depot. Your paintings are gorgeous.
Thank you so much Joyce. I really appreciate it. I actually really like the results with the Behr satin enamel paint almost better. Keep me posted on how your results turn out! ❤️
Love this. I’ve used the behr pp too, while experimenting and used 1 And 11/2 parts and the 1 1/2 parts gave me the same effect as the 1/2 p DASE
Yea it’s amazing that we DONT have to kill ourselves over getting the DecoArt for the effects...I love that there r other products out there we can use...we just have to tap into them! Thanks for your comment! ❤️
Gosh thank you for doing this! I’ve been trying for weeks and yesterday finally got a favorable result! But this helps a lot! Thanks again!!
Your very welcome! ❤️
This is amazing, thank you so much Tara. I tried a satin enamel house paint here in Australia and didn't get the result of DecoArt. We can't get DecoArt here either and the house paint I bought to try was expensive, so felt I had wasted my money.. Thanks to your video I am going to try it again with 2 parts. I'll be so excited if it works.
Hi Sonia! Thanks for your comment. Yes maybe you just need to add a little more. Please let me know the results so I can pass them on because I have heard from others in Australia that have had similar problems. ❤️🙏🏻
@@PiecesofTaraArtistry Hi Tara, Unfortunately I didn't get the result I was hoping for. It did cell up a lot more but they weren't nice clean sells. It also went really milky and ate up most of my colour more than DecoArt does. Perhaps it's just a matter of tweaking the amounts again. I used the 2 parts Enamel paint this time. Perhaps I will try 1.5 parts next try. (Its important to not that we can only get Low Sheen Enamel here in Australia but I'm told its very similar) When I try the lower amount of enamel, I will let you know the results.
Thanks Sonia...I’m sorry it didn’t work out but I think it’s worth tweaking a little. You could do an experiment... kind of like my video with different ratios on little canvases and see what happens. And yes...keep me posted...🙏🏻👍
Just received my order of Behr's satin enamel paint, and can't wait to start my next pouring using your suggestions. Thank you for clarifying and making this technique doable for me.
You are so welcome Carolane! Let me know if you have any questions! ❤️☺️🙏🏻
@@PiecesofTaraArtistry Will do!
Thank you for sharing all this with us, very helpful 😘👍🌺
Your welcome Jirina. 🙏🏻❤️
Great experiment
Thank you Mary Pat! I figure if I’m doing the experiment I may as well share. 🥰☺️
Thank you so much for your time in creating this video with all testing. It makes a world of difference for me the super newbie. ❤️
Aww Christina! Glad I could help! Never hesitate to ask any questions. 🙏🏻☺️❤️
I think they are all pretty cool
thank you! I agree! ❤️
Thank you for the great experiments Tara!!❤️
Your welcome Lori. I hope it helps!
I believe the deco art factory has been closed for many many months due to Covid. They just started production again. But their shipping times are going to be extremely slow as they get started back up. Thanks for this wonderful video, it was very informative.
Yea that has been my understanding too. I just love knowing there are other options out there! I’m glad u enjoyed the video and thanks for the feedback! ❤️
Thank you so much for your time and patience and your experience and taking the time out to go through the different paints I think it's the deco that causes the paint to take over the color but all of them seem to have their own unique way of coming out they all look beautiful to me and like you said depending on what you want and what you can go for
Thank you so much Nicole for your feedback. It really means a lot to me to hear what you all think! ☺️🙏🏻❤️
Wow. Thanks for this. I was trying to take notes but ended up still confused about which was which. I'll try watching again tomorrow when my headache subsides. I really appreciate all the adjustments you made to see the differences in results!
Sounds good Grace...by the way...you have my favorite name of all time. I love it! If you still are confused after watching again shoot me an email and I can work you thru any other questions! 🙏🏻☺️
Very informative video Tara! Thanks for all the research ❤️ You put a lot of time and effort in for your audience.
By the way, love those puppies!!!
Aww. Thanks Lo... thanks for saying so... Kinda boring but content I would really appreciate right now since supplies are hard to come by. The pups were just for you...🥰😉
Thank you for all the info!😄
Your very welcome! ☺️
Thanks for doing the experiments! Such an adorable puppy!
Your welcome Gloria. Always happy to share what I learn. My pups are my sanity and my insanity right now! I never have a moment without them these days...a blessing and a curse...seems like when I try to do a video or edit a video they show up and want to be very vocal! 🥰😖🤣
Very helpful!
Thanks so much Tonya! ❤️☺️🙏🏻
WOW!!! Well done! ... This is fantastic chemistry, and I thank you so much. I'm in the UK, so am preparing some mixtures for my own experiments, and am also going to try some substitutes for floetrol and gac. If anything good comes of it, I'll start a channel and post it. Lots of love xxx
Awesome Karen! Thanks for your sweet comments. I know the UK would love to hear your experiments and advice! 🙏🏻☺️❤️
Thank you so much for all this experimenting!! I really answered questions that i had.
Awesome. I’m so happy it was helpful for you! ❤️👍
Thank you for doing this! I will have to try these out!
Your welcome! 💙
This was super helpful. Thank you so much for sharing your testing with us. I appreciate it so much. ❤️
I’m so glad it was helpful. Your very welcome! ❤️
Good job and tysm for putting in the time, really appreciate it.
Your very welcome Brenda! I love doing it! ❤️☺️🙏🏻
Amazing! 🌺
Thank you so much! ❤️☺️🙏🏻
Very nice info. Tammy Anderson's last video was on how to make your own satin enamel paint using Deco Art's other products. I think she mixed Deco Art satin enamel with their gloss paint and one other thing. You may want to check her out.
Thank you Jane. 🙏🏻☺️ Yes, I have seen Tammys video. When I did this experiment I hadn’t yet seen her video. She seems to be getting good results with her mixture tho!
Thank you for sharing 🎨🎨
Your welcome! ❤️☺️🙏🏻
Hi Tara, thank you for sharing. Im trying to get the Behr that you're talking about. There are so many. Can you share an image of the can. Thank you so much. There is interior, exterior, not seeing deep base on can or suff defense
Hi Eva! That is an older video you are referring to. I would go with the Behr 7300 Deep Base Satin Enamel. If you go off that description and ask someone in the paint department they will know exactly what you are lookjng for. Hope this helps!
Really helpful, thanks so much. Can I ask if you add water to your colours or just to the basecoat?
I use fluid paints normally and when I mix it with pouring medium (50% Floetrol & 50% Golden GAC 800) it is normally fluid enough...BUT if I use tube paints or something with more body I do add water to approximately the same consistency as base coat...maybe a tad thicker. Hope that’s helpful.
Hi dear Tara, thank you so much for these great tests.!!!
About poppy, maybe u could put him into an other room during painting
If u can? Paints can be quite dangerous for dogs and cats even if it sais that they are not toxic, they can maybe cause epildpsy and lung pain, allergies. .
Just to keep this in mind. . and watch him. . .
God bless you 🙏
Love from Caro💕
Thank you so much Caroline! As far as puppy goes...usually they don’t come around while I’m painting. they don’t like the basement. They are usually upstairs in my house so they either ring their bell at the top of the stairs or don’t come down. Those are very good reminders though! I will keep them in mind. ☺️❤️🙏🏻
This was so helpful, I was doing it all wrong and not sure why I wasn’t getting the results. In the end, is it the third recipe that you liked the best? I am heading over to your. Dad’s channel 😃. Thank you so much ☺️
Thank you Diana! The recipe I like the best is with the Behr Satin Enamels. I did a paint mixing video that you may want to watch. Here is the link: th-cam.com/video/ddUrrtQi1Eg/w-d-xo.html
I hope this is helpful. Keep me posted on your results! 🙏🏻❤️
Beautiful. All of your pictures..do you raise Yorkies
Thank you so much! No I just raise my 2 babies! ❤️☺️🙏🏻
Thank you for doing this video!😊
Your very welcome CJ! ❤️🙏🏻
Thanks!
You are welcome! ☺️
Thank you so much! I am a fan for sure love your work and your tutorials are the best :) I asked on you another video about mixing the Behr with some deco art ? What do you think?
Thanks Sherry. I am very flattered by your words!
As far as your question...I’m not sure because I haven’t tried that but I honestly don’t see why not. I answered in the other thread. Let me know how it goes. 🙏🏻❤️
Thanks Tara for sharing, great video. Having so much trouble getting DecoArt products in Australia so can't even make the recipe from Tammy Anderson. The Pittsburg Satin House Paint or Behr Satin Enamels are they both water based paints?
I understand Francine. DecoArt is hard even for us in the US to get. Yes those paints are water based. Behr Satin Enamels is a Home Depot Brand, but any Satin House Paint should work. Keep me posted on how things go!❤️🙏🏻
Tara, thank you for quick reply, have done a few paintings of my own and don't get any thing near what you guys do. Scrape them all off and feel like I am wasting a lot of paint. I have been using student paints and they are all the same (medium bodied) so don't know if that means they are transparent or opaque and that is why I am not getting any cells. I think I have become a serial youtube watcher lol. May be that's where my talents are.
Lol Francine... I feel your pain...it can be frustrating at times. Do you have a kitchen scale where you can measure out your base coat recipe. I find that makes a big difference. I do online tutoring if you are ever interested. We could troubleshoot your issues. Just shoot me an email if you are interested. ☺️❤️
Thank you 🌹
Your welcome! ❤️
thank you so much for this....it is really helpful...can you use any white acrylic paint instead of the artist loft for the base? I can not get it in Denmark
Yes you can use Liquitex Titanium White instead. Just use a little more satin enamel with it. ❤️
@@PiecesofTaraArtistry thank you so much
So, apparently Deco art has discontinued the satin enamel, so THANK YOU for creating this recipe
Your welcome Marla! It’s nice to have options! If you go on DecoArts website you can buy the Satin Enamels directly from them. I just confirmed that they do have it in stock.
It's discontinued on the deco art site...
Huh...is this the site you are looking at? I’m not seeing where it is discontinued. I believe you but I’m just not seeing it...I’d like to know where you see that so I don’t give out misinformation.
decoart.com/americana-decor/satin-enamels/paint
That IS where I ordered... I must have been very tired...I swore it said discontinued...they even removed it from my order!!
That’s so crazy...I ordered some last week and got 4 jars so hopefully they will still be making it. Otherwise I guess it will be Behr Satin Enamels from now on...which I’m not mad about. 😉☺️
Hi Tara, thank you so much for sharing your experiments. I live in germany and don't have behr satin enamel, deco art satin enamel, but found something hopefully similar. BUT I also can't get Artists Loft (amazon sales them for 50,- 60,-€ per bottle 🤯) Do you know, if any other brand of paint would do it???
Thank you for your videos. Keep going with your beautiful art 🤗
Hi Kerstin! Thanks so much for your kind words. If you have any sort of titanium white paint that should work as long as not isn’t Amsterdam titanium White. For some reason that white doesn’t work well in on base paint. I’m sorry I can’t be more help…I am just not familiar with European paints. ☺️🙏🏻❤️
@@PiecesofTaraArtistry thank you so much for your answer 😊 I'll try some paints
Thank you for your response. I have seen that video, and it was very helpful. I have bought some Behr satin enamel after seeing your
Video but didn’t realize that you use it the same as the Decoart satin enamel. I was using it straight, no additives and was not getting the results. I do have to laugh at myself about that. I do have two paintings with a lot of crazing and cracking. Will it make a difference when I paint over it? I wonder if I need to sand it off? Thank you so much for your help.
Hi Diana. I think if you don’t sand it down you will have the crazing and cracking marks in your new painting. Because the paints are so thin they dry very thin and you will be able to really see what’s on the canvas underneath. Hope that helps! ❤️
Thank you so very kindly 💕
Your welcome Letha! 🙏🏻❤️
Hi, I want to thank you for taking the time to try them.
It really helps to actually see the difference, And how each on reacts.
But..🧐 I got confused in reference to the recipes.
Would it be possible if you make a video when you are actually mixing the paints?
I didn’t understand if you put the mixed the first ones alone or any other additions.
And the second round, I got confused also whether or not you put white artist loft in it ☺️.
Thank you
Your very welcome! I agree. I’m happy to share my findings! ❤️
Are you able to find recipes in the description box? When I talk in parts I always get my kitchen scale out and measure in ounces. 1 part=1oz. Does that make sense?
The only one I tried without the Artist Loft White was the Satin House Paint but then I added it in on another canvas to show the difference.
I hope that all makes sense. Please let me know. I’ll try to add how I mix it in one of my upcoming videos.
@@PiecesofTaraArtistry Yes please...sorry, but also found it very confusing seeing that my home language is German.
I understand. I will put my videos with German subtitles from now on.
Lol...
I’m not German !! But that’s okis .. whatever helps 🤗
Lol! I’m sorry a German native speaker commented under your comment and I guess it came to you instead of her...sorry!
Thank u for the information I'm trying this but not much success in getting only small cells and hardly any not sure what I'm doing wrong imusing the behr recipe not Sue if it's to thick or if I'm not taking off enough paint HELP
Hi Cheryl! Thank you so much for watching. Unfortunately without seeing you I can’t tell you if your paints are too thick or too much is being left on the canvas. I can do a zoom consultation with you if you think it would help. If you would like a consultation let me know and we can work out the charges. My email is info@PiecesofTaraArtistry.com 🙏🏻☺️❤️
Independently of the cells , the other ones shows more color which I like it
Yes, I totally agree!
Excellent experiment. I subbed just for watching it. Which recipe would you say was the best balance between decent cells and colors not disappearing? Sorry, I wasn't sure. I did watch twice. Was it the 2 parts housepaint (HP) with the AL or another?
I have to say that I kept the most color with the 2 parts satin house paint with 2 parts artist loft white. The results were very close though to the Behr satin enamel paint mixed the same way. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching and subbing. 🙏🏻❤️
How did you actually make the cells? Did you use cell activator? These are really pretty.
Thank you so much Cindy! The cells are made using very thin skin satin enamel base paint. There is a paint reaction when pouring and stretching it and non enamel paint on top. I have many many videos where I explain the process. Check them out for lots more info! ☺️🙏🏻❤️
These pictures are so pretty Tara
Thanks Aunt Sandy! 😘
What a sacrifice you made to do these. It really takes time and money to do these experiments. Thanks for sharing. BTW when you say Behr satin enamel, do you mean the untinted one 8300 at home depot? Or a white paint that says satin enamel. I have the untinted one for bloom technique. Could I color it with artist Loft? If you don't know I guess I'll experiment. Lol Stay safe. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for your kind words. Yes I use the Behr Premium Plus Interior Satin Enamel Paint in Ultra Pure White 7050. I think that if it’s a SATIN untinted paint it should work by adding the artist loft white BUT I’ve never done that experiment. I only have the high gloss untinted paint so I don’t think that would work. Please if you do the experiment let me know the results and I can add it in a follow up video. 👍
@@PiecesofTaraArtistry Thank you for your quick reply. Can't wait to try this experiment. I'll let you know.
did it work?@@littlefeather9709
so what makes the cells and how do you get it just on the outside of the painting like you did in one of your other videos
Hi Beverly. It is the Satin Enamel recipe that causes those pearl cells. The pearls are achieved by using that recipe which is a very thin base coat and thin paints over top. You then stretch them and because the bottom paint is so light the top paint sinks and the bottom paint floats up to create those cells. I have a video you can watch that shows the exact recipe and how I mix my paints to achieve them. You can check it out if you are interested! ☺️❤️🙏🏻
@@PiecesofTaraArtistry i will for sure i love the painting with cells on outside and flower in middle
Thanks so much Beverly. I have been doing a lot of those lately. If you watch the videos you will see how I achieve the cells on the edges. Paint consistency and stretching the paint are really important in gaining that outcome. Thanks for watching! 🙏🏻❤️☺️
I’m super happy you made this tutorial! I have a question 🙋🏼♀️ so I have satin enamels but in the off white buff color, I saw that you used yours in gray. What would you recommend when using this colored satin enamels for mixing ratios so it dosent eat up all the colors? I also added color to it so it’s not buff colored have you tried this? Any ideas or thoughts on this? I would really appreciate it!! Thanks again for this very generous video. If my satin enamels dosent work I’m really gonna try out Behr house paint now that I have seen the results it’s really cut down my experimenting! 🤗💜
Thank you, Crystal! Soooo...my only experience is with adding color to white satin enamels and in that case I had to add in about another 1/2 part of satin enamels...otherwise when I used the colored satin enamel I used the 1/2 part but I think I would back that down to 1/4 part next time...that was specific to the smoke grey. I’m not sure how the buff color would work...I’m assuming it would be similar to the grey and would need a little less. The variable that I see might be a little tricky is adding the color to the buff white because if the density of that paint is heavy then you would probably need to add a little more of the satin enamels to make the density lighter. I hope this didn’t confuse you but that is my thoughts! ☺️ thanks for the question! Let me know your results!
@@PiecesofTaraArtistry Thank you! What you said makes sense. I actually just got done experimenting with it and I used a 1/4 part of the Satin enamels but nothing but maybe ten cells came thru but like you said I did add some Amsterdam color mixed with FLO and water...so next time I think maybe I need more satin enamels....? Thank you so much for the help and information you have shared! This satin enamels stuff is sooo much guess work and having to just experiment, takes time tho 🤗
I agree 100%! I have taken out stock in test canvases lately! 😂
Keep me posted on your results! Id love to hear how u are doing.
@@PiecesofTaraArtistry 🤣 yes you have! I just use older canvases from when I thought I was doing good, especially when experimenting with this. So I wanted to let you know, I watched Dwight and I saw what it was, my artist loft white must have been thick cause when I saw him pouring out the cloud/pearls mix his was a lot more thin that mine, so I added more water and a little more medium and “bam” it worked! So thank you for your insight it helped a lot and now I’m happy and ready to pour on a brand new canvas!! Yay!🤗💫
Why when. We use house paint in painting it cracked? What can we use to stop it?
You need the Golden GAC 800 in the recipe to keep from cracking. Also you need to make sure that you don’t leave too much paint on the canvas. Hope that helps! ❤️
bravissima complimenti!!!
Thanks so much!🙏
沢山の素敵な作品を楽しみに、動画を見ています😍
真珠の様細胞は何か、絵の具に入れましたか?
Thank you so much! The pearl cells are caused by a paint reaction. I did not add them. It happens when you put an acrylic paint without satin enamel paint over a paint with Satin enamel and stretch it very quickly to make a thin layer of paint. I have many tutorials on my TH-cam that explains the process. 🙏🏻☺️❤️
when you say Behr satin enamel, do you mean white color, because I bought it and it was colorless satin enamel. Which recipe would be for colorless ?
Hi Gina. If you want white cells you used Behr pure white but if you want to be able to get colored cells you used the colorless deep base and tint it yourself to the color you want. ☺️
Can you use a different white instead of Artists Loft White and get the same effect ?
Hi Alison…it’s funny you ask because I asked myself the same question after I made this video so I did another one! Here is the link: th-cam.com/video/dnTSpkkvbGw/w-d-xo.html
Let me know if this doesn’t answer your question! ❤️☺️🙏🏻
Grazie 🙏
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thank you! ❤️
I’m new to your channel. Where do I find your recipes?
Hi Vickie. The recipes are all in the drop down box description. If you tap on the title of the video while it’s playing it will drop down and you can find all my paints and recipes or tap on the little triangle arrow in the bottom right corner under the video. Hope that helps. Otherwise if you watch my most recent video the recipe for my base coat is on the screen. ❤️
Merci beaucoup. En France il est difficile de trouver du GAC800, par quoi peut-on le remplacer ? Super job !!
What would happen if you mix DecoArt stain enamels with Behr satin enamels or mix DecoArt satin enamels with any other ??
You can mix them but you would have to adjust your ratios of both way down so as not to have an overreaction and have it swallow up all the color. 👍☺️
@@PiecesofTaraArtistry
I would love to see a video of you doing it and teaching what to do, like you did in this video 💜💜
Thanks Charlene. I did do a Paint mixing video. Here is the link: th-cam.com/video/ddUrrtQi1Eg/w-d-xo.html
I hope it helps! ❤️🙏🏻
Does anyone ever explain why a Behr satin instead of matte?
I have these leftover paints and some are matte. Is it that different for the reactions?
That is a very good question! So….from what I have gleaned from other artists and what I know of paint additives…the matte paint has less “varnish” additive (which makes it heavier or denser) to it so it might work but will probably produce very little pearl cells… That being said I don’t know this for sure because I have never tried it. The semi gloss and high gloss will produce a pearl like look as well… you just don’t get the puffy cloud like pearls from them like the satin enamel. For some reason the satin enamel has some sort of additive that gives it a puffy look. Because I liked the look of the puffy pearls I never tried using any other house paints. That is a very interesting experiment…I might have to try! In the meantime if you try it I’d love to see your results! My email is taralombardi1010@gmail.com. 🙏🏻☺️❤️
Does it have tobe satin or can it be gloss?
Hi Amanda. I can’t speak to that unfortunately. I have only used the Satin. ☺️
When you say Behr Satin Enamel, do you mean the Behr 8300?
No I mean the Behr 7300. It is a satin sheen instead of a high gloss sheen.
I have tried contacting Deco art to find out why we aren't able to get the white enamel of course I didn't hear anything back but where you're on TH-cam has anybody inquired is to what's going on I noticed that some of the stores aren't even carrying the smaller bottles like the extreme Sheen
Due to COVID they had to shut down their plants for several months. I think it is still operating minimally so it is hard to get ahold of any of their paints right now. I actually really like the Behr Premium Plus from Home Depot better. It doesn’t eat the paint as much as DecoArt Satin Enamels. That’s just my opinion though. ☺️
@@PiecesofTaraArtistry thank you for responding, hopefully they can get back to full production sooner than later, love your work💓
Sooooo, which recipe should I use? I’m getting confused…..lol
You have options! 😬❤️
What makes the cells im so confused
Hi Nicole! This is a pearl cell pour. It is a specific technique which is different from most other pours that makes cells. The satin enamel base coat helps produce the cells…along with an array of ingredients. It’s all about recipe, friction, and consistency of paints. I have lots and lots of videos with explanations if you are looking at more explanation. If you are curious about the cells look up - Pearl Cell Technique. Hope this helps!! 🙏🏻☺️❤️
Yup, Artist Loft = unavailable in EU
Satin Enamels = unavailable in EU
Love watching but unfortunately the recipes are no good for us
BUT enjoying the results and wishing...........
You can substitute the Artist Loft white with any acrylic white paint that you have available and you can use just regular house paint with a satin finish. It will produce similar results.
I didn’t find yr explanation to be very clear as to how you mixed the paints so part way I just skimmed threw the video because I felt like you jumped from one explanation into the next without a thorough explanation of how you reached yr goal so again I found it very confusing and frustrating. But the end results were great however you reached them, even the description I found to not be detailed enough.
I’m so sorry that you found it frustrating. I know in that video I was trying to be helpful but you are definitely entitled to your opinion. Thank you for your frankness. I accept your constructive criticism and will work to do better. ☺️
Thanks for sharing. If I may provide constructive feedback, you say ‘um’ a lot. 💖🎨
Lol! Soooo true!!!! I do really need to work on that. Thanks for the feedback Candi. I ALWAYS welcome constructive feedback.
OMGOODNESS, I'm totally lost. Too much at once.
lol Cindy! It’s definitely not for beginners. Check out my channel for beginner tutorials. That is actually an older video and I have much more up to date videos as well. ❤️☺️🙏🏻