TIP: Even if you're just starting out and using cheap craft paint, splurge on a more expensive brand of WHITE paint. Some cheap white paints tend to crack as they dry. Switching to a nicer white paint really transformed my pouring experience! Have fun!
Start out using small canvas and less expensive paint because you will go through a lot of both. Don't be afraid to paint over an old painting that you don't like when you are practicing. There's lots of experimenting that happens before you get your technique down. Good Luck everyone and enjoying your pouring!!
@@LeilaBean323 Yes! I've done it so much as a few times on one canvas, although after the first time I found the texture can sometimes change on the surface in a way I don't really like as much, it gets a bit "plasticky".
The tips I would give to any beginners would be : 1) When choosing your paint colors in your pour, colors that not only go well together but colors with a good amount of contrast make quality pours. 2) The color yellow will almost always create a nasty mud color whenever combined with white & black. 3) Use latex disposable gloves and in order to keep the edges of your canvas neat & tidy I recommend getting jumbo pishpins to push into each corner of your canvas underneath not only to elevate when you set it down but also to hold & tilt it without leaving finger prints or smudges.
Don't quit after a bad pour! I'm learning to accept the lessons learned by bad pours and do things different next time. My wife and I are having a blast
Great tips, thank you! Here are my tips as a newbie paint pour artist: 1. Before you pour your paint onto your canvas, buy some Daltile (3x3) at a Home Depot, Lowe's, etc. They're only 9 cents each! Then turn one over onto your dripped paint, particularly if you're amazed at the dripped colors, then see what pattern you get. I've made some amazing coasters with this technique: extending my art by using discarded paint. Four of these coasters became Christmas presents and received lots of compliments. Others are on my coffee table. 2. Invest in large tubes/containers of the MAIN COLORS: Black, white, red, blue and yellow. You can mix your own brown, purple, green, orange, etc. with a selection of these colors, thereby saving money. Then hopefully you have: 3. Already bought several squeeze bottles to store your mixed paints in. I bought large bottles for ready-to-use white and black, much smaller bottles for the more "exotic" colors I won't use as often. 4. You can buy Floetrol or a medium--they worked well for me--but did you know you can make your own Floetrol/medium by mixing 60% Elmers Glue-All and 40% water?? And you can make your own Gesso with glue/water/baby powder or corn starch. Who knew?? Check out TH-cam videos for how-to's and save $$$$.
My tip is not to go out and buy everything people say to get for pouring. Get the staples, then grab extra supplies as you go. Also, don't try to pour like anyone else. Do your own thing
I came here to say that! Did my first pour ever today, and it wasn't horrible. Coming from me, it may as well be a Van Gogh because I'm terribly insecure about my creativity. I usually don't comment or read through all, but I may make an exception today. Thank you for this video!!
In anything you do. 😃🙄Umm...🤔Accept murder and stuff....don't do that. 😂 Let's just say if your doing something you love or even think you love and you are not doing it too your liking. Take a step back. Go do something too clear your head. Even if it's drinking a cup of water in another room or outside. Go back....trace your steps,and continue with a fresh mind and what you have come up with that's not working 4 you.
After watching 100s of these videos (stuck in bed!😫) -------- I know ONE thing for SURE!!!!!!😅............ wait for it ......... KNOW WHEN TO STOP!!!!! So many MASTERPIECES have been LOST FOREVER - because the creator did not STOP!!! 😱😰😅 Also! Learn to ENJOY that precious NEGATIVE SPACE!!!! The eye simply needs rest from the chaos of some art techniques! Filling the ENTIRE canvas can be exhausting to look at with SO MANY of these techniques!😵😖😲 Watching these artists is SO relaxing and therapeutic that it can take the place of Prozac! ......... Until you start frantically tipping your I Pad ---- and YELLING - STOP!!!! 😱😅😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Many thanx to ALL the GREAT ARTISTS!!! 💗💗💗💗💗👏👏👏👏👏👏😘😘😘😘😘😘
I finally know what negative space means! I have never really understood it and you gave the simplest definition possible. Thank you, I don't feel so dumb now.
I have thought about that so many times. I have a problem stopping as well. I love negative space!! I think it’s an unsung hero and I would appreciate seeing how to do that.
I love the idea of keeping notes of colors, mixtures, process, etc., but I go one step further. I tape that note on the back of the painting so I never have to hunt for my instructions. Simple little thing but saves a lot of time. Hope this helps! Thanks for your great tips.
Neat idea about your idea, a buyer who is truly fascinated will enjoy knowing what work went into the painting. It will be like a little insight into your world!
Tip for anyone new to this: Don't go into it expecting a certain outcome for your painting. You can do the same thing 10 times and it will NEVER come out like you imagine, and that is the brilliance of Acrylic Paint Pouring. Also, Don't over do it..... sometimes you just need to stop and walk away from it. It probably looks fantastic already!
Agreed 💯 Just did my 1st pour yesterday and it was way more stressful than I had imagined and I was prepared for it to be messy and tricky. Thank you LeftBrainedArtist!
David, a BIG Thank You! Because you are one of the few pouring artist on TH-cam that explains everything in great detail. And for people just starting out AND people whom have been following for a year or so (like me) but hasn’t done any successful pours because after awhile, it all became so intimidating. But has changed now that I’ve found your videos. So THANK YOU- SINCERELY! The problem was I was following lots of different artists and frankly, I just got confused! I thought there was one recipe I was trying to nail….but soon discovered there are many, but I didn’t know at that point what to use and what ingredients I should cut from the list. It seems there are different recipes for various pours…and different pour names too. I’m still not clear on all the differences, like what’s a dutch pour and why is it different from a flip cup recipe? But I decided there were just too many cooks in the kitchen! Lol! I’m only following you because all of your videos are clear, precise and to the point. Also, I enjoyed learning the science behind the paints and the pours themselves. I enjoy listening to you speak on the science parts in other videos too! Your videos are intriguing, unlike others….very well thought out and explained. In the past 2 years, I’ve purchased thousands of dollars on gallons of Behr paint- (Kanella’s original recipe), floetrol, paints, tiles, tools, plastic, wooden stirring sticks, wood conditioners, plastic containers with resealable lids, bottles, polyurethanes, resins, dry paints…aww, so much stuff and never poured a successful pour. It makes me nauseous. I practiced for 6 months on tiles (so I also have lots of canvases that I never used yet.) trying to get cells to come out but as already mentioned, I’ve yet to do a successful pour. There was always something wrong. And after watching your videos and understanding I didn’t need all that stuff to start out, and you made things simple again for me…I’m starting fresh with your videos only and using only glue or floetrol ….nothing else until I’ve mastered the three you taught on your 1-5 series for beginners (flip cup, dirty pour, and tree ring). I didn’t intend on writing this book here but I guess I’m just super relieved that I found you and well, just THANKS! Please know you’ve helped me and I’m sure I’m not alone! I’m looking forward to more exciting videos from you…(no pressure, right? ) lol! Seriously, no pressure…THANKS AGAIN, David and God Bless you and yours from Missouri!
This is fantastic. I was in the same boat as you a few years ago which is why I started making videos. Choosing one method/technique/recipe to master and then moving on to the next is a great way to get out of the analysis paralysis. Glad that I can help. Don't hesitate to ask questions as you have them Laura.
I’m both an artist and a researcher (by nature) so I’ve spent tons of time making notes, watching both your LeftBrainedArtist videos and others on TH-cam to see various techniques, colors used, mixing, sizes of canvases used, objects used for getting different looks, (like small chains to drag), etc. While I haven’t yet actually DONE the pouring, I have studied/watched the various methods and learned things like make sure your paints are adequately thinned, work wet on wet for better/quicker spreadability, cover your corners first along with your edges, use painting tape on the back to keep it clean, use stick pins on the bottom to keep the surface lifted and easy to handle and (my observation) don’t over use too much paint. It just gets wasted on the table when a lot of excess runs off over the sides. Learning about and from observing other people’s mistakes so hopefully I don’t repeat them. I’m sure I’ll make plenty of own but hopefully I won’t repeat other’s. So thank you to everyone who’s shared their experiences! Learning through observation is incredibly helpful!
@Laura Duncan BLESS YOUR HEART ❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤ Thousands of dollars and 2 years later and you are still excited and determined to master this!! I love your dedication and determination!! I'm also EXTREMELY grateful that I found LefrBrainedArtist after my FIRST attempt of pouring! 👏❤👏❤ Looks like I'm starting off on the right track! I posted videos on my Channel of my first 2 attempts (which failed, because I didn't know what I was doing, plus I was using Dollar Tree Tempera Paints) Actually they didn't come out as bad as I imagined, but they weren't exactly "pour" paintings either, after seeing it done the right way. Anyway, today I did my first ACRYLIC pour paintings and after following David's advice (besides ordering the wrong glue and the wrong canvas size) they turned out much better and I'm actually happy with them. I hope you are happily pouring away Laura! ❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤
@@janedittmer286 How is it going? Have you done your first pour yet? I love that you have done so much research! Usually that is how I am too! Lol But for some reason I was able to just jump in with this Acrylic Pouring technique and I'm so thankful that I did! It's only been 2 months since I discovered it, but most of my pours have turned out fairly well, so that's encouraging! Lol I was even feeling brave and uploaded videos of my VERY FIRST attempt as well as every attempt since then, the good and the not so good.... lol Anyway, just wanted to drop some encouragement to you and let you know mistakes will be made, but the best way of learning is doing! 😊 If you haven't started, I highly recommend his video titled "Easy Acrylic Pour Painting for Beginners - TODAY is the day you do your first paint pour!" And then just follow those steps. You can do this one for like $15 - $30. Depending if you buy a "set" of paints or just 3 individual bottles, a package of canvases or just one canvas, ect... My video titled "(1AC) 1st Acrylic Pour Paint Attempt Using Walmart Supplies (Craft Paints)" shows me following his advice and getting it done. If I can do it, you can too! 👏👏 I wouldn't recommend using the same colors I used! Lol Because they all ran together. Lol So I would choose different colors if I did it again. 😅 Happy Pouring! 👏
Shop at thrift stores for paintings. Over paint with house paint and voila you have a new canvas to use. Sometimes they even come with frames. Cheap so no stress about using expensive art store canvases
That’s what I do. And if the pour is a failure I peel the paint off. By the way, I’m on week three of a flip cup pour and no success so far. Onwards and upwards
I keep a small bucket of water handy for cleaning the reusable items. When the water gets too dirty, I dump it into a larger bucket so it will evaporate and leave the acrylic waste behind and out of the water supply.
Thanks! I've never donated to any youtube channel but your videos have given ne the confidence to just start pouring because you really are teaching! I love the way you talk to us. Like you really care. Im getting emotional tyoing this, but anyways, you rock bro. Thank you for all the info. Im hooked!!
Aw, that means a lot Ashlei. Thank you so much. I hope my video keep helping you. Don't hesitate to ask questions also. I love answering them and they give me ideas for new videos.
My tips... Gloves! They save a ton of time. Negative space It is a very important element in a pour. It gives the pour character and movement. I didn't like any pour I ever did until I started giving it some neg space. Set it aside If you don't love a piece then put it aside to dry and look at it a few days later. You may change your mind. I agree we are our own worst critic. Let the paint develop Let your paints do their magic. Let the cells develop and paint stretch. And no when to stop! If you rush and tilt fast it can ruin the delicate balance ! HAVE FUN is the biggest tip I can give...!
My fave tip you gave was to stick with one technique for a while before moving to another. I've been struggling with that in general lately with all my hobbies... bouncing around all over the place. I think I need to set up a plan - each month focus on one thing. Been thinking about that for a while and your tip has cemented it. Thank you!!!!!!!
I actually schedule my crafting on my calendar. I block out time each week & stick to it. I treat it as I would any other appointment. I schedule other things around these blocks of time.
I've been going through the same thing...every time I watch a particular video to learn one specific thing, the 100 on the right catch my eye and before I know it I'm trying 10 more crafts and I bounce back and forth. A plan is definitely the way to go. I think we'll find more peace with planned, focused organization. Glad to hear I'm not the only chaotic artist running and bouncing. LOL 😊
You're my tip master Sir! I'm no artist, I done some classes for mental health and love it.ive not commented much but watched over and over again and again. Thank you and I'm dealing with my criticism (I'm a Leo Virgo cusp) gosh you're so lovely to find as new TH-camr at 60! You lift my spirits and makes me feel like a real artist like you 🙏👵🇭🇲
I did a swipe painting; didn't like it much. Then a friend found it and turned it around long way and it turned into a beach scene for me and I really love it now.
Yep - I've had more than a few that the pouring wasn't 10 minutes old and I just took my scraper and removed 99% of the paint - sometimes ugly is just that - ugly.
Love your delivery. I’m a school teacher. The other channels either talk to fast with unfinished thoughts. Your voice is easy listening... I will be subscribing, thanks
Thank You so much for the upload @LeftBrainedArtist. A friend just gave me a paint pouring kit with 4 colours, a cup, and a canvas. After watching dozens of youtube videos on this type of art over the last week ... I'm finally about to create my first piece. So nervous that it will look horrible. Wish me luck.
I am sure it will look fine. Just make sure you take a second after you pour to think about what you learned and what you want to do different next time.
@@LeftBrainedArtist Just remember art is not surgery. If a surgeon makes a mistake he has to bury his mistakes!! You can scrape off the canvas and start over!
Don't get discouraged. I scraped my first 4 paintings. After that each one got better. I finally got brave enough to try a Dutch pour yesterday. It's not Great. But it is good. It gave me ideas for my next one. Don't get discouraged, get excited.
I like your favorite painting; I like red! I have about a dozen pieces I could not bring myself to throw away, but I didn't like Any; I found fault in all. But my daughter came for a visit. When she was packing up the car, she started putting canvasses in the car, face down. She looked at me and said, "I'm keeping these, and you're not saying no!" I cannot tell you how good that made me feel!!!
Temperature is vital. I was using my sunroom to paint and couldn’t figure out why things that worked prior would go horribly wrong later. If you can use an interior room that stays roughly the same temperature, do that. If not, I covered my windows and do my best to keep it within a few degrees and it’s amazing the difference it makes
When I first started pouring I had such a hard time getting the hang of it, I would say the biggest thing for me was the consistency of my paint mixture. Once I started using measuring cups instead of eyeballing it like the you tubers I followed I actually had decent results. It is so hard to really tell from a video if your paint is thicker or thinner than the artist you’re watching Thank you so much for your videos, I learn so much from every one you post!
You are 100% spot on here. I tell everyone just starting out to measure everything they do and write it down. That way you can reproduce what you are doing and when you make minor changes you have something to refer to when your results change.
SO true!! I got so fed up hearing "melted icecream" and "warm honey" consistency 🙄. I weigh my cups out too. I love following Mina on TH-cam. She makes her paint pretty thick. When I've done that, everything keeps its shape so much better
I totally agree with this one! I FINALLY found the right consistency as of yesterday (15 - 10x10/11x13 canvases later!), and that's the most difficult part about doing these pours. Also, what I've been finding is that the consistency is different with different name brand acrylics. I just started using house paint (latex) and seem to find that I work better with it than the acrylics and will be headed off to Home Depot to get more.
@@leilaniverango7517 how do you neatly dip it out of the cans? And don’t they take up a lot more space and the big cans? And lastly are you able to find a large enough range of bright or deep jewel tones of colors in housepaints? I have yet to find a nice pure bright yellow in any brand at Home Depot, Walmart, Lowe’s. I love to mix my own colors, For me that’s half the fun.
@@boopeep9670 Hi Boo Peep, my husband found some house paint (blue, gray, flourescent green and white) at his work and so far the blue one is my favorite. I use a ladle to get it out of the paint can. I have yet to use the gray and green ones, but I think I will wait until the summer to do that; I do my paintings indoors and it is a bad idea to open a can of housepaint inside. The fumes are overwhelming! As for the white paint -- well, I think the lid is stuck on there for good. I ended up going to Michael's to get a large bottle of white acrylic paint. After I made my comment here, I went to Home Depot to look for more paint. I didn't realize that they were quite pricey, but there seems to be a wide range of colors. As for sizes, I think there were smaller cans -- I'm not sure. Another aisle seem to have more paint, but it was blocked, so I didn't get a chance to see what else they carried.
Do a "drip test" on cardstock to make sure all your colors are the same consistency. Hint: all those political ads you get in the mail right now are the perfect thing to use for drip tests! Also, buy a box of tiny 3" canvas to use to test out color combinations :)
Great advice, my unexpected tip has been to have a test canvas. Mine started out as something that I didn't like so I scraped it. So I thought it's ok it's only paint I'll just sand it lightly and put a couple of layers of gesso on it as it was badly stained. Then I want to test some paint so used it and scraped it. I figured I'd fix it tomorrow. Then I decide to test a technique on a small section. It was then that I realise I could just keep using that feral canvas to test techniques, mediums etc on a small scale over and over again. You can even do small samples of different mediums on it to compare. I just scrape it off when I'm finished and I have a better chance of creating something I like that way. It only cost me cents to practice and I don't stress about wasting a lot of paint and having to fix a canvas. And I'm not invested in how the experiment works out. It's ugly and stained but it's my absolute favourite canvas because I can just play with it.
I actually have a couple canvases that have been scraped and I didn't really know what to do with them because they're in bad shape lol... that's an AWESOME idea and I'm definitely going to do this😁
You gained a subscriber! Thanks for taking the time to explain. I'm a new painter. Painted my very first canvas at 39 years old. Been at it for about a year now. I am not a drawer by any means. Like I literally can't draw a stick person haha. I always assumed ya had to be able to draw to be a good painter. Not so. Anyway I made that all about me but what I meant is THANK YOU SO MUCH!
1 - Reuse items around your house! I have everything from those little cups creamer comes in to take out containers. Condiment cups, straws, disposable cups, plates, silverware. Diapers (you can get them cheap at the dollar store) are amazing to have, “potty pads”, also. Slurpee cups with their lids inverted will help, also. Jars! Cans! Squeeze bottles! So many things you have in your house that you may throw away can be repurposed. 2 - Have plenty of rags - the more absorbent the better. I highly recommend huck towels 3 - Clean your supplies daily, make sure your paint brushes are always soaking when not in use - I sometimes will “art” until I literally cannot keep my eyes open. So my day starts out with coffee and cleaning of supplies. I have accidentally left a brush out overnight and have had a lot of trouble getting the paint/glue/gesso/medium out of it. 4 - Make sure you have plenty of room to dry your paintings and supplies - I quickly realized that between painting, drying and curing room can and will run out quickly. Make sure you have the room, or the ability to control yourself. 5 - Have a container to transport your supplies to and from your cleaning area! I paint in the room next to the bathroom I use to clean and dry my supplies. I have a container that as I dirty a cup, or anything, I just drop it in there. At the end of the day, I have all my stuff in a container that is easy to transport and when everything is dry, stack everything back in there and put it away. 6 - Have fun, don’t overthink it. I’m still very green and over think it all the time. And he’s right, you are your worse critic, I have a friend who says “Set up two accounts; one for the art you like under your own name and one for the art you don’t under a fake name. And then wait for the “fake” you to become more famous”. I plan on doing this. I plan on attempting to sell my ‘art’ under two names and see what happens, However much you think you need to of these things, double them! Great tips, thanks for your videos. You have been such an inspiration to me.
YES! i love all of these. I do have a built in drying rack under my home made art table but I failed to mention that in my tip about a pouring container. I also love finding super cheap supplies that are gently used from the thrift shop. Vases, wood panels, even plastic plates and serving trays are amazing finds for dirty cheap.
I’ve started to buy yoghurt in individual pots (6 and 8) instead of one huge one, excellent for mixing small amounts. Having said that the big pots also have their uses.
Neil Barker - pudding cups, also. There are so many things sold in those little cups that can be reused like that. I bought condiment cups, I reuse them until I no longer can. So my $7 investment for 100 cups has lasted me through several different art projects (alcohol inks, paints, etc.). Sour cream containers and such. I cleaned out the cupboards of all the containers without lids! Jackpot.
I have been looking on Kijiji and Craigslist for people who want to get rid of extra tile from renovation projects. I have gotten some for free and some for 8-10 cents a tile. That's some cheap surfaces to practice on.
After pouring for a couple of years now, I have to agree with the shiny object syndrome. I did so many types of pours that I shelf with about 12 different mediums that would start to go bad before I'd use them which wasted my product. 2 tips I have which I haven't seen here yet... 1. CRAFT STICKS... you see the artists on youtube use them, they're cheap, they're great... right? Not in my experience. The wood they're made from can be very inconsistent which will make checking your paint consistency difficult. (The wood from the sticks will soak up water and paint differently between them.) I switched to plastic spoons and find them WAY easier to work with and I can wash them when I"m done. SECOND... LADIES... if you're working on a bigger canvas where you are doing some blowing/blowing out on the paint... pay attention where you bend and where your boobs are. Seriously. I've ruined paintings and t-shirts a few times and got an accidental balloon technique.
oh and ps... if you like the shape of craft sticks... put a little varnish over some of them. That stops them from "soaking" the water and you can wipe the paint off after and reuse them.
Great tip Hollie. I have tried to find spoons that I liked that worked with my smaller cups but I haven't found anything I really liked. I am thinking about making my own with a 3d printer.
I have to share a personal experience. I hated one of my first pourings (I still think is the ugliest thing) but a person that came to my house, wanted to buy it!!! She loved it. I all ended with her sending me a gift card because she felt that somehow I should be compensated for such nice work!. I did some soul searching about my attitudes and I discovered that was my pride that could not accept the opinion of somebody else that stopped me from accepting her proposal. Your tip number six is almost, a spiritual tip!!! Hahaha!!! Thank you for your work, and for sharing it.
It hurts doesn't it? Something very similar happened to me early on. It has now happened multiple times on my videos when I hate a piece and people comment that they love it.
Tape the back of your canvasses with decorators tape for a neater finish, prep you paint and leave to settle before pouring, put cling film over cups with left over paint and use the next day, mettalic paints are heavier and tend to sink to the bottom of the colours and finally cover your furniture and floors with something preferably something that sticks to the surfaces if you do not have a specific art studio.
I'm a predominantly right brained person, but my left brain has a strong game. It doesn't help that hubby is an engineer and a completely, totally, un-diluted left brain. I love, love, love this video. Finally, someone who is able to explain artistic concepts and techniques clearly and precisely, and give a presentation that is organized and logical. New subscriber. Thank you!
Thankfully we are all both left AND right brained. You may find this interesting as the myths around L/R brains persist, despite massive oversimplification: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/16/left-right-brain-distinction-myth
You are so correct about people having different opinions about what looks good with art! Some of the paintings I have done that I've completely disliked - others have LOVED. IN fact, one time, I was selecting paintings to take to a showing and I almost left out a few that I never liked at all, but something told me to show them anyway. Can you imagine....those were the ones that sold the fastest!!!!! I was completely stunned and it taught me a lot. You never know what will ring people's bells!
My tip is if you buy bottles to store your mixed paints in mark them with the brand, color name and the color number so when you run out you can easily find the exact color to refill the bottle, and not have to wash the bottle over and over to get it clean for a new color.
The number 1 thing (most important) you said was that we are out own worst critic. Its a defense mechanism we set up to either 1. Garner complements from others 2. Set ourselves up if others don't like it. It happens in every craft medium. I'm into quilting (getting into pouring) and nearly every persin that posts on FB says things like: Made lots of mistakes Not sure my colors are ok My lines aren't straight My first quilt, I'll do better next time. All very self defeating statements. People just don't understand that while a mustake may be glaring to you, to the general persin looking at your work - they don't see it until or unless you point it out. This was a grest video. Thank you for sharing your insights. Its been very helpful yo me as I'm just getting into pouring.
Yeah this one is so hard to get used too. I just sold a painting I hated that I thought had tons of mistakes (very minimal and minor) but the new owner is in love with it. The artist's curse is real.
I use a lot of paper towels all day to dry my hands, dishes, lots of things. If they aren't greasy or soiled I let them dry and put them into my bag for my painting. Saves money
BUT different paints act different ways which makes a journal all that more important. Learned that the hard way, I still can't recreate one of the coolest ones I did at the beginning. No clue how I did it 🙄
@@margod8141 one thing I've learned watching all the TH-cam video artists is it's not possible to recreate a piece the same. You can use all the same colors and mixtures but the next piece will always be different.
Good tips, especially the container for doing the pouring. I'll also add gloves to the list. I write that because I sometimes forget when I'm in a hurry. LOL
Yeah, I don't do gloves because I just rip them with my long fingers and large hands. I haven't found any good ones big enough that aren't a small fortune to buy.
Thanks so much. I have 2 five year old granddaughters and hope to start painting with them soon. I,ve been watching different videos to learn and your tips and knowledge really helped.
One thing I've learned with painting/acrylic pouring is to either stand your paintings upright instead of flat down and/or hanging them to store so that your canvas doesn't warp. Love your work! 😊
@@LeftBrainedArtist yes! It also helps to place acid-free paper between them to keep them from sticking together. I've had some paintings that have taken a few to several weeks to cure. Acid-free paper is also very helpful when shipping/transporting paintings. Can't wait to see more of your work, love your channel!
This is not a rule that can't be broken but more a suggestion to consider before starting - choose a color palette that is compatible with a desired result. Example #1 : if you use pumpkin orange , tree green, deep purple, red and banana yellow as your colors, you most likely will find the result very punchy in colors but not really pleasant to look at. Example 2: if you use medium violet, aqua blue, pink , powder blue and white, the colors being closer in a range of colors will be easier on the eyes. I have had the best results using 3 to 5 colors max but you certainly should and must experiment with any number you feel you want to try. Try pure colors then try pastel versions of those colors and see the difference. Also the formula ratio of "pouring medium" to paint is different when using tube paints which are concentrated and hobby craft paints which are already diluted with water. One more tip - I use a postal scale to accurately measure all my formulas - you will learn what works best and write it down in your journal.
I've been teaching art for a long time and the one piece of advice I give to students is that art, be it pouring, painting a background, image transferring ... is that it's organic. Yes, you can take traditional art classes and get all fussy, or you can follow the story the paint is telling. The only time I've ever really "messed" something up was when I was fighting the paint. Letting the paint tell you what it wants to be will free folks from being too particular. One of my favorite quotes is by Picasso: "Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist". Listen to the paint. if it doesn't want to be a certain way, it's not going to go.
IF you feel the need to scrape a painting. Scrape into a cup. Your color may turn out pretty , or you can use it as a flow extender. I put it into a container. It'll last forever so long as the lid is tight
@@annapaffrath2407 I've come up with a pretty violet. A nice dark metallic gray.. once they are mixed extremely well you'll be amazed what you end up with. Once in a while you may have to add some white. But even if you get a muddy mess. Thin it out pour around the outside edges to help other colors move. It'll pour off anyway.
I love your channel! Thank you for sharing your experience. I have been experiencing many of the same things. I do have paint boxes & they help so much. Two things I've learned to do. Use freezer paper on the bottom of my box. Put the plastic coated side up & you'll capture more skins. They pull off the freezer paper easily. This way I don't have to wait for my skins in the box to dry before I can use it again. Just pull out the paper & set it aside to dry. Next, I practice small pours on plastic sheet protectors. When they are dry, I store them easily in a notebook until I'm ready to use them. Keep up the great work!!
You are the man. Thank you for your wisdom! A tip I would say to beginners is more of a mindset: If you’re unsure of if you can do it, don’t overthink it, enjoy the process and see what comes out. It doesn’t have to be “perfect”. Art is always perfect in its own way. No matter what, you’re enjoying making art and trying something new, and there’s so much more to explore after.
Easy for you to talk about taking notes and recording techniques, that is the left brain way. Makes absolute sense. Boring. Splash, mix, pour, splat. It's absolutely impossible for me to follow instructions, even my own. Everything I play with is fun, interesting and sometimes disastrous. I remember some happy experiments and how I got the end result. I totally remember the failures. Excellent videos!
the red one and the green-yellow one are both gorgeous. any painting, even the ugly ones, are beautiful in some way, becasue they are all mirrors of something inside you.
I feel it's important to have a bucket full of sand and I have some large rocks also on there and I drain all my paint water through there to collect all the little bits of acrylic. You put it in your sewer it will eventually clog your pipes and God knows we have enough plastic in our that's my tip. One other tip don't give up it takes a while to get as good as some of these artists but just relax and have fun oh, wait until it's dry before you make a decision so many times I scrapped mine was sorry about it later
Patience is one of the hardest things for me with acrylic pours. You definitely don't want to be clogging your drains with paint. I usually either let mine dry or scrape them a ton and thne put them in a bucket of water so the paint gets super diluted.
I use a shallow cardboard box (it's a large sheet cake/birthday cake box) with a plastic trash bag as a liner. Wooden dowels across the top to rest my canvas on. Has worked for me for five years. Good Luke, have fun, God bless.🌹
I know this was a Year ago but I always believe that even if you don't like your own painting there will be someone who will love it and want it so i guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say it. I think that's the right quote.
Wow!!! U are an amazing artist!! Your channel is exactly what I was looking for! I have “normal “?!? art…. for decades. This is something I have always wanted to try but was held back from lack of knowledge. Kudos to you!
I love your tips and I'm so glad you asked viewers to put their tips in the comment section. I'm learning so much. I'm super pleased I came across your videos!
Great tip! I tried once but I found it was too heavy and didn't let my paint out naturally. Are you lifting and moving it naturally? I'll have to try that. Those are always available in my house too Myriam.
@@LeftBrainedArtist It works well for me because I do not pour too much painting and sometimes I use two at the same time. I wait a few seconds until the painting begins flowing, they I drag them slowly, barely lifting. I've noticed if I drag with pressure the painting is messed up. After using the cylinder twice, you'll see the painting sticks below, but you can always replace it (if you want). Greetings :)
Love your tip that you are your own worst critic! SO TRUE! I sell acrylic paintings and without fail, every time...people buy the paintings that I describe as "not my best work" Never fails to surprise me when my self proclaimed "amazing paintings" sit there.
Thanks for all the great tips! I'm a pourer of 1 year, and only just came across your channel. I really appreciate how you finish your thoughts and explanations- I find them to be either long winded or not finished by other artists so its hard to decode what they're trying to say. And thank you pouring community for adding more tips! So much great advice I will be sure to apply. Happy pouring! 💜
This was a great video for someone (such as myself) who wants to give it a try, but hasn’t even began to get supplies yet because they don’t know where to begin. Not only were the tips useful & honest, but in the description, you have links to a series for beginners going all the back to the science of it all...and that’s what I’ve been looking for. I’m so excited to watch that series and follow your future videos. Thank you very much!! 🙂
Appreciate the share sir. I used to spill with inks many moons ago but have been wanting to get into acrylics. Was gifted a set and I really appreciate how humble you were throughout the video. A lot of the points are often overlooked by other vids and reminded me a lot of how I approach training colleagues. You even stopped mid video and asked others to comment what they wish they would have known, all about the greater good. Cheers.
Great advice about sticking with a technique. I’m focusing on dipping and having good success with that. I just started ring pouring and going through the learning curve. Swiping and using straws or hair dryers to blow has been very hard for me. I had to stop because I was getting discouraged. So I went back to dipping and began to find the joy again.
All great tips. But this is a big one for me. As with anything in life... If your doing it to be meticulous rather for the sheer love and enjoyment of it all then what's the point. I fell in love with what the paint does. It's like magic. Love your tips and pointers not trying to criticize. I just love the spontaneous thrill you get when you see what happens. I keep watching videos and trying out whatever comes to me. And it's fun.
Totally fair point Jeni and no criticism taken. That's the beauty of art isn't it? We can all experience it in different ways. I can enjoy (and be in desperate need of) the process and science, other artists like you can just enjoy the spontaneity.
I am a beginner and live in a condo that doesn't really have a space for painting. What I have done is cover my table with plastic, and reused the small red plastic coffee containers to place under my canvas. I like using a hair drying so I also take garbage bags to cover the chairs. Once in awhile it does splatter. Once the painting is dry the paint on the plastic just peals up, I sometimes use the large pieces, skins, and make other things with it. I find pour painting therapeutic and will continue doing it. I am lucking because I work for a plaque company and I am able to take the metal, and wood plaques that come back and use them to create my art. I simply sand them down and paint a base coat. My favorite part so far has been having an idea on what I want to do and it comes our completely different but I end up loving it. I appreciate the tips that were shared and will put several of them into practice!
Ooh, having a supply of painting surfaces would be quite beneficial for sure. I find pouring painting very therapeutic too. Especially now that I have learned to slow down and enjoy the process as much as the painting itself.
Thanks again for a great BASICS lesson. I agree wholeheartedly with the note taking, a fantastic historical resource. One tip, maybe, if you have an uneven surface use a board with screws underneath. The screws can be adjusted to get a level surface for drying. Big thumbs up.
I used to use J hooks to level my canvases because they I could adjust any of the 4 sides separately. That need went away with my container and table (the table has leveling feet). I would have never thought to use a board and screws. Fantastic idea.
I appreciate your no frills, lets just get this done method. Will make one suggestion for practice pours. I was originally trying to achieve a reverse pour look so I could paint the underside of a glass table. To practice I used the glass from an old framed picture. The glass was great because although my pours look awful (learning curve) all I had to do is let it dry and then use a cheap window scraper to remove everything and could start again. Thank you for your tutorials.
I had the worst time as a new pourer to figure out formulas for my paint base coats. Watching the people pour on the videos seemed like they were always hiding the real recipes. I think u tubes are learning videos.. turns out it’s a selling spot. But I still watch and try to learn as much as possible. I am loving this hobby, I appreciate your advise video.
You are very welcome. I just take my base coat paint amount out of my overall paint calculation. Usually around 30% goes to the base and the rest for the pour.
I am new and have been pouring about a month now. I just learned a formula for the amount of paint to use for the flip cup or dirty pour technique. Take the sq. in. of the canvas and divide it by 28. 12in x 12in equal 144in divided by 28 equal 5.14oz of paint in cup. If using a base coat use a little less in flip cup. Also learned to take a piece of cardboard or something you can fold in the middle and use that on the corners while tilting to keep the paint from pouring off and then move it back to middle and move the corner protector to next corner and repeat for all four corners. Maybe not something everyone likes to do but I like it.
Definitely good advice for new acrylic pour artists. Thanks for sharing! Don't forget to include the sides of your canvas in your surface area calculation.
@@kimberlyperkins2992 yeah but it would be more difficult to measure the total amount of paint involved in Dutch pours and blooms since they are not combined till on the canvas.
Your 6th tip hit hard! You did hit it on the head! I am my worst critic never thinking it is good enough! You cannot compare your work to other people whether beginners or professionals. Oh yeah!! I will keep telling myself that! Thank you!
So I found that last painting you hate can be touched up! I have done a few like that and I hated them in black as it is dark. I last night did one with black, which was super dark and in that big voided section I used the drippings in that section to create a smaller blown out sections I have a small baster with a fine tip that I used to blow those sections out and I love the painting more now than the original way.
TIP: Even if you're just starting out and using cheap craft paint, splurge on a more expensive brand of WHITE paint. Some cheap white paints tend to crack as they dry. Switching to a nicer white paint really transformed my pouring experience! Have fun!
Great tip! You hit the nail on the head. My video today with craft paints I totally ran in to this exact problem.
Thank you for the tip!
Is there a white paint you recommend?
I found this out the hard way!!
What would be a good white? I've never done so, but I'm always seeing people use "wall paint".
Start out using small canvas and less expensive paint because you will go through a lot of both. Don't be afraid to paint over an old painting that you don't like when you are practicing. There's lots of experimenting that happens before you get your technique down. Good Luck everyone and enjoying your pouring!!
Yes!! Amen to everything you said.
Thank you, how true....I am in the middle of trying...😉
I didn’t know I could pour over an existing painting. Thank you!
@@LeilaBean323 Yes! I've done it so much as a few times on one canvas, although after the first time I found the texture can sometimes change on the surface in a way I don't really like as much, it gets a bit "plasticky".
Jeep fam 👋🏾
The tips I would give to any beginners would be :
1) When choosing your paint colors in your pour, colors that not only go well together but colors with a good amount of contrast make quality pours.
2) The color yellow will almost always create a nasty mud color whenever combined with white & black.
3) Use latex disposable gloves and in order to keep the edges of your canvas neat & tidy I recommend getting jumbo pishpins to push into each corner of your canvas underneath not only to elevate when you set it down but also to hold & tilt it without leaving finger prints or smudges.
Good tips. Thanks!
Thank you!!! Loving this community
Is non latex disposable gloves ok too? I am allergic to latex gloves
Sorry but I'm extremely allergic to latex, only ever use plastic gloves.
@@theresaduhon9281nope. Won't work
Don't quit after a bad pour! I'm learning to accept the lessons learned by bad pours and do things different next time. My wife and I are having a blast
So true Steve. Plus some pours we think or bad other people love.
Great tips, thank you! Here are my tips as a newbie paint pour artist: 1. Before you pour your paint onto your canvas, buy some Daltile (3x3) at a Home Depot, Lowe's, etc. They're only 9 cents each! Then turn one over onto your dripped paint, particularly if you're amazed at the dripped colors, then see what pattern you get. I've made some amazing coasters with this technique: extending my art by using discarded paint. Four of these coasters became Christmas presents and received lots of compliments. Others are on my coffee table. 2. Invest in large tubes/containers of the MAIN COLORS: Black, white, red, blue and yellow. You can mix your own brown, purple, green, orange, etc. with a selection of these colors, thereby saving money. Then hopefully you have: 3. Already bought several squeeze bottles to store your mixed paints in. I bought large bottles for ready-to-use white and black, much smaller bottles for the more "exotic" colors I won't use as often. 4. You can buy Floetrol or a medium--they worked well for me--but did you know you can make your own Floetrol/medium by mixing 60% Elmers Glue-All and 40% water?? And you can make your own Gesso with glue/water/baby powder or corn starch. Who knew?? Check out TH-cam videos for how-to's and save $$$$.
Great tips Lory. I need to make myself a coffee table apparently. That would be sweet.
Thank you!!!
Great tip. I’ll get some today!
Thats my next trip. Home depot, tiles, bigger cans of paint, and glue!!!
Did you use resin or varnish on your coasters.
My tip is not to go out and buy everything people say to get for pouring. Get the staples, then grab extra supplies as you go. Also, don't try to pour like anyone else. Do your own thing
Great advice for sure.
THE MOST IMPORTANT ADVICE FOR BEGINNERS IS TO WATCH MANY TH-cam VIDEOS FROM MANY DIFFERENT ARTISTS.
Definitely watch lots of art but don't just watch, do. Doing is so much more exhilarating.
Yupp.... I've learned from their mistakes & then do it my own way😁😁😁😁🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I came here to say that! Did my first pour ever today, and it wasn't horrible. Coming from me, it may as well be a Van Gogh because I'm terribly insecure about my creativity. I usually don't comment or read through all, but I may make an exception today. Thank you for this video!!
@@LeftBrainedArtist Looking is ok, but doing is a much better learning experience.
If you want to learn to ride a horse, you have to get on a horse. Watching does'nt teach you.
There are no failures. There are only learning experiences.
Yes Stormy! So true.
In anything you do. 😃🙄Umm...🤔Accept murder and stuff....don't do that. 😂 Let's just say if your doing something you love or even think you love and you are not doing it too your liking. Take a step back. Go do something too clear your head. Even if it's drinking a cup of water in another room or outside. Go back....trace your steps,and continue with a fresh mind and what you have come up with that's not working 4 you.
All "failures" are next step to success!!!
After watching 100s of these videos (stuck in bed!😫) -------- I know ONE thing for SURE!!!!!!😅............ wait for it ......... KNOW WHEN TO STOP!!!!! So many MASTERPIECES have been LOST FOREVER - because the creator did not STOP!!! 😱😰😅 Also! Learn to ENJOY that precious NEGATIVE SPACE!!!! The eye simply needs rest from the chaos of some art techniques! Filling the ENTIRE canvas can be exhausting to look at with SO MANY of these techniques!😵😖😲 Watching these artists is SO relaxing and therapeutic that it can take the place of Prozac! ......... Until you start frantically tipping your I Pad ---- and YELLING - STOP!!!! 😱😅😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Many thanx to ALL the GREAT ARTISTS!!! 💗💗💗💗💗👏👏👏👏👏👏😘😘😘😘😘😘
LOL. I totally understand that.
I finally know what negative space means! I have never really understood it and you gave the simplest definition possible. Thank you, I don't feel so dumb now.
Less is more, simple concept but you're right.
I have thought about that so many times. I have a problem stopping as well. I love negative space!! I think it’s an unsung hero and I would appreciate seeing how to do that.
So many ruined paintings hey
I love the idea of keeping notes of colors, mixtures, process, etc., but I go one step further. I tape that note on the back of the painting so I never have to hunt for my instructions. Simple little thing but saves a lot of time. Hope this helps! Thanks for your great tips.
That's a great idea Linda. Thanks!
Talk about helps. Thanks.🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕
@@psychedelic-guitar-art I write a number on the back of the canvas that corresponds to the same number in my notes
@@matmorrow very smart!
Neat idea about your idea, a buyer who is truly fascinated will enjoy knowing what work went into the painting. It will be like a little insight into your world!
Tip for anyone new to this: Don't go into it expecting a certain outcome for your painting. You can do the same thing 10 times and it will NEVER come out like you imagine, and that is the brilliance of Acrylic Paint Pouring. Also, Don't over do it..... sometimes you just need to stop and walk away from it. It probably looks fantastic already!
So true. Nothing is the same and leave well enough alone.
Seems everyone forgot to say the most important thing remember to have fun, relax ,
This is supposed to be your leisure time
Amen. I do this to unwind for sure. Sometimes it is hard to disconnect the feelings after the results with the fun of doing.
Vrry good advice.
I like the one you said "Stick to one technique, master it before you move onto the next one"
It is so hard to do but so helpful while you are learning.
This is one of the most honest pure hearted tips video I've ever seen. Thank you for your advice!
So glad Nicole. Thanks for dropping a comment.
💯 Seriously!!
I totally agree! I'm just getting into this type of art and watching a lot of videos. He really is pure hearted and earnest!
Agreed 💯 Just did my 1st pour yesterday and it was way more stressful than I had imagined and I was prepared for it to be messy and tricky. Thank you LeftBrainedArtist!
Many thanks for your information greetings from Germany
David, a BIG Thank You! Because you are one of the few pouring artist on TH-cam that explains everything in great detail. And for people just starting out AND people whom have been following for a year or so (like me) but hasn’t done any successful pours because after awhile, it all became so intimidating. But has changed now that I’ve found your videos. So THANK YOU- SINCERELY! The problem was I was following lots of different artists and frankly, I just got confused! I thought there was one recipe I was trying to nail….but soon discovered there are many, but I didn’t know at that point what to use and what ingredients I should cut from the list. It seems there are different recipes for various pours…and different pour names too. I’m still not clear on all the differences, like what’s a dutch pour and why is it different from a flip cup recipe? But I decided there were just too many cooks in the kitchen! Lol! I’m only following you because all of your videos are clear, precise and to the point. Also, I enjoyed learning the science behind the paints and the pours themselves. I enjoy listening to you speak on the science parts in other videos too! Your videos are intriguing, unlike others….very well thought out and explained. In the past 2 years, I’ve purchased thousands of dollars on gallons of Behr paint- (Kanella’s original recipe), floetrol, paints, tiles, tools, plastic, wooden stirring sticks, wood conditioners, plastic containers with resealable lids, bottles, polyurethanes, resins, dry paints…aww, so much stuff and never poured a successful pour. It makes me nauseous. I practiced for 6 months on tiles (so I also have lots of canvases that I never used yet.) trying to get cells to come out but as already mentioned, I’ve yet to do a successful pour. There was always something wrong. And after watching your videos and understanding I didn’t need all that stuff to start out, and you made things simple again for me…I’m starting fresh with your videos only and using only glue or floetrol ….nothing else until I’ve mastered the three you taught on your 1-5 series for beginners (flip cup, dirty pour, and tree ring). I didn’t intend on writing this book here but I guess I’m just super relieved that I found you and well, just THANKS! Please know you’ve helped me and I’m sure I’m not alone! I’m looking forward to more exciting videos from you…(no pressure, right? ) lol! Seriously, no pressure…THANKS AGAIN, David and God Bless you and yours from Missouri!
This is fantastic. I was in the same boat as you a few years ago which is why I started making videos. Choosing one method/technique/recipe to master and then moving on to the next is a great way to get out of the analysis paralysis.
Glad that I can help. Don't hesitate to ask questions as you have them Laura.
I’m both an artist and a researcher (by nature) so I’ve spent tons of time making notes, watching both your LeftBrainedArtist videos and others on TH-cam to see various techniques, colors used, mixing, sizes of canvases used, objects used for getting different looks, (like small chains to drag), etc. While I haven’t yet actually DONE the pouring, I have studied/watched the various methods and learned things like make sure your paints are adequately thinned, work wet on wet for better/quicker spreadability, cover your corners first along with your edges, use painting tape on the back to keep it clean, use stick pins on the bottom to keep the surface lifted and easy to handle and (my observation) don’t over use too much paint. It just gets wasted on the table when a lot of excess runs off over the sides. Learning about and from observing other people’s mistakes so hopefully I don’t repeat them. I’m sure I’ll make plenty of own but hopefully I won’t repeat other’s. So thank you to everyone who’s shared their experiences! Learning through observation is incredibly helpful!
@Laura Duncan BLESS YOUR HEART
❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤
Thousands of dollars and 2 years later and you are still excited and determined to master this!!
I love your dedication and determination!!
I'm also EXTREMELY grateful that I found LefrBrainedArtist after my FIRST attempt of pouring! 👏❤👏❤ Looks like I'm starting off on the right track! I posted videos on my Channel of my first 2 attempts (which failed, because I didn't know what I was doing, plus I was using Dollar Tree Tempera Paints) Actually they didn't come out as bad as I imagined, but they weren't exactly "pour" paintings either, after seeing it done the right way.
Anyway, today I did my first ACRYLIC pour paintings and after following David's advice (besides ordering the wrong glue and the wrong canvas size) they turned out much better and I'm actually happy with them.
I hope you are happily pouring away Laura! ❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤
@@janedittmer286 How is it going? Have you done your first pour yet?
I love that you have done so much research! Usually that is how I am too! Lol But for some reason I was able to just jump in with this Acrylic Pouring technique and I'm so thankful that I did! It's only been 2 months since I discovered it, but most of my pours have turned out fairly well, so that's encouraging! Lol
I was even feeling brave and uploaded videos of my VERY FIRST attempt as well as every attempt since then, the good and the not so good.... lol
Anyway, just wanted to drop some encouragement to you and let you know mistakes will be made, but the best way of learning is doing! 😊
If you haven't started, I highly recommend his video titled "Easy Acrylic Pour Painting for Beginners - TODAY is the day you do your first paint pour!"
And then just follow those steps. You can do this one for like $15 - $30. Depending if you buy a "set" of paints or just 3 individual bottles, a package of canvases or just one canvas, ect...
My video titled "(1AC) 1st Acrylic Pour Paint Attempt Using Walmart Supplies (Craft Paints)" shows me following his advice and getting it done. If I can do it, you can too! 👏👏 I wouldn't recommend using the same colors I used! Lol Because they all ran together. Lol So I would choose different colors if I did it again. 😅
Happy Pouring! 👏
WELL SAID !
gotta love a down-to-earth guy with honest lessons
Thanks Jason. I appreciate that.
Shop at thrift stores for paintings. Over paint with house paint and voila you have a new canvas to use. Sometimes they even come with frames. Cheap so no stress about using expensive art store canvases
Such a good tip for sure Krysia.
I would never have thought of doing that. Such a good idea
Wowwww this is so smart! I'll be trying this tip!
That’s what I do. And if the pour is a failure I peel the paint off. By the way, I’m on week three of a flip cup pour and no success so far. Onwards and upwards
I keep a small bucket of water handy for cleaning the reusable items. When the water gets too dirty, I dump it into a larger bucket so it will evaporate and leave the acrylic waste behind and out of the water supply.
Excellent tip.
Brilliant
This is a rly good tip- where do you leave the bucket to evaporate? I'm not sure I want that evaoprating inmy house...
Outdoors
Fabulous tip, thanks. I hate dumping acrylic'd water down the drain.
Thanks! I've never donated to any youtube channel but your videos have given ne the confidence to just start pouring because you really are teaching! I love the way you talk to us. Like you really care. Im getting emotional tyoing this, but anyways, you rock bro. Thank you for all the info. Im hooked!!
Aw, that means a lot Ashlei. Thank you so much. I hope my video keep helping you. Don't hesitate to ask questions also. I love answering them and they give me ideas for new videos.
My tips...
Gloves! They save a ton of time.
Negative space
It is a very important element in a pour. It gives the pour character and movement. I didn't like any pour I ever did until I started giving it some neg space.
Set it aside
If you don't love a piece then put it aside to dry and look at it a few days later. You may change your mind.
I agree we are our own worst critic.
Let the paint develop
Let your paints do their magic. Let the cells develop and paint stretch. And no when to stop!
If you rush and tilt fast it can ruin the delicate balance !
HAVE FUN is the biggest tip I can give...!
Let your paints do the magic!!! I love this G Kelley. TYVM.
I love that you address that many people are their own worst critic. There are as many tastes as there are people in this world.
Exactly Emma!
art is the hardest job in he world, why, there are no rules!!
Im glad I found your channel, I’m a dabbler and I still like to go back to basics at times, for me I usually pick up something I missed the first time
Welcome aboard!
My fave tip you gave was to stick with one technique for a while before moving to another. I've been struggling with that in general lately with all my hobbies... bouncing around all over the place. I think I need to set up a plan - each month focus on one thing. Been thinking about that for a while and your tip has cemented it. Thank you!!!!!!!
That really helped me feel like I was gaining traction with acrylic pour. I hope it does the same for you.
I actually schedule my crafting on my calendar. I block out time each week & stick to it.
I treat it as I would any other appointment. I schedule other things around these blocks of time.
Yes that's a great idea sticking to one first. I've found myself doing the same thing in my crafts and it just frustrates me
I've been going through the same thing...every time I watch a particular video to learn one specific thing, the 100 on the right catch my eye and before I know it I'm trying 10 more crafts and I bounce back and forth. A plan is definitely the way to go. I think we'll find more peace with planned, focused organization. Glad to hear I'm not the only chaotic artist running and bouncing. LOL 😊
Exactly me too
Shiny object syndrome. I like that term, because it’s exactly what I’m doing right now!
Totally. So many great techniques to try.
dude, the painting on your apron looks better than some of my actual paintings!
Lol, I am pretty sure that thing is going to come alive and haunt me one day.
I was thinking the exact same thing!!!😅🤣
Frame the apron art when retiring it.
🤣🤣🤣 likewise 🤣🤣
@@whitneymiracle7288 Yup, cut that part of the apron out and frame it!!!
You're my tip master Sir! I'm no artist, I done some classes for mental health and love it.ive not commented much but watched over and over again and again. Thank you and I'm dealing with my criticism (I'm a Leo Virgo cusp) gosh you're so lovely to find as new TH-camr at 60! You lift my spirits and makes me feel like a real artist like you 🙏👵🇭🇲
You are a real artist. I told myself I wasn't for the longest time but now . . . I can't escape it anymore.
I did a swipe painting; didn't like it much. Then a friend found it and turned it around long way and it turned into a beach scene for me and I really love it now.
It's amazing how a little bit of different perspective from someone can change a painting doesn't it?
Tip: don't expect 'perfection'. You can paint over it again if you don't like how it looks.
So true. And so hard to follow for most of us artists.😉
Yep - I've had more than a few that the pouring wasn't 10 minutes old and I just took my scraper and removed 99% of the paint - sometimes ugly is just that - ugly.
Agree.
As he says, we're are own worst critics
Love your delivery. I’m a school teacher. The other channels either talk to fast with unfinished thoughts. Your voice is easy listening... I will be subscribing, thanks
Wow, thank you! My mom was a high school English teacher for 20 years and I think it's rubbed off on me a bit.
Thank You so much for the upload @LeftBrainedArtist.
A friend just gave me a paint pouring kit with 4 colours, a cup, and a canvas. After watching dozens of youtube videos on this type of art over the last week ... I'm finally about to create my first piece. So nervous that it will look horrible. Wish me luck.
I am sure it will look fine. Just make sure you take a second after you pour to think about what you learned and what you want to do different next time.
@@LeftBrainedArtist Just remember art is not surgery. If a surgeon makes a mistake he has to bury his mistakes!! You can scrape off the canvas and start over!
Don't get discouraged. I scraped my first 4 paintings. After that each one got better. I finally got brave enough to try a Dutch pour yesterday. It's not Great. But it is good. It gave me ideas for my next one. Don't get discouraged, get excited.
YES PAM! Take a lesson from each try and get better every time. Love it.
I like your favorite painting; I like red!
I have about a dozen pieces I could not bring myself to throw away, but I didn't like Any; I found fault in all. But my daughter came for a visit. When she was packing up the car, she started putting canvasses in the car, face down. She looked at me and said, "I'm keeping these, and you're not saying no!" I cannot tell you how good that made me feel!!!
I know right?!? I've had a few like that too!
Temperature is vital. I was using my sunroom to paint and couldn’t figure out why things that worked prior would go horribly wrong later. If you can use an interior room that stays roughly the same temperature, do that. If not, I covered my windows and do my best to keep it within a few degrees and it’s amazing the difference it makes
So true. Really noticing that this summer. A draft over your drying paintings can cause issues too. Great tip Crystal.
I Love that GREEN/YELLOW/BLACK too. We are our worst critics. You Share some AWESOME TIPS!Thank you. Im ready to start my first pour.
I hope you love it as much as I do.
When I first started pouring I had such a hard time getting the hang of it, I would say the biggest thing for me was the consistency of my paint mixture. Once I started using measuring cups instead of eyeballing it like the you tubers I followed I actually had decent results. It is so hard to really tell from a video if your paint is thicker or thinner than the artist you’re watching
Thank you so much for your videos, I learn so much from every one you post!
You are 100% spot on here. I tell everyone just starting out to measure everything they do and write it down. That way you can reproduce what you are doing and when you make minor changes you have something to refer to when your results change.
SO true!! I got so fed up hearing "melted icecream" and "warm honey" consistency 🙄. I weigh my cups out too. I love following Mina on TH-cam. She makes her paint pretty thick. When I've done that, everything keeps its shape so much better
I totally agree with this one! I FINALLY found the right consistency as of yesterday (15 - 10x10/11x13 canvases later!), and that's the most difficult part about doing these pours. Also, what I've been finding is that the consistency is different with different name brand acrylics. I just started using house paint (latex) and seem to find that I work better with it than the acrylics and will be headed off to Home Depot to get more.
@@leilaniverango7517 how do you neatly dip it out of the cans? And don’t they take up a lot more space and the big cans? And lastly are you able to find a large enough range of bright or deep jewel tones of colors in housepaints?
I have yet to find a nice pure bright yellow in any brand at Home Depot, Walmart, Lowe’s. I love to mix my own colors, For me that’s half the fun.
@@boopeep9670 Hi Boo Peep, my husband found some house paint (blue, gray, flourescent green and white) at his work and so far the blue one is my favorite. I use a ladle to get it out of the paint can. I have yet to use the gray and green ones, but I think I will wait until the summer to do that; I do my paintings indoors and it is a bad idea to open a can of housepaint inside. The fumes are overwhelming! As for the white paint -- well, I think the lid is stuck on there for good. I ended up going to Michael's to get a large bottle of white acrylic paint. After I made my comment here, I went to Home Depot to look for more paint. I didn't realize that they were quite pricey, but there seems to be a wide range of colors. As for sizes, I think there were smaller cans -- I'm not sure. Another aisle seem to have more paint, but it was blocked, so I didn't get a chance to see what else they carried.
Do a "drip test" on cardstock to make sure all your colors are the same consistency. Hint: all those political ads you get in the mail right now are the perfect thing to use for drip tests! Also, buy a box of tiny 3" canvas to use to test out color combinations :)
That is the perfect thing for the political card stock ads.
what a fantastic idea!!! Thank you.
i love that hahaha
My voting ads ended up getting folded into disposable dishes for canned cat food. One of them got used as a dog poop scooper. Lol
@@ZebraLuv Awesomely funny. I love that pooper scooper idea. 👩🎨🎨💖🍀🌟🦓🇺🇸
Great advice, my unexpected tip has been to have a test canvas. Mine started out as something that I didn't like so I scraped it. So I thought it's ok it's only paint I'll just sand it lightly and put a couple of layers of gesso on it as it was badly stained. Then I want to test some paint so used it and scraped it. I figured I'd fix it tomorrow. Then I decide to test a technique on a small section. It was then that I realise I could just keep using that feral canvas to test techniques, mediums etc on a small scale over and over again. You can even do small samples of different mediums on it to compare. I just scrape it off when I'm finished and I have a better chance of creating something I like that way. It only cost me cents to practice and I don't stress about wasting a lot of paint and having to fix a canvas. And I'm not invested in how the experiment works out. It's ugly and stained but it's my absolute favourite canvas because I can just play with it.
I definitely recycle canvas for testing for sure.
I actually have a couple canvases that have been scraped and I didn't really know what to do with them because they're in bad shape lol... that's an AWESOME idea and I'm definitely going to do this😁
Brilliant idea!!
You gained a subscriber! Thanks for taking the time to explain. I'm a new painter. Painted my very first canvas at 39 years old. Been at it for about a year now. I am not a drawer by any means. Like I literally can't draw a stick person haha. I always assumed ya had to be able to draw to be a good painter. Not so. Anyway I made that all about me but what I meant is THANK YOU SO MUCH!
That is exactly me. Never ever in a million years thought I'd be an artist and love this so much.
The red painting... Wow!
Thanks so much. My favorite one I have made I think.
@@LeftBrainedArtist do you have a video when you make it?😊
Your red painting on the wall is beautiful.
One of my favorites for sure. Thanks!
Brilliant tips. I especially like #6. “Your art is great.” I think a lot of artists need to hear that.
So true! The artist's curse gets us every time.
1 - Reuse items around your house! I have everything from those little cups creamer comes in to take out containers. Condiment cups, straws, disposable cups, plates, silverware. Diapers (you can get them cheap at the dollar store) are amazing to have, “potty pads”, also. Slurpee cups with their lids inverted will help, also. Jars! Cans! Squeeze bottles! So many things you have in your house that you may throw away can be repurposed.
2 - Have plenty of rags - the more absorbent the better. I highly recommend huck towels
3 - Clean your supplies daily, make sure your paint brushes are always soaking when not in use - I sometimes will “art” until I literally cannot keep my eyes open. So my day starts out with coffee and cleaning of supplies. I have accidentally left a brush out overnight and have had a lot of trouble getting the paint/glue/gesso/medium out of it.
4 - Make sure you have plenty of room to dry your paintings and supplies - I quickly realized that between painting, drying and curing room can and will run out quickly. Make sure you have the room, or the ability to control yourself.
5 - Have a container to transport your supplies to and from your cleaning area! I paint in the room next to the bathroom I use to clean and dry my supplies. I have a container that as I dirty a cup, or anything, I just drop it in there. At the end of the day, I have all my stuff in a container that is easy to transport and when everything is dry, stack everything back in there and put it away.
6 - Have fun, don’t overthink it. I’m still very green and over think it all the time. And he’s right, you are your worse critic, I have a friend who says “Set up two accounts; one for the art you like under your own name and one for the art you don’t under a fake name. And then wait for the “fake” you to become more famous”. I plan on doing this. I plan on attempting to sell my ‘art’ under two names and see what happens,
However much you think you need to of these things, double them! Great tips, thanks for your videos. You have been such an inspiration to me.
YES! i love all of these. I do have a built in drying rack under my home made art table but I failed to mention that in my tip about a pouring container. I also love finding super cheap supplies that are gently used from the thrift shop. Vases, wood panels, even plastic plates and serving trays are amazing finds for dirty cheap.
I’ve started to buy yoghurt in individual pots (6 and 8) instead of one huge one, excellent for mixing small amounts. Having said that the big pots also have their uses.
Neil Barker - pudding cups, also. There are so many things sold in those little cups that can be reused like that. I bought condiment cups, I reuse them until I no longer can. So my $7 investment for 100 cups has lasted me through several different art projects (alcohol inks, paints, etc.). Sour cream containers and such. I cleaned out the cupboards of all the containers without lids! Jackpot.
I have been looking on Kijiji and Craigslist for people who want to get rid of extra tile from renovation projects. I have gotten some for free and some for 8-10 cents a tile. That's some cheap surfaces to practice on.
Holy crap this is an AMAZING idea. I never would have thought to do that!
After pouring for a couple of years now, I have to agree with the shiny object syndrome. I did so many types of pours that I shelf with about 12 different mediums that would start to go bad before I'd use them which wasted my product. 2 tips I have which I haven't seen here yet... 1. CRAFT STICKS... you see the artists on youtube use them, they're cheap, they're great... right? Not in my experience. The wood they're made from can be very inconsistent which will make checking your paint consistency difficult. (The wood from the sticks will soak up water and paint differently between them.) I switched to plastic spoons and find them WAY easier to work with and I can wash them when I"m done. SECOND... LADIES... if you're working on a bigger canvas where you are doing some blowing/blowing out on the paint... pay attention where you bend and where your boobs are. Seriously. I've ruined paintings and t-shirts a few times and got an accidental balloon technique.
oh and ps... if you like the shape of craft sticks... put a little varnish over some of them. That stops them from "soaking" the water and you can wipe the paint off after and reuse them.
Great tip Hollie. I have tried to find spoons that I liked that worked with my smaller cups but I haven't found anything I really liked. I am thinking about making my own with a 3d printer.
@@LeftBrainedArtist how about plastic knives, like get at fast food!
LOL...thanks I will need to watch that! Don't want any "boob kisses", just balloon kisses! LOL
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Thank you for the tips, friend! Very useful
My pleasure GP.
I have to share a personal experience. I hated one of my first pourings (I still think is the ugliest thing) but a person that came to my house, wanted to buy it!!! She loved it. I all ended with her sending me a gift card because she felt that somehow I should be compensated for such nice work!. I did some soul searching about my attitudes and I discovered that was my pride that could not accept the opinion of somebody else that stopped me from accepting her proposal. Your tip number six is almost, a spiritual tip!!! Hahaha!!! Thank you for your work, and for sharing it.
It hurts doesn't it? Something very similar happened to me early on. It has now happened multiple times on my videos when I hate a piece and people comment that they love it.
Thanks for sharing Elsa!
Tape the back of your canvasses with decorators tape for a neater finish, prep you paint and leave to settle before pouring, put cling film over cups with left over paint and use the next day, mettalic paints are heavier and tend to sink to the bottom of the colours and finally cover your furniture and floors with something preferably something that sticks to the surfaces if you do not have a specific art studio.
The cling film we keep paints for weeks if there is no air inside. Just like a sealed Jar. Good tips Gaynor.
Great tips! Especially working with one technique until you’re comfortable AND the color journal.
Thank you
I find that people the follow those two get consistent results much faster.
I'm a predominantly right brained person, but my left brain has a strong game. It doesn't help that hubby is an engineer and a completely, totally, un-diluted left brain. I love, love, love this video. Finally, someone who is able to explain artistic concepts and techniques clearly and precisely, and give a presentation that is organized and logical. New subscriber. Thank you!
No thank you. I'm glad this is helping other people.
Thankfully we are all both left AND right brained. You may find this interesting as the myths around L/R brains persist, despite massive oversimplification: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/16/left-right-brain-distinction-myth
I am so happy I found YOU😊😊😊
Thanks Karen. Glad the content is helping. Don't hesitate to ask questions or make video suggestions.
Hi. I just wanted to say, the red painting your wife hates but you love. I think it's AWESOME!
Oh thank you!
You are so correct about people having different opinions about what looks good with art! Some of the paintings I have done that I've completely disliked - others have LOVED. IN fact, one time, I was selecting paintings to take to a showing and I almost left out a few that I never liked at all, but something told me to show them anyway. Can you imagine....those were the ones that sold the fastest!!!!! I was completely stunned and it taught me a lot. You never know what will ring people's bells!
Exactly!! This is so true. I still surprises me when people see my paintings and say "I love this one" but it is one I don't like at all.
My tip is if you buy bottles to store your mixed paints in mark them with the brand, color name and the color number so when you run out you can easily find the exact color to refill the bottle, and not have to wash the bottle over and over to get it clean for a new color.
Great tip Christine. I've been known to not do that and have trouble mixing the same color when that one runs out.
The number 1 thing (most important) you said was that we are out own worst critic.
Its a defense mechanism we set up to either
1. Garner complements from others
2. Set ourselves up if others don't like it.
It happens in every craft medium. I'm into quilting (getting into pouring) and nearly every persin that posts on FB says things like:
Made lots of mistakes
Not sure my colors are ok
My lines aren't straight
My first quilt, I'll do better next time.
All very self defeating statements. People just don't understand that while a mustake may be glaring to you, to the general persin looking at your work - they don't see it until or unless you point it out.
This was a grest video. Thank you for sharing your insights. Its been very helpful yo me as I'm just getting into pouring.
Yeah this one is so hard to get used too. I just sold a painting I hated that I thought had tons of mistakes (very minimal and minor) but the new owner is in love with it. The artist's curse is real.
I find myself wanting to paint on everything. Including garden rocks.
Me too! My wife has shut me down a few times. 😅
I like prepping the canvas to eliminate the stretch by spraying the back with water. Your advice has been great!
Excellent!
I use a lot of paper towels all day to dry my hands, dishes, lots of things. If they aren't greasy or soiled I let them dry and put them into my bag for my painting. Saves money
Great tip Jan. I've never thought of that.
You could save a precious tree by using a tea towel for your hands and dishes.
I love how much you earnestly want to help people learn and stay on track. Love this video!!!!
Thanks again Gina. So glad you are watching and learning.
Dont buy expensive paints when you are starting. The cost can add up fast.
Definitely sage advice.
BUT different paints act different ways which makes a journal all that more important. Learned that the hard way, I still can't recreate one of the coolest ones I did at the beginning. No clue how I did it 🙄
@@margod8141 one thing I've learned watching all the TH-cam video artists is it's not possible to recreate a piece the same. You can use all the same colors and mixtures but the next piece will always be different.
@@carolboreckiartistry5545 kinda true especially since it is abstract art. I have been able to recreate similar pieces though.
Good tips, especially the container for doing the pouring. I'll also add gloves to the list. I write that because I sometimes forget when I'm in a hurry. LOL
Yeah, I don't do gloves because I just rip them with my long fingers and large hands. I haven't found any good ones big enough that aren't a small fortune to buy.
Thanks so much. I have 2 five year old granddaughters and hope to start painting with them soon. I,ve been watching different videos to learn and your tips and knowledge really helped.
Glad to help Ricky. I am sure you'll have a blast with them. My 10 year old daughter loves it.
I just want to say a BIG THANK YOU for your channel. I've just started paint pouring and am finding your advice very useful 🙂
You are so welcome! Glad to hear it Lynn.
One thing I've learned with painting/acrylic pouring is to either stand your paintings upright instead of flat down and/or hanging them to store so that your canvas doesn't warp. Love your work! 😊
Great tip! I've started being very careful about how I stack them after having two stick to each other after a warn humid day.
@@LeftBrainedArtist yes! It also helps to place acid-free paper between them to keep them from sticking together. I've had some paintings that have taken a few to several weeks to cure. Acid-free paper is also very helpful when shipping/transporting paintings. Can't wait to see more of your work, love your channel!
New tip for me. Thank u
This is not a rule that can't be broken but more a suggestion to consider before starting - choose a color palette that is compatible with a desired result. Example #1 : if you use pumpkin orange , tree green, deep purple, red and banana yellow as your colors, you most likely will find the result very punchy in colors but not really pleasant to look at. Example 2: if you use medium violet, aqua blue, pink , powder blue and white, the colors being closer in a range of colors will be easier on the eyes. I have had the best results using 3 to 5 colors max but you certainly should and must experiment with any number you feel you want to try. Try pure colors then try pastel versions of those colors and see the difference. Also the formula ratio of "pouring medium" to paint is different when using tube paints which are concentrated and hobby craft paints which are already diluted with water. One more tip - I use a postal scale to accurately measure all my formulas - you will learn what works best and write it down in your journal.
All great tips. Thanks nrich51.
Your apron is even a work of art!
Thanks Jamie!
I've been teaching art for a long time and the one piece of advice I give to students is that art, be it pouring, painting a background, image transferring ... is that it's organic. Yes, you can take traditional art classes and get all fussy, or you can follow the story the paint is telling. The only time I've ever really "messed" something up was when I was fighting the paint. Letting the paint tell you what it wants to be will free folks from being too particular. One of my favorite quotes is by Picasso: "Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist". Listen to the paint. if it doesn't want to be a certain way, it's not going to go.
I am so glad the paint helps me out in that regard.
IF you feel the need to scrape a painting. Scrape into a cup. Your color may turn out pretty , or you can use it as a flow extender. I put it into a container. It'll last forever so long as the lid is tight
Great advice to conserve what you use.
Angela OConnor , wouldn't the color be muddy, since you would be using about 5 different colors
@@annapaffrath2407 I've come up with a pretty violet. A nice dark metallic gray.. once they are mixed extremely well you'll be amazed what you end up with. Once in a while you may have to add some white. But even if you get a muddy mess. Thin it out pour around the outside edges to help other colors move. It'll pour off anyway.
That is an excellent idea!!
Great idea to save excess paint for use as an extender! Totally going to start doing this, thanks!
I love your channel! Thank you for sharing your experience. I have been experiencing many of the same things. I do have paint boxes & they help so much. Two things I've learned to do. Use freezer paper on the bottom of my box. Put the plastic coated side up & you'll capture more skins. They pull off the freezer paper easily. This way I don't have to wait for my skins in the box to dry before I can use it again. Just pull out the paper & set it aside to dry. Next, I practice small pours on plastic sheet protectors. When they are dry, I store them easily in a notebook until I'm ready to use them.
Keep up the great work!!
Ooh, the sheet protectors is a great idea as long as you can keep them flat and secure.
I am curious to know what you all do with your skins?
I put parchment paper under my pours to catch the paint and have some interesting skins that I don't know what to do with yet. LOL
You are the man. Thank you for your wisdom! A tip I would say to beginners is more of a mindset: If you’re unsure of if you can do it, don’t overthink it, enjoy the process and see what comes out. It doesn’t have to be “perfect”. Art is always perfect in its own way. No matter what, you’re enjoying making art and trying something new, and there’s so much more to explore after.
Don't over think is such a great tip Kelly. You've got to dive right in and try, make small adjustments, and try again.
@@LeftBrainedArtist Thank you, yes exactly! I believe there’s a saying, it’s not failure, just research 😊
Easy for you to talk about taking notes and recording techniques, that is the left brain way. Makes absolute sense. Boring. Splash, mix, pour, splat. It's absolutely impossible for me to follow instructions, even my own. Everything I play with is fun, interesting and sometimes disastrous. I remember some happy experiments and how I got the end result. I totally remember the failures. Excellent videos!
Crazy how differently we all learn.
the red one and the green-yellow one are both gorgeous. any painting, even the ugly ones, are beautiful in some way, becasue they are all mirrors of something inside you.
Thanks so much.
Don’t fear any mistakes, I made a lot of mistakes during pouring and sometimes the mistakes create something better than what you wanted
Mistakes are the best. That is when you really learn.
Most important tip is , "focus on one technique atleast for a week"... this was Mantra ❤️
So hard to do with all the amazing techniques though and after watching other artists and their projects Nidhi.
I feel it's important to have a bucket full of sand and I have some large rocks also on there and I drain all my paint water through there to collect all the little bits of acrylic. You put it in your sewer it will eventually clog your pipes and God knows we have enough plastic in our that's my tip. One other tip don't give up it takes a while to get as good as some of these artists but just relax and have fun oh, wait until it's dry before you make a decision so many times I scrapped mine was sorry about it later
Patience is one of the hardest things for me with acrylic pours. You definitely don't want to be clogging your drains with paint. I usually either let mine dry or scrape them a ton and thne put them in a bucket of water so the paint gets super diluted.
LOVE❤ the sand and rock tip!!! Never heard it before, THANKS SO MUCH!
I use a shallow cardboard box (it's a large sheet cake/birthday cake box) with a plastic trash bag as a liner. Wooden dowels across the top to rest my canvas on. Has worked for me for five years. Good Luke, have fun, God bless.🌹
Thanks for the tip!
I know this was a Year ago but I always believe that even if you don't like your own painting there will be someone who will love it and want it so i guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say it. I think that's the right quote.
That is exactly right. I can't tell you how many of my paintings I like but my wife hates and vice versa.
My tip to someone new in pour painting is to watch your channel.
Lol. Aw shucks.
Wow!!! U are an amazing artist!! Your channel is exactly what I was looking for! I have “normal “?!? art…. for decades. This is something I have always wanted to try but was held back from lack of knowledge. Kudos to you!
I hope you love it like I do. Definitely try Chad and Jillian.
I love your tips and I'm so glad you asked viewers to put their tips in the comment section. I'm learning so much. I'm super pleased I came across your videos!
You are so welcome! Glad to help Gail.
I'm using the cylinder inside toilet paper for traveling cups. And it works so well, besides I always have a stock :)
Great tip! I tried once but I found it was too heavy and didn't let my paint out naturally. Are you lifting and moving it naturally? I'll have to try that. Those are always available in my house too Myriam.
@@LeftBrainedArtist It works well for me because I do not pour too much painting and sometimes I use two at the same time. I wait a few seconds until the painting begins flowing, they I drag them slowly, barely lifting. I've noticed if I drag with pressure the painting is messed up. After using the cylinder twice, you'll see the painting sticks below, but you can always replace it (if you want). Greetings :)
Love your tip that you are your own worst critic! SO TRUE! I sell acrylic paintings and without fail, every time...people buy the paintings that I describe as "not my best work" Never fails to surprise me when my self proclaimed "amazing paintings" sit there.
I know right. We gotta give ourselves more grace when it comes to our art.
Thanks for all the great tips! I'm a pourer of 1 year, and only just came across your channel. I really appreciate how you finish your thoughts and explanations- I find them to be either long winded or not finished by other artists so its hard to decode what they're trying to say. And thank you pouring community for adding more tips! So much great advice I will be sure to apply. Happy pouring! 💜
You are so welcome Camila! The Pouring Nation is pretty awesome too. 😅
You are so very kind, I greatly appreciate your help, your time and your sharing whole heatedly.
Many blessings to you and your family.
Thank you so much Miskim.
This was a great video for someone (such as myself) who wants to give it a try, but hasn’t even began to get supplies yet because they don’t know where to begin. Not only were the tips useful & honest, but in the description, you have links to a series for beginners going all the back to the science of it all...and that’s what I’ve been looking for. I’m so excited to watch that series and follow your future videos. Thank you very much!! 🙂
You really need to start KoKo. It is so much fun.
So glad I found your channel. I’ve been looking at lots of different podcasts but yours make a lot of common sense.
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you for saving us a lot of trial and error time and money.
My pleasure Susan. I hope your pouring experience is wonderful.
Appreciate the share sir. I used to spill with inks many moons ago but have been wanting to get into acrylics. Was gifted a set and I really appreciate how humble you were throughout the video. A lot of the points are often overlooked by other vids and reminded me a lot of how I approach training colleagues. You even stopped mid video and asked others to comment what they wish they would have known, all about the greater good. Cheers.
Very welcome
Great advice about sticking with a technique. I’m focusing on dipping and having good success with that. I just started ring pouring and going through the learning curve. Swiping and using straws or hair dryers to blow has been very hard for me. I had to stop because I was getting discouraged. So I went back to dipping and began to find the joy again.
You definitely need to stick with what brings you Joy. Blooms and blown type pours are my current nemesis. I'll get through though and so will you!
The apron itself looks like a work of art. Looks like a galaxy 🌌
TY. It just keeps getting "deeper" and deeper.
All great tips. But this is a big one for me. As with anything in life... If your doing it to be meticulous rather for the sheer love and enjoyment of it all then what's the point. I fell in love with what the paint does. It's like magic. Love your tips and pointers not trying to criticize. I just love the spontaneous thrill you get when you see what happens. I keep watching videos and trying out whatever comes to me. And it's fun.
Totally fair point Jeni and no criticism taken. That's the beauty of art isn't it? We can all experience it in different ways. I can enjoy (and be in desperate need of) the process and science, other artists like you can just enjoy the spontaneity.
I am a beginner and live in a condo that doesn't really have a space for painting. What I have done is cover my table with plastic, and reused the small red plastic coffee containers to place under my canvas. I like using a hair drying so I also take garbage bags to cover the chairs. Once in awhile it does splatter. Once the painting is dry the paint on the plastic just peals up, I sometimes use the large pieces, skins, and make other things with it. I find pour painting therapeutic and will continue doing it. I am lucking because I work for a plaque company and I am able to take the metal, and wood plaques that come back and use them to create my art. I simply sand them down and paint a base coat. My favorite part so far has been having an idea on what I want to do and it comes our completely different but I end up loving it. I appreciate the tips that were shared and will put several of them into practice!
Ooh, having a supply of painting surfaces would be quite beneficial for sure. I find pouring painting very therapeutic too. Especially now that I have learned to slow down and enjoy the process as much as the painting itself.
Thanks again for a great BASICS lesson. I agree wholeheartedly with the note taking, a fantastic historical resource. One tip, maybe, if you have an uneven surface use a board with screws underneath. The screws can be adjusted to get a level surface for drying. Big thumbs up.
I used to use J hooks to level my canvases because they I could adjust any of the 4 sides separately. That need went away with my container and table (the table has leveling feet). I would have never thought to use a board and screws. Fantastic idea.
I appreciate your no frills, lets just get this done method. Will make one suggestion for practice pours. I was originally trying to achieve a reverse pour look so I could paint the underside of a glass table. To practice I used the glass from an old framed picture. The glass was great because although my pours look awful (learning curve) all I had to do is let it dry and then use a cheap window scraper to remove everything and could start again. Thank you for your tutorials.
I have never thought of doing that but that is a great idea also!
I wish I found you before I started ~ but I’m here now
Don't hesitate to ask questions. The Pouring Nation, myself and all the views, are always ready and willing to help.
I wish if I had a teacher like u when I was young. Thank you for everything!
You are so welcome Asma. Glad to help.
I had the worst time as a new pourer to figure out formulas for my paint base coats. Watching the people pour on the videos seemed like they were always hiding the real recipes. I think u tubes are learning videos.. turns out it’s a selling spot. But I still watch and try to learn as much as possible. I am loving this hobby, I appreciate your advise video.
You are very welcome. I just take my base coat paint amount out of my overall paint calculation. Usually around 30% goes to the base and the rest for the pour.
I am new and have been pouring about a month now. I just learned a formula for the amount of paint to use for the flip cup or dirty pour technique. Take the sq. in. of the canvas and divide it by 28. 12in x 12in equal 144in divided by 28 equal 5.14oz of paint in cup. If using a base coat use a little less in flip cup. Also learned to take a piece of cardboard or something you can fold in the middle and use that on the corners while tilting to keep the paint from pouring off and then move it back to middle and move the corner protector to next corner and repeat for all four corners. Maybe not something everyone likes to do but I like it.
Definitely good advice for new acrylic pour artists. Thanks for sharing! Don't forget to include the sides of your canvas in your surface area calculation.
That formula works for all pours, not just flip cups
@@kimberlyperkins2992 yeah but it would be more difficult to measure the total amount of paint involved in Dutch pours and blooms since they are not combined till on the canvas.
Your 6th tip hit hard! You did hit it on the head! I am my worst critic never thinking it is good enough! You cannot compare your work to other people whether beginners or professionals. Oh yeah!! I will keep telling myself that! Thank you!
Yeah, it is the curse of the artist for sure.
Taking notes and sticking to one technique was most helpful for me; thank you.
Taking note is huge for me not repeating issues.
So I found that last painting you hate can be touched up! I have done a few like that and I hated them in black as it is dark. I last night did one with black, which was super dark and in that big voided section I used the drippings in that section to create a smaller blown out sections I have a small baster with a fine tip that I used to blow those sections out and I love the painting more now than the original way.
Awesome. Love when we find little secrets like that where it just "works" for us.
My best tip is to understand the ‘gravity’ of different paint colours - who knew??? Thanks for sharing your great tips!
So true. Understanding the density differences is key to a lot of techniques.