Pouring a Painting with Paint and Water = Lots of Cells!!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- Learn how to pour a painting and get lots of cells with just paint & water! This 24x24 canvas required a full quart of paint. It was so fun! I even included the paint I did for the 24x36 canvas -- that video will be up as soon as I get it edited :) Thanks for watching and enjoy!
Materials:
24" x 24" Stretched Canvas
Canvas supports
Plastic Sheeting
Cups
Stir Sticks
Paper towels/rags
GAC 800 -- an additive to prevent crazing (not as a pouring medium)
Glidden Diamond - Mismatched paint in Light Tea, Old Copper Penny
Black Diamond Pigment Powder - Copper
Liquitex Pouring Medium (used for the copper pigment powder only)
Artist's Loft - Brilliant Blue, Vermilion
Liquitex Basics - Bright Aqua Green, Raw Umber
sarahfezioartist
Thank you Sarah! I needed to smile today and I was right there with you cheering and shouting "yay" when you flipped. The piece and your tutorials are priceless! YAY!!!🤗
Sarah, that came out so gorgeous! I love your enthusiasm and willingness to share. You ROCK!
Vicki J Thank you so much Vicki 😄
Too awesome, I showed my family. They really liked it. Good job Sarah.
Ron Whitstone That's awesome Ron! Glad you all enjoyed it 😄
Gorgeous!!! Hope your step Mom is well!! Love this!!!! I can't wait to try this!
Beth Penley Thank you! My stepmom is doing much better :-)
Two thumbs up!!! 👍🏼 👍🏼 Great pour, great video, Great piece of art!! Thank you for sharing!!!
Leah Thomas Thank you Leah 😄
This painting is awesome! One of the best I have ever seen - and I surf TH-cam looking for them.
Gayle's Cool Crafts and Sewing Thank you Gayle :-)
So beautiful, Sarah. Thanks for sharing. Makes me want to forget all the other things on my must-do list and start painting right now. Gorgeous color choice!
I definitely know the feeling :)
This what I've been looking for. I share your excitement. Can't wait to get started. It's beautiful! !!
Thanks Haydee :)
I held my breath and became ecstatic right along with you! Love, love, love this painting!❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏😍
I can totally relate to that emotion you described of creating your first large canvas. Your expression was priceless:)
Angela Porisky Thanks Angela!
Worth the wait! It's so awesome! I love the colors!
Angie Dana Thank you Angie! Trust me, I was ready to pour after all the mixing 😄
How did I miss this one? I thought I'd watched all your videos. This is stunning!!
Not sure lol. If you've subscribed and hit the grey bell, you SHOULD be notified when a new video is released. TH-cam is funny sometimes though -- sometimes I discover comments I've never seen before!
Really pretty! Love the big canvases.
Jan Abbott Michaud Thank you Jan :-)
Fabulous........ I can hardly wait for the 24 x 36 pour.
Darlene Bromberger Thanks Darlene! The larger canvas didn't have as many cells -- probably because the paint sat in the two quart container for a while before I poured, but it's still pretty!
Merci Sarah de nous donner vos recettes pour réussir de belle toile "with a lot of cells". J'adore ce que vous faites !
Thank you Hélène! :)
This is absolutely gorgeous!!
Misty Sutherland Thank you Misty!
Stunner! I so enjoyed that pour! Time for us to have a glass of wine!
These colors are gorgeous together. Southwestern... :D I LOVE IT. Fantastic job!!
Thank you Pamela :)
Really beautiful. Love the colors.
Thank you Dana!
You are welcome.
Great painting!! Great color selection!
Greybaer Wilson Thank you Greybear :-)
turned out beautiful, love your colour choices
Lumeena Mage Thank you Lumeena!
absolutely beautiful. keep up the awesome work
Fran Simontacchi Thank you Fran!
Gorgeous! Love the colors!
Thank you Sara! :)
Phenomenal color choices!!
Thanks Paula!
Really beautiful pour!!😍
Thank you Bonnie! I am doing some studies to get ready for a 24 x 48 triptych!
Loved the video. Thanks for sharing your talent with us
Karen Montoya Thank you Karen!
I JUST LOVE YOU SARAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great JOB!
twinkeez2003 Thank you 😄 I really enjoyed this one!
Great colors! Looks good!
Ernie Henderson Thank you Ernie!
BEAUTIFUL Sarah! THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing your talent with us! Initially I hesitated trying house paints... NOT anymore! :-)
I love it the colors look great!
theresa hilton Thanks Theresa 😄 They are some of my favorite colors!
This is drop dead gorgeous and you went for it. Congrats😁
Wow exciting loved sharing your moment of a wow moment seeing you just get overwhelmed with the excitement thank you for sharing...
Shirley Sykes Thank you Shirley :-)
Beautiful movement in the paint.
K Bee Thank you! ☺
So ,So pretty! Thank you for sharing this beautiful art! :)
Thank you Nancy!
THE POUR AND THE COLORS ARE GORGEOUS.........THANKS FOR SHARING.....:)
Thank you Ann :)
wow screen shot and enlarged. wish i could get flooring tiles like that. beautiful
Fran Simontacchi Those would be some awesome tiles 😃
Sooooooo gorgeous!
Thank you Maureen :)
Hi Sarah. This is absolutely amazing. I also know how nerve wrecking it is to do a canvas this big. It paid off for you. I only wish you had given us a closeup. We can tell there are hundreds of cells, but we can't really appreciate the beauty from this distance. Could you make another short video and show us a close up of your art so we can enjoy what you see being right there.
Thanks for the awesome demo, Sarah.
I love it. One of the best pour paints I've seen. Love your color selections.
Mona Chopsis Thank you Mona :-) This is one of my favorite color schemes!
Breath taking you took the words out of my mouth
Beautiful combination of colors!
Just fabulous! I bet you will be making larger canvases more often as you have perfected your technique!
Kim Napoleone Thank you Kim! I need to experiment more and find some more color combinations that produce nice cells!
Like the coloring on this!
ZakZky007 Thank you ☺
Love it so much! I can't wait to try it on my own!!
Gorgeous!!!
Thank you Shirley!
Great colors, but you say at the end "this is how to get cells with paint and water only". You added Gac800 and Liquitex Pouring Medium as well. Not to all but they are in the overall mix which could be the reason for the cells, so your video should be named to say this. Thanks for sharing.
The paint isn't thinned with GAC 800 or pouring medium. It's thinned with water. There's a difference, but I know that had little to do with the cells because I have made cells with JUST paint and water as well. The cells look different depending on how they are made. Here's an example: th-cam.com/video/_4CKClyRjzQ/w-d-xo.html
You have inspired me to give this a try! Going to start small and hopefully one day be just half as good as you are. Thank you so much for sharing your technique! Beautiful work! 💙💚💛💜💙💚💛💜
Cyndi Combs That's so sweet Cyndi 😄 They don't always turn out so well lol. You learn as you go how they different paints interact.
Awesome painting Sarah, 😊👍
Gorgeous pour!! Thanks so much for this post!
Eron Granneman Thank you Eron 😄
I just had an eyegasm...beautiful
absolutely stunning!! I'm trying to work up the confidence to do one like this...but I love your work!!
It looks really great!
Loved it.
Thanks Alison!
Amazing I love it
shlomit siniaver Thank you 😄
Thank you for sharing, and inspiring me! I'm thinking of giving this a try :)
Lorraine Espana You're welcome Lorraine :-) You should try it -- you'll love it!
You're so cute! It came out beautiful!
Damaris Diaz Thank you Damaris 😄
Beautiful Sarah. Here i have been blaming my lack of cells on the silicone brand! What is the secret? Something in the house paint? Using the fluids? , the metallic ingredients, what? I am addicted to pouring and my biggest one is 8x10. LOL. Bravo on your masterpiece.
Kathy Seek Thanks Kathy :-) I got the cells from a combination of house paint and artist paint -- the house paint has resin and pumice in the built in primer so they interact differently together!
Love the colors
Worth the wait!!
MrJohnnysunshine Thanks Johnny :-) Trust me, I was ready to pour after all that stirring!
it's stunning... I love it.. it reminds me of Jupiter somehow..
Lisa Dickinson Thanks Lisa!
OMG lovely.
Lynde Thank you :-)
amazing its beautiful
Thank you Annie :)
It’s beautiful.
Good job beautiful ....no silicone wow
This painting turned out beautiful. Wish it hadn't taken you all the way to 14:05 to finally flip the cup!! I read all the comments before I watched this. I agree with a few other viewers who would have preferred a shorter version of this video!! If beginners need to see someone stir for 14mins, then maybe it would be best if they watched videos made specifically for beginners!! Thank you for sharing what you do. Yes, this painting is awesome.
Sounds like you deserved a great pour after a tough day...yay!💕
Thank you CJ!! I did the 24x24 and then the 24x36 right afterwards! Both look awesome but this one was better. It has more cells, maybe because the other paint sat in the jar for a while.
just awesome!
Thank you Becky!
love it!!!!!!!!!
Jenny Noorloos Thank you Jenny 😄
I love it.
WOW! This is gorgeous I have never gotten cells with just paint and water. Must be the cheap paint.
Great JOB
Guillermo Ferrer Thank you :-)
Merci très bonne explication et surtout en temps réel. J’apprécie énormément les explications en français dans la mesure du possible.😘
Only wow wow tell them all what a beautiful example of the colors that God makes for us
its beautiful
Trevor Philbrook Thank you Trevor!
Very nice pour...
sublime ! Merci pour la traduction en Français! c'est beaucoup mieux ! ♥ j'adore ce que vous faites ♥
Merci Françoise!
Thank you, Sarah. This video and the result of your pour was awesome. I was just as excited as you've been when I first seen your gorgeous canvas. I'd like to know the ration of water to paint you've used. Thanks a lot.
Sheila Bartos Thank you Shelia! I don't measure but I'll give you some suggestions. With house paint like Glidden Diamond I add a tablespoon or so of water. With artist paints I add water a little bit at a time until it flows off the stick like the Glidden Diamond does.
Thank you very much, Sarah. I appreciate your reply.
Very beautiful ! :-)
MegaPaloma1988 Thank you 😄
Sarah Fezio cracking canvas loved the colours ..
as a newbie how did the cells form without a agitater in the paints like silicone .. I'm a little confused lol
Beautiful
It's great thanks fir posting.
beautiful!!!!
very awesome!! I do 3' x 4' pics, so I know exactly how you feel!!!!
Thank you Bev! I hope you have a bigger room than I do lol!
Très beau fèlicitations bravo👍👍👍👍👌
Merci beaucoup Roberte :)
Beautiful!!! What do you think caused all of those cells? I didn't see you add any silicone or other additives that usually produce cells. Thank you!
JD Savage The different densities of the pigments, plus the fact that the Glidden Diamond has primer (pumice and resin), help make the cells :-)
Beautiful. My kind of colours. Soft. Too much cells for me but beautiful. 👍🏻☺️
I appreciated the past tip about Glidden Diamond mixes - I generally use that for my "white" as I think that is the heaviest - I have the paint guy add extra pigment to it also (what do you think)? I'm confused about this pour - did you say you DID use liquitex pouring medium?
Nick Doe It depends on who is working the paint counter lol. One guy (not the usual gentleman that helps me) said he couldn't mix some samples. Asking for extra pigment is a good idea! I used the pouring medium with the pigment powder -- it wouldn't have been thick enough with just water.
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Love the new pour. Hope you have a new posting soon. Seems like years since you did your last one :-)
I had one for last night be we had storms and I've had limited access to technology during the day (state testing rules)! I just released the 24 x 36 :)
ur funny! I love this pic! that one bottle of stuff that u put in each cup do i have to use it and if so where can i buy it?
Naturally Gifted You do not have to use it; all it does is help prevent crazing. Even when I was out and didn't use it, my paintings didn't craze. Just once I had a painting craze and that was with pouring medium. Let's just say I'm over cautious. Also, everyone has different drying conditions. Try a painting without it and see how it goes :-)
Amazing. no wonder you were shaking. did it change much during the drying time?
Christine Ravenscroft It did not change a lot. There is a picture at the end of the video. Basically it flattens as it dries and the water evaporates. This makes it less shiny, but a coat of varnish returns the shine and seals the painting.
Beautiful job - hope your step-mom is doing well.
Nick Doe Thank you Nick :-) Yes, she's better. She has encephalitis and for a while we thought she had lost her mind -- but she's better now that the swelling has gone down.
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Beautiful... thank you! Question... I am really new to acrylic pouring and have tried everything (watched loads of tutorials) to get cells without success :( Yet here you are getting cells with nothing but water... what am I doing wrong I wonder? Very disheartening...
Dawn Smart Have you tried using house paint and artist paint?
Thanks and no...you mean in combination?
Did u put the gac 800 in the house paint and water. I want to pour. You do beautiful work. You have really gotten confidence. Thanks for sharing.
Love your videos, going to try this. What makes all the cells? Is it the Liquidtex?
Sue M Thanks Sue! The cells are formed because of the different densities of the paint, especially since the Glidden Diamond has primer in it making it a bit more dense.
I am about to try ur technique -- how much house paint to H20? haven't gotten canvas yet - currently deciding on paint - -I got at HD this AWEDOME deep purple prob going back to get the copper penny tho - how many colors do u really need? I have cheap (I mean 50 cents a bottle cheap as well) I want to use up but really curious this will b my 1st pour
why GAC in this video and not the other 1?
Yay Sheryl! I hope you have fun :)
I just add a little bit of water to my house paint -- like a splash. As to how many colors, well that depends on what you are doing. recommend 4, with two house paint and two artist paint -- but you can use more. I add GAC 800 to prevent crazing. Ever since I bought a bunch of paint samples (that had apparently just been sitting at the store for a WHILE) I've added GAC 800 to those to help prevent the dye from separating from the acrylic polymer.
hi.. im just wondering how they look like when dried.... in my first try, colours were vibrant when they were still wet....but when dried, it turned out to be dull ...i only used paint and water only...
Hi French :) What kind of paint were you using?
oh i forgot to mention...they were just house paints/ latex paints
NICE!!!!
Thanks :)
Hi, how are you? I loved your work...the end result is so flawless, just by using water. Do you use heat? Also, how much paint did you use? Thanks!
marbemg Thanks! I did not use any heat on this canvas (although it was really hot in the room 😅). For the 24 x 24 I used a quart of paint :-)
Hey Sarah, this is beautiful! good job
but I have to say this is veey confusing... the title of your video says it's water and paint, in the description u wrote it's only water and paint.
but in the video u said u mixed it with a pouring medium...
so... what did u use?
yes she added some gac800 to each color
She didn't write ONLY paint and water, she simply wrote with paint and water, not intentionally misleading I am sure. Beautiful work if not a bit too long to watch, but we must be tolerant of new people who need to watch every tiny thing.
But in the end it is misleading she says clearly paint and water only :-)
Why do you use house paint? Do you like the specific colors or is it a chemical reaction thing? I am trying to learn lol.
Sonya Wilson Honestly, I first started using white because it's cost effective and is thin right out of the can. I also picked up some color samples and discovered how you can easily make cells with a combination of house paint and artist paint.
Ok.
thanks watching now! Gonna do it today!! Different colors - I'll post it on LIF.