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I need to just mention this since it didn't got mention in your video. An important factor is also the consistency of the paint, it is easier to get more cells when the paint is "thinner", it is alot about to find the perfect balance of the consistency og the paint. It is also worth mention a bit about silicon oil. The more you stirring the silicon oil in the paint you also get smaller cells, if you want bigger one, dont stirr or just give it a one swirl. Some colors also activate cells better/more then others and give a better result ☺️.Have a great day everyone 🌞🌻
Exactly what I needed to learn tonight. It’s my second night of learning paint pouring. I couldn’t get any cells no matter how exactly I followed the “recipes” for PM/Floetrol, etc. You made it make sense! Thank you! 😍
GEE REALLY LIKE YOUR being OPEN, and real, and frankness to all aspects. so many others keep details - dont take the time just so they can make an affiliate SALE or yet another video. I have 50+ years in art, in several areas - I love the effects but IT ISN'T ART - it is simply a technique. There are s o many ie search marble painting and you see many others
Finally someone who talks physics! Great explanations and great great examples. In the middle of the video, I was about to prepare myself to ask you about dry results, but I just had to wait for it, impatient woman ! And I was sure that the last ingredient was going to be water, sometimes the simplest explanation is the best one. Thank you so much, so useful
YES! Thank you. Someone knows about fluid dynamics. Thank you for addressing this issue. The more videos I watched, the more I was confused. Like Oil Spills in the ocean.
Instead of flicking it on, try putting the alcohol in a little spray bottle like used for watering plants. You can get better coverage, and adjust the nozzle for fine mist or bigger drops.
tks a million as I tried on small canvas adding silicone oil I was so happy to get tiny cells. Now I will do like you and take a brush and flick the silicone oil on my canvas. So happy can't wait to try it tomorrow. I wish I had seen your video beforehand. 🥰
I just used cornstarch on silicone the other day. It worked really well. I just kind of sprinkled it on and rubbed it off. You can just try it out on a piece that you're not quite as excited about. And see how it goes. I use some body powder that had cornstarch in it. Easy peasy
WE STRUGLING WITH THE CELLS AND YOU GIVING US WONDERFUL INFO, WOW!!! YOU ARE SO KIND, THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH. MY BEST WISHES, GREETINGS AND BLESSINGS FROM 🇲🇩.
Thank you! Don't need to keep looking for an activator. Tried water the VERY FIRST TIME that I didva pour and have thought it was wrong. I liked the result but went on trying others. In finnish there is a saying roughly translated ' going farther than the ocean to fish'- this video sums it up nicely!
Thats such a great saying haha! I mean honestly this method also has its limitations in that it doesn’t stretch as well. I generally like to use it to either fill some space or salvage something that didn’t turn out the way I was hoping 😊
@GeePours I just re-read this today. I totally forgot about it but have it saved from before in my email. I sure could have used it last night - oy, a close to a total disaster. This would have been the perfect time to try the water flick for fun. I'm great at disasters... I'm sure I will be trying this very soon!
Tyvm for making this video! I’m new in the Acrylic pouring world. I’ve seen so many different videos about Silicone Oil, WD40, Floetrol, you name it, I’ve tried it all. Even the Polyurethane.
Thank you so much! I can't take credit for the flicking technique itself, but even though I understand the physics I'm still a little mind blown by what you can do with just water
You actually used 70% isopropyl alcohol in this video. You should try the 99% it works awesome. I have been using 99% isopropyl alcohol on and off ever since I started though not much lately and for my swipe color I always just use extra pm or a little distilled water and have always gotten great results. I’m glad other people like yourself are sharing these alternate methods. I either rely on the Rayleigh Taylor Instability or the hydrophobic affect to achieve cells without any oils.
Thats right! I did spot that later - i have two similar containers and the only difference on them was the % label. So ive been hearing the term hydrophobic effect a lot recently, usually with reference to enamels- but oils are hydrophobic too no?
When you swipe with pm what kind? Never tried swiping, however doesnt that change the design? I dont get "swipe." Swipe with "little water, again dont understand. Swiping is entire picture? And why do you not so these much anymore?? And what do u do?
I’m so happy I found your channel. I love learning a lot of the theory as well, even though I’m a beginner and have no clue but thank you for creating these videos and I look forward to watching more!👍👏🏻😄🎨🖼️
I've watched so many videos on pouring and my head hurts from it. I'm getting a better idea of why things are not working though. I have to fix some canvasses that are just awful so I have something to paint on as right now I've used all I had. Thanks for your explaination.
This is wonderful! Thank you ❤ I am going to use this! I wish I knew this sooner. I have tried a bunch of different techniques and usually only got small results. I can't wait to try it!!!
Very interesting, thank you. The moment you said that it was a physical reaction and not a chemical one, I guessed your "secret" ingredient. But I've seen people apply silicone oil differently - rather than flicking, they put a single drop into some of their colours and mix it in. No mess that way and pretty good results. I guess that would not happen with your secret ingredient. It would just mix in. Anyway, thanks for the informative video.
Phenomenal video- probably the best I’ve seen on the top. You laid it out point by point in a very coherent way which it’s obvious is informed by material science & physics, rather than what most fluid art tutorials amount to, which is an artist recounting what has generally tended to work for them based on what other tutorials or artists said- basically a game of telephone where you just hope the version you get is before it’s veered too far off course… Dealing with the actual principles that govern how these substances interact makes WAY more sense & really demystifies things… However, I’m still having a lot of trouble getting the consistent & reliable results you are. The few cells I’m managing to get to pop up are more a result of tilting & letting the paint roll & disperse until it spreads thin enough… When I swipe, nothing really happens (seemingly irrespective of how much pressure I do or don’t apply; I’m aiming for a middle ground where it spreads thin, but doesn’t scrape it away all the way to the canvas, usually at a shallow enough angle to get some rolling occurring, but it just spreads over the canvas & settles without cells). When I flick water (or floetrol) onto the surface after pouring or swiping (regardless of how thick or thin the paint on a given area is), it just swallows it up, even when I know there are other colors underneath, because if I do use a palette knife to move the black surface paint they’re revealed… Not sure if the problem is that I used floetrol (experimented with & without polyurethane) as the pouring medium, or perhaps I used too much of it & the paint was simply too thin & fluid to maintain enough surface tension to “explode” apart into cells when the surface is broken, instead just subsuming whatever breaks the surface & finding level in moments… I was trying roughly the recommendations I’ve seen for floetrol as a pouring medium; I’ve tried 1.5 or 2 parts floetrol to 1 part paint, or I reduced the floetrol part to compensate on the occasions that I mixed it with polyurethane, so maybe 1:1:1 floetrol to polyurethane to paint, or 1:0.5:1, but nothing I’ve found has worked particularly well… Certainly not like the examples I’ve seen online. Note: granted, it is US floetrol; I’ve never tried Aussie & am on a budget. But it’s certainly plenty fluid. My first pour attempt, with just floetrol & paint, actually worked relatively well, so I’m not sure if it was just a thicker mix or what. Anyway thanks for a fantastic video. I’ll just have to experiment a bit more, but if you or anyone who knows has any feedback about what may be going wrong or what better recipe might be possible with the materials available to me, it would be much appreciated. Given this video, & the fact that I do believe you’re right (it makes so much sense that it’d be about the surface tension & consistency rather than any kind of mysterious chemical “cell” reaction- excellent insights), u doubt it really matters which fluid medium or “cell activator” you use… But I have seen mixed opinions as far as whether floetrol can be used in these higher concentrations as a fluid medium itself, or whether you need a higher quantity of some other fluid medium & just a few drops of floetrol (in the place of something like silicon oil as a “cell activator”). But I have water, plenty isopropyl alcohol, floetrol, now polyurethane (on the rec of another good fluid art channel, though I lack the enamel she mixed with it for her pouring medium)… And I have some Elmer’s glue-all, but I’m trying to avoid resorting to it since I’ve heard it produces less than archival quality products.
I really appreciate that my friend! Im just letting you know I’ve read this, and will come back to it with a well prepared answer and hopefully we can figure out where you’ve been having problems!
Okay I think I have some sense of what's happening here Matthew - So I need you to bear with me on this response as it might get long. So I understand you're attempting swipes but your cells are inconsistent, small, and often end up disappearing. Let's talk about why this happens - it's first important to distinguish between the two main ways of swiping - which is with an additive like silicone oil, or even with just US floetrol. this produces the round cell shape. The other main form of swiping is with a recipe called a cell activator. This is what includes Aussie floetrol. This recipe comes from the SheleeArt bloom technique and it produces whats called Lacing. Lacing is the webbing pattern that forms around cells. We generally distinguish between the two because the former produces round cells, while the second produces lacing (and by extension the cells between them, bet these cells often carry more geometric shapes with corners) While actually executing the technique for the most part looks the same between the two, the critical differences are what's not immediately visible. Mainly that they're at very different consistencies and use different materials. When you use the additive method, generally all your paints will be the same consistency, including the base, as well as they will all use acrylic paints and a pouring medium (this can be retail or floetrol or really whichever pouring medium is most cost effective for you personally) With the cell activator method, this is much more complicated. The base here is distinctly called a pillow, and its made from house paint (latex or latex/acrylic emulsion paint normally used to paint the interior walls of your house) it MUST be thicker than everything else. The colors are generally made with an untinted base paint like Behr 8300 and that's thinned with polyurethane varnish (this is really the only place where polyurethane varnish belongs, its not generally used as a pouring medium) and this layer is a little thinner than the pillow. then finally you have the cell activator on top, and that has to be the thinnest. What I hope this explanation helps you understand is that you've basically been doing both at the same time, and that's why you're getting unpredictable results. These two techniques and materials are not exactly interchangeable, to be honest with you. I wouldn't use any polyurethane with US floetrol in a pouring medium. Ive never had the pressure of the swiping be the issue. So, allow me to show you two separate videos for each technique that hopefully if you follow, it should help you achieve either one. This is the standard silicone oil swipe: th-cam.com/video/ntsmu07GK3Q/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=GeePours This is the cell activator: studio.th-cam.com/users/video23Ccx-N_Lp8/edit
Wow! I just got finished talking to the technical department at Golden paints. We were discussing how when you use things that aren’t fine art mixed in with fine art. You don’t know how it will affect the paint in the years to come like silicone oil, or other additives. He said alcohol and obviously water does not hurt acrylics, so this is great news!!!
Theres so many ways to make cells its always possible to avoid additives entirely! Just bear in mind, if you follow the archival materials rabbit hole, dont work on cheap dollar store canvas😄 everything has to be archival too
oh for sure! I've tried cell activators in many different recipes, but my take on this technique is more about understanding how the cells actually form, and that sometimes an additive is not necessary :)
Great demo! Love it!!!!FYI Silicone oil will eventually breakdown the acrylic in time if not totally removed. Like putting gas or oil in a milk jug eventually it will leak. I use alcohol from time to time when painting with acrylic paint.
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Omg after 2 years I finally understand how cells are achieved. Unbelievably within 8 minutes. Thank You
A perfect, well informed and brilliant video, narrated in a subtle quiet and most calm manner.
Thank you for taking the time to post.
I need to just mention this since it didn't got mention in your video. An important factor is also the consistency of the paint, it is easier to get more cells when the paint is "thinner", it is alot about to find the perfect balance of the consistency og the paint. It is also worth mention a bit about silicon oil. The more you stirring the silicon oil in the paint you also get smaller cells, if you want bigger one, dont stirr or just give it a one swirl. Some colors also activate cells better/more then others and give a better result ☺️.Have a great day everyone 🌞🌻
absolutely! cheers :D
Wow! I would not have thought water would cause this effect! Thanks 🙏
Exactly what I needed to learn tonight. It’s my second night of learning paint pouring. I couldn’t get any cells no matter how exactly I followed the “recipes” for PM/Floetrol, etc. You made it make sense! Thank you! 😍
I'm so glad to hear that!! :)
very nice. Its almost magical. I never thought water would make cells, but they look great
love how you showed us how to get cells .i will try al of them .thank you .
I like how he uses a different material- cds that would be discarded- to test out different techniques. They turn into a beautiful piece of art...
GEE REALLY LIKE YOUR being OPEN, and real, and frankness to all aspects. so many others keep details - dont take the time just so they can make an affiliate SALE or yet another video. I have 50+ years in art, in several areas - I love the effects but IT ISN'T ART - it is simply a technique. There are s o many ie search marble painting and you see many others
Forgive me I stop listening when people say “its not art”
Finally someone who talks physics! Great explanations and great great examples. In the middle of the video, I was about to prepare myself to ask you about dry results, but I just had to wait for it, impatient woman ! And I was sure that the last ingredient was going to be water, sometimes the simplest explanation is the best one. Thank you so much, so useful
YES! Finally someone talking about fluid dynamics. I watched videos for weeks that made so sense to me.
YES! Thank you. Someone knows about fluid dynamics. Thank you for addressing this issue. The more videos I watched, the more I was confused. Like Oil Spills in the ocean.
Instead of flicking it on, try putting the alcohol in a little spray bottle like used for watering plants. You can get better coverage, and adjust the nozzle for fine mist or bigger drops.
Exact as I think but a mix of 2 or even all will be a really good to test
Once of the best videos seen to help get cells without depending on special mixes!!! Thank you!!!
Thanks so much for the explanation, makes it understandable and doable for a beginner like me.
Thank you so much! Pouring medium + paint to correct consistency then water droplets. Ok! That will be my 1st pour once I get my supplies.
I’ve never seen this done, and what a fabulous result! I’m using it from now on. How simple and he’ll clean. Thank you so much!
Very detailed explanation of options for cells. Thank you!
that was a perfect straight forward explanation.
Thank you!
Could the 3 experimental liquids be sprayed- not flicked? 🙂
I will be trying this with spraying water for sure! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this. I like that I can use other things than an oil to get those changes. Especially good ol’ H2O! 🎉
tks a million as I tried on small canvas adding silicone oil I was so happy to get tiny cells. Now I will do like you and take a brush and flick the silicone oil on my canvas. So happy can't wait to try it tomorrow. I wish I had seen your video beforehand. 🥰
That was very easy to understand-thank you!!!
Thank you for sharing this. I will definitely change my method of creating cells!
Thanks you are more helpful in telling it in an easier way on how it works
I just used cornstarch on silicone the other day. It worked really well. I just kind of sprinkled it on and rubbed it off. You can just try it out on a piece that you're not quite as excited about. And see how it goes. I use some body powder that had cornstarch in it. Easy peasy
Wow this was so very helpful!!
Finally someone explains and shows you everything!! Thank you!!😊
This is awesome Gee!
Good for your community to know. Another lesson for us maybe?
Excellent - straight to the point and ideal for a beginner who wants to try this method - many thanks my friend. 👍
WE STRUGLING WITH THE CELLS AND YOU GIVING US WONDERFUL INFO, WOW!!! YOU ARE SO KIND, THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH. MY BEST WISHES, GREETINGS AND BLESSINGS FROM 🇲🇩.
My pleasure! :) greetings from Cairo, Egypt!
Fantastic 😊 this is real help for people like me
I liked how you explained the cell formatiin.
Thank you for simplifying pouring.!!
Thank you! Don't need to keep looking for an activator. Tried water the VERY FIRST TIME that I didva pour and have thought it was wrong. I liked the result but went on trying others. In finnish there is a saying roughly translated ' going farther than the ocean to fish'- this video sums it up nicely!
Thats such a great saying haha! I mean honestly this method also has its limitations in that it doesn’t stretch as well. I generally like to use it to either fill some space or salvage something that didn’t turn out the way I was hoping 😊
I love the Finnish saying! 🐟🌊
@GeePours I just re-read this today. I totally forgot about it but have it saved from before in my email. I sure could have used it last night - oy, a close to a total disaster. This would have been the perfect time to try the water flick for fun. I'm great at disasters... I'm sure I will be trying this very soon!
Such a useful video and love your artistry - thanks for posting
Thank you Gee that was very informative and looked less '' messy,''. Given me inspiration to get back into my pouring .
Tyvm for making this video!
I’m new in the Acrylic pouring world. I’ve seen so many different videos about Silicone Oil, WD40, Floetrol, you name it, I’ve tried it all. Even the Polyurethane.
Thank you so much for this valuable information! This is an absolute game changer. I greatly appreciate you.❤❤
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Your other examples after the experiment are awesome!
I'll miss your premier but will check it out in the morning xx
Great formation! thank you ❤
Totally makes sense! Thank you for sharing and for the clear explanation.
Thank you so much! So well done !
Wow thank you that was very helpful!
Thanks for the demonstration. I so appreciate that you share your knowledge with us.
it's my pleasure Monique! Thanks for watching :)
Excellent demonstrations🙌🏼🌹👍🏼
thank you so much! :)
Thank you Gee, great tutorial and well presented comparisons..
You are amazing!!!!!
Thank you so much for your secrets!!!!!
@@savtaesther2 thank you and thanks for watching☺️
Great video Gee! I really like the idea about flicking the additive from a brush! 👏💖
Thank you so much! I can't take credit for the flicking technique itself, but even though I understand the physics I'm still a little mind blown by what you can do with just water
unbelievable.. ! thank you so much for this video ! I will try with water next time!!
You actually used 70% isopropyl alcohol in this video. You should try the 99% it works awesome. I have been using 99% isopropyl alcohol on and off ever since I started though not much lately and for my swipe color I always just use extra pm or a little distilled water and have always gotten great results. I’m glad other people like yourself are sharing these alternate methods. I either rely on the Rayleigh Taylor Instability or the hydrophobic affect to achieve cells without any oils.
Thats right! I did spot that later - i have two similar containers and the only difference on them was the % label. So ive been hearing the term hydrophobic effect a lot recently, usually with reference to enamels- but oils are hydrophobic too no?
My eyes are bad but I saw it was 70% as well. Will there be a huge difference with 99%?
@@justtere they both will work☺️
Interesting I was told Riley Taylor method was a different type
When you swipe with pm what kind? Never tried swiping, however doesnt that change the design? I dont get "swipe." Swipe with "little water, again dont understand. Swiping is entire picture? And why do you not so these much anymore?? And what do u do?
I’m so happy I found your channel. I love learning a lot of the theory as well, even though I’m a beginner and have no clue but thank you for creating these videos and I look forward to watching more!👍👏🏻😄🎨🖼️
Fabulous video. Very interesting infos. The water left me speechless😊💜
Thank you so much for that experiment I'm going to use those techniques I really appreciate this information that you shared
That's mind blowing
كنت متأكد . مع اني كنت شاكك 😄
Thanks a lot for sharing your experience
I had my doubts , but I couldn't really formulate it logically .
Thankyou very much for the knowledge. As a beginner I am struggling with cells.
Getting some housework done then off to my art room 🙂
This is really informative. I do not like using silicone oil. You have given me other options to try. Thank you so much.
No problem Lillie thanks for watching!😊
Best explanation I’ve heard so far. Thank you
Thank you Anne! I try my best to break down the science in ways that are easy to understand 😊
Wow!! Thank you for the lesson.
I've watched so many videos on pouring and my head hurts from it. I'm getting a better idea of why things are not working though. I have to fix some canvasses that are just awful so I have something to paint on as right now I've used all I had. Thanks for your explaination.
FUNtastic tutorial. Thanks for making and sharing 🙂
Wow amazing!!! Thanks for sharing
Oh wow! This makes so much sense! 🤔
I'm so glad I found your channel! Time to binge a little. Video #3 here I come! 🤭
Thank you! 😊🙏
Its wonderful to have you here!☺️
Wow fantastic information, thanks so much brother Blessings Gary
Oh wow you really explained this so well thank you!
Thanks for sharing your experiment 👍
Thanks, Gee ! I'm going to try it today ! 😃
Thanks for the explanation! I appreciate it.
This is wonderful! Thank you ❤ I am going to use this! I wish I knew this sooner. I have tried a bunch of different techniques and usually only got small results. I can't wait to try it!!!
Thank you very much for the information
yes. thank you for sharing... good video
Very interesting, thank you. The moment you said that it was a physical reaction and not a chemical one, I guessed your "secret" ingredient. But I've seen people apply silicone oil differently - rather than flicking, they put a single drop into some of their colours and mix it in. No mess that way and pretty good results. I guess that would not happen with your secret ingredient. It would just mix in. Anyway, thanks for the informative video.
Thank you! Amazing!!!
I'm eager to try this! Thank you!!!
Phenomenal video- probably the best I’ve seen on the top. You laid it out point by point in a very coherent way which it’s obvious is informed by material science & physics, rather than what most fluid art tutorials amount to, which is an artist recounting what has generally tended to work for them based on what other tutorials or artists said- basically a game of telephone where you just hope the version you get is before it’s veered too far off course… Dealing with the actual principles that govern how these substances interact makes WAY more sense & really demystifies things…
However, I’m still having a lot of trouble getting the consistent & reliable results you are. The few cells I’m managing to get to pop up are more a result of tilting & letting the paint roll & disperse until it spreads thin enough… When I swipe, nothing really happens (seemingly irrespective of how much pressure I do or don’t apply; I’m aiming for a middle ground where it spreads thin, but doesn’t scrape it away all the way to the canvas, usually at a shallow enough angle to get some rolling occurring, but it just spreads over the canvas & settles without cells). When I flick water (or floetrol) onto the surface after pouring or swiping (regardless of how thick or thin the paint on a given area is), it just swallows it up, even when I know there are other colors underneath, because if I do use a palette knife to move the black surface paint they’re revealed… Not sure if the problem is that I used floetrol (experimented with & without polyurethane) as the pouring medium, or perhaps I used too much of it & the paint was simply too thin & fluid to maintain enough surface tension to “explode” apart into cells when the surface is broken, instead just subsuming whatever breaks the surface & finding level in moments… I was trying roughly the recommendations I’ve seen for floetrol as a pouring medium; I’ve tried 1.5 or 2 parts floetrol to 1 part paint, or I reduced the floetrol part to compensate on the occasions that I mixed it with polyurethane, so maybe 1:1:1 floetrol to polyurethane to paint, or 1:0.5:1, but nothing I’ve found has worked particularly well… Certainly not like the examples I’ve seen online.
Note: granted, it is US floetrol; I’ve never tried Aussie & am on a budget. But it’s certainly plenty fluid. My first pour attempt, with just floetrol & paint, actually worked relatively well, so I’m not sure if it was just a thicker mix or what. Anyway thanks for a fantastic video. I’ll just have to experiment a bit more, but if you or anyone who knows has any feedback about what may be going wrong or what better recipe might be possible with the materials available to me, it would be much appreciated. Given this video, & the fact that I do believe you’re right (it makes so much sense that it’d be about the surface tension & consistency rather than any kind of mysterious chemical “cell” reaction- excellent insights), u doubt it really matters which fluid medium or “cell activator” you use… But I have seen mixed opinions as far as whether floetrol can be used in these higher concentrations as a fluid medium itself, or whether you need a higher quantity of some other fluid medium & just a few drops of floetrol (in the place of something like silicon oil as a “cell activator”). But I have water, plenty isopropyl alcohol, floetrol, now polyurethane (on the rec of another good fluid art channel, though I lack the enamel she mixed with it for her pouring medium)… And I have some Elmer’s glue-all, but I’m trying to avoid resorting to it since I’ve heard it produces less than archival quality products.
I really appreciate that my friend! Im just letting you know I’ve read this, and will come back to it with a well prepared answer and hopefully we can figure out where you’ve been having problems!
@@GeePours Thanks so much! Look forward to it. 🙏
Okay I think I have some sense of what's happening here Matthew - So I need you to bear with me on this response as it might get long.
So I understand you're attempting swipes but your cells are inconsistent, small, and often end up disappearing. Let's talk about why this happens - it's first important to distinguish between the two main ways of swiping - which is with an additive like silicone oil, or even with just US floetrol. this produces the round cell shape. The other main form of swiping is with a recipe called a cell activator. This is what includes Aussie floetrol. This recipe comes from the SheleeArt bloom technique and it produces whats called Lacing. Lacing is the webbing pattern that forms around cells. We generally distinguish between the two because the former produces round cells, while the second produces lacing (and by extension the cells between them, bet these cells often carry more geometric shapes with corners)
While actually executing the technique for the most part looks the same between the two, the critical differences are what's not immediately visible. Mainly that they're at very different consistencies and use different materials. When you use the additive method, generally all your paints will be the same consistency, including the base, as well as they will all use acrylic paints and a pouring medium (this can be retail or floetrol or really whichever pouring medium is most cost effective for you personally)
With the cell activator method, this is much more complicated. The base here is distinctly called a pillow, and its made from house paint (latex or latex/acrylic emulsion paint normally used to paint the interior walls of your house) it MUST be thicker than everything else. The colors are generally made with an untinted base paint like Behr 8300 and that's thinned with polyurethane varnish (this is really the only place where polyurethane varnish belongs, its not generally used as a pouring medium) and this layer is a little thinner than the pillow. then finally you have the cell activator on top, and that has to be the thinnest.
What I hope this explanation helps you understand is that you've basically been doing both at the same time, and that's why you're getting unpredictable results. These two techniques and materials are not exactly interchangeable, to be honest with you. I wouldn't use any polyurethane with US floetrol in a pouring medium. Ive never had the pressure of the swiping be the issue.
So, allow me to show you two separate videos for each technique that hopefully if you follow, it should help you achieve either one.
This is the standard silicone oil swipe: th-cam.com/video/ntsmu07GK3Q/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=GeePours
This is the cell activator: studio.th-cam.com/users/video23Ccx-N_Lp8/edit
Very helpful. Thank you
Wow! I just got finished talking to the technical department at Golden paints. We were discussing how when you use things that aren’t fine art mixed in with fine art. You don’t know how it will affect the paint in the years to come like silicone oil, or other additives. He said alcohol and obviously water does not hurt acrylics, so this is great news!!!
Theres so many ways to make cells its always possible to avoid additives entirely! Just bear in mind, if you follow the archival materials rabbit hole, dont work on cheap dollar store canvas😄 everything has to be archival too
Thank you so much for sharing 💝. I never managed to make nice cells with even super duper special expensive silicon oil 🙄
Excelente partilha de conhecimento, adorei! Gratidão!
obrigado por assistir!
Wow , that’s beautiful. Thank you for the great tip !! ❤love it !!! Differently going to try it !!
Thank you! I've tried to create cells but was underwhelmed by the results I've had. Once my art corner is back up I am going to try the water flick.
can't wait to see you what you do with it! :)
great explanition thank you
Very cool Gee! I will experiment this way and share👍
Best explanation I've found. Off to find your physics video. 👏
I wondered how long it would take for someone to explain this to people!!
This was a good video, thank you.
Wow, this is so cool. Thank you!
I use just water in my cell accelerator for blooms and it works fine, but I've never tried flicking water on. Very interesting.
oh for sure! I've tried cell activators in many different recipes, but my take on this technique is more about understanding how the cells actually form, and that sometimes an additive is not necessary :)
I love physics and the science of pouring. Excellent video with just the right amount of intrigue 🤓 bravo 👏🏼
(Btw I knew it was water 😁)
Wooo!!!! Very pretty and easy!!
Try washing up liquid, detergent is great at breaking and changing surface tension. Great video thinking outside the box.
Great lesson. Thank you!
Love this! Thank you so much!!
thank you! I ordered australian floetrol because I'm new and struggling to get cells. I'll work on my flick game instead!
Great demo! Love it!!!!FYI Silicone oil will eventually breakdown the acrylic in time if not totally removed. Like putting gas or oil in a milk jug eventually it will leak. I use alcohol from time to time when painting with acrylic paint.
I clean it up with a degreaser before varnishing usually😊
I was more or less letting newbies with no experience with acrylic paint. Hey you are a pro
you are too kind! and you are absolutely right too :)
So glad I found your video in my feed today! Already subscribed and looking forward to exploring more of your informative videos! 👍🏻
😱😱😱Can’t wait to try some water. Thankyou. ❤️🙏🏻❤️
Excellent tutorial!! Thanks so much.
You are so welcome! thank you for watching :)