I’ve found that a damp paper towel affords a much more uniform swipe than one that is truly wet. The added weight of the water actually gouges the swipe, hence why it looked so streaky. Another positive is that when you use a dampened paper towel, you can really see how it’s making contact with all of the colors in the swipe. That was helpful to me in the beginning. I like that red catalyst thing that you were using though. It distributed the weight very evenly! Another great video, David. Very informative and helpful, as always! 🐻
I use a slightly damp paper towel or if I think I have a bit to much paint that's when I use the dry paper towels..I have got some amazing swipe also started using palate knife
I like the liner and the wet swipe tool best. I love lots of color. The liners are also good to place under microwaves to keep them in place. works wonders! Cut small pieces and place each one under a leg. This has nothing to do with painting, but the information might come in handy❣Hey I'm older, I know things. LOL Thank you ,David. You are such a great inspiration. 👏
I never would have thought of the drawer liner but I adore the first swipe results you got with it… like rain… could be very useful in abstract. I appreciate the hell outta ya! 😊
Vielen lieben Dank für die tolle Erklärung 🙏. Es ist für mich sehr hilfreich gewesen! Meine Favoriten sind der Liner und das nasse Papier. Da kommen mehr Farben hervor. Nochmals Dankeschön und liebe Grüße aus Deutschland 🇩🇪. 🤗
An incredibly useful video. So nice to see all the differences. I don't do many swipes but when I do I use the shelf liner. Now I see I made the right choice because I want the colours to show through. Thanks David.
Nice to see the different swipe material options side by side. They all have their unique effects for different outcomes. Thanks again for another great video!
David, right on time! I'm doing good work exploring the techniques I see. I always come back to your earliest videos, i.e., 'what did David say about this....' Thank you, they're full of gold!!
Thank you for this experiment. I’m with you. My favorites by far was #1 wet paper towel #2 shelf liner-love the lines it created. That’s so pretty, you could actually keep that one. 😉 Thanks for sharing ✌️💜😊
David, once again thank you for doing these comparison videos. I've been meaning to tell you that I have come back to them numerous times to answer questions that come up from my many........"challenges." LOL Great stuff!
Thanks for sharing all the different swipes side by side! Great video! I don't care much for swipes, but the wet paper towel was my favorite effect from today. 👍
I love swipe and for me I'm not a fan of the papertowel. I prefer flexible tools that are bit heavier so I can apply more pressure without removing too much paint. Great video!🖌🙂💕👍
Great test video! I’ve never swiped with a drawer liner but I do really like that effect. I also liked your puddle test at the beginning…I almost find that one more useful than the drip test to know if one color will swallow another!
as always your painting "s are beautiful I love Swiping ‼️I find that a dry or damp paper towels work the best..I think it's a personal choice what works best..thank you again
Thank you 🙏 for this experiment!! I like to use those plastic sheets that protect the canvas when you buy in bulk.I also use wet paper towels. I love the blue background! Beautiful color! What would happen if you used less white paint in the swipe with plastic! Maybe more color would pop up through the cells?
A little bit as it breaks the surface tension and allows the paint to move more freely. Mostly because the white is so much heavier than the other paints so it tends to drop through the paint causing lacing/cells.
Thats a great tip ...,doing a drip test. Wow. You being left brain. Me being right brain dominate. I can see it all now. Haha. Thanks, love all your works. I totally appreaciate all your tips. Too
My favorite Way is a damp Paper towel..If my paint isn't all the exact consistency then I don't get all the colors in my swipe if I am doing a swipe I am going to stretch it I use a mound disappear for my base then all swiping color s are abit thicker point is the base coat needs to be able to move .. Another great vedio
Thanks for this video, I use wet paper towel just because you rarely get a skip. Can't use cards or plastic at all, I love the look when they do ghost swipes with them but I just haven't mastered it yer. That liner looks like it might be fun though.
Hi Left Sided Brain, could you please conduct an experiment using house paint. I specifically want to understand how a unstinted paint house paint thick and thin. I intend to use glue all with this pouring medium. Thanks Cath
This is off-topic, but do you plan to do any coasters and resin videos in the future? I'm trying to find out if I have to do anything with my silicone pours before applying the resin and I checked here first.
You absolutely need to clean those a TON to get all the silicone off or the resin won't hold and you'll get divots or places where the resin doesn't stick.
@@LeftBrainedArtist Thank you for that instruction. The trick will be to get the silicone off without taking off a lot of paint. Which is why I don't like using silicone. :)
@@rons3634 Silicone always has some paint suspended in it so it seems like it is getting pulled off. Glue will wash off so you can't be to harsh with it. Floetrol and all other mediums and paints should turn in to plastic and not come off at all. If it is, you have something else happening.
@@LeftBrainedArtist My PM was Floetrol and Polycrylic so I guess I don't have to dread the cleaning. Now to decide whether to clean with alcohol or glass cleaner. Decisions, decisions. lol
I literally just walked out of the kitchen from doing a swipe. I put my swipe color onto the paper towel and dragged it over. It was OK but I had too much paint on my canvas so I swiped back over it again but from the other end of the canvas. That distributed the colors a little better.
L9ve the comparisons. Thank you! It's interesting that the 2nd damp paper towel had a very different result. Why would that be? Was it the same one you already used?
You can still get cells without silicone by utilitizing specific paints and other additives. For the wite I am using a titanium white (very heavy) over some mid density and light density paints.
@@LeftBrainedArtist i read that the swipe colour needs to be thiner than the rest of the colours...now you say you use a very heavy white...I'm confused
@@kua2564 I am talking about the density of the paint not the consistency. You want a heavy/dense paint (Titanium White is heavey generally) that is slightly thinner consistency than the rest of your paint for the best cells.
@@LeftBrainedArtist well...if it's heavier and then you thin it down the density has changed and it's not heavy anymore. It doesn't make sense. By mixing the paints, no matter how heavy or light they are when you start, if you thin then down their density won't be heavy anymore.
Thankyou David for another informative comparison video. I don't have a preference for any of the swipes as I believe they each have their place in their individual applications, although I was a bit disappointed that none of the copper showed through. Was this because it had a different density to the other colours?
I like wht shows out by using wet paper towel The one shown in the middle. I like the liner too. Love the cells. Prefer more blues. Im.having trouble for not getting cells
@@LeftBrainedArtist Thank you. I didnt know those shops sell silicone or flotrol. Thought they are sold only in Art shop. Ive been searching frm Art shops for yrs and they said oh we dont sell these items. So i gave up doing art for sometime unless silicon or floetrol not needed. I do love art tht have cells. Thanks again.
Sewing shops here only does sewing. They dont repair sewing machine. I doubt they have silicone. Can u tell me precisely wht is silicon? It is oil or paint or??
Your cells are great not to have used silicone! I’m still playing around with what I like. I’ve found that when I use glue I have more cells, but the texture of my paintings is bumpy. And I don’t like that.
I've tried Swiping with different things and have never really been happy with the results I tried with credit cards, biz cards plain paper and that plastic "Canvas". Have you tried the wet paper towel one with it wet with rubbing alcohol instead of water? I was watching a channel called "Amanda's Designs" she did a swipe with a paper towel dampened with Rubbing Alcohol got some incredible cell's. you give up on the newsletter?
Alcohol is a great way to do it too. My wife doesn’t like to smell it though inside. Kind of on the newsletter. I have a couple of projects looming on the horizon and the time for the newsletter for sacrificed for that.
All 4 swipe tools look great. Thanks for the comparison David. You rock 🤙🤙
Thanks Doris.
I’ve found that a damp paper towel affords a much more uniform swipe than one that is truly wet. The added weight of the water actually gouges the swipe, hence why it looked so streaky. Another positive is that when you use a dampened paper towel, you can really see how it’s making contact with all of the colors in the swipe. That was helpful to me in the beginning. I like that red catalyst thing that you were using though. It distributed the weight very evenly! Another great video, David. Very informative and helpful, as always! 🐻
Thanks my friend. So interesting how different they all are.
I use a slightly damp paper towel or if I think I have a bit to much paint that's when I use the dry paper towels..I have got some amazing swipe also started using palate knife
I like the liner and the wet swipe tool best. I love lots of color. The liners are also good to place under microwaves to keep them in place. works wonders! Cut small pieces and place each one under a leg. This has nothing to do with painting, but the information might come in handy❣Hey I'm older, I know things. LOL Thank you ,David. You are such a great inspiration. 👏
Those are my favs too. And, thx for the microwave info.😄.
@@pyritecindi7384 😘
Ooh that is a good idea Rebecca.
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@@LeftBrainedArtist Thank you so much, have a nice Sunday! You can also use it for casters under furniture! Nonslip grip!
I love more color. The liner and wet paper towel were my favorites. Thank you David.☮️💖🎶
Me too so interesting.
I never would have thought of the drawer liner but I adore the first swipe results you got with it… like rain… could be very useful in abstract. I appreciate the hell outta ya! 😊
I know right. I found other artists doing it and loved the results.
David, I so love watching you! I learn every video! Thank you for YOU!!
You are so welcome Susan. Glad to help.
I would never have done these tests myself. Thank you for doing them and adding so much information to my flow painting knowledge.
Glad you like them!
Vielen lieben Dank für die tolle Erklärung 🙏. Es ist für mich sehr hilfreich gewesen! Meine Favoriten sind der Liner und das nasse Papier. Da kommen mehr Farben hervor. Nochmals Dankeschön und liebe Grüße aus Deutschland 🇩🇪. 🤗
Ich habe sie seltsam geschichtet, damit ich mein Gold verloren habe. Danke fürs zuschauen!
An incredibly useful video. So nice to see all the differences. I don't do many swipes but when I do I use the shelf liner. Now I see I made the right choice because I want the colours to show through. Thanks David.
Glad to hear it Hawk.
Thanks for your time as always! I really like the effects of the liner and wet paper towel the best.
Me too! So interesting Emily.
Nice to see the different swipe material options side by side. They all have their unique effects for different outcomes. Thanks again for another great video!
Always a pleasure. I love doing these experiments.
David, right on time! I'm doing good work exploring the techniques I see. I always come back to your earliest videos, i.e., 'what did David say about this....' Thank you, they're full of gold!!
Thanks Lynn. So nice to hear.
Thank you that was very helpful and because I'm having such a hard time with swipes I'm going to go watch your other videos
Glad to help Deborah.
Thank you for this experiment. I’m with you. My favorites by far was #1 wet paper towel #2 shelf liner-love the lines it created. That’s so pretty, you could actually keep that one. 😉
Thanks for sharing
✌️💜😊
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching Dee.
David, once again thank you for doing these comparison videos. I've been meaning to tell you that I have come back to them numerous times to answer questions that come up from my many........"challenges." LOL Great stuff!
Challenges are the best learning opportunities Doc.
Thank you for always doing these experiments. Wonderful training for those of us that are newbies.
Glad you like them Jeannie. And happy to help.
David, thank you for sharing this expirement! Great visuals. Very helpful.
Glad to help Maria.
Thanks for sharing all the different swipes side by side!
Great video!
I don't care much for swipes, but the wet paper towel was my favorite effect from today. 👍
Me too.
I love the texture of the drawer liner and the " northern lights" effect from the wet paper towel
Northern lights. I can totally see that.
I love swipe and for me I'm not a fan of the papertowel. I prefer flexible tools that are bit heavier so I can apply more pressure without removing too much paint. Great video!🖌🙂💕👍
So nice to be able to use so many different tools for sure.
Great test video! I’ve never swiped with a drawer liner but I do really like that effect. I also liked your puddle test at the beginning…I almost find that one more useful than the drip test to know if one color will swallow another!
It helps a lot.
always appreciate your informative videos. Thank you!
Thanks for watching Rosemary.
Cool tutorial thank you. My favorite was the liner and the wet paper towel. Have a great weekend.
Me too. All are interesting though.
This video brings incredible value for me! Thank you for doing all these tests!
Glad to help Alexander.
Brilliant demo as usual, thank you fpr uploading
My pleasure!
This was a great example of swipe tools and thank you so very much for the channel mention. I hope you and your family are doing well David ❣️
No problem. I ‘be already received multiple compliments for the tool. Thanks again.
Like the sideways & low camera angle! I could see exactly how thick & how the colors lie on top of base
Thanks. I am trying to get more closeup pics for exactly that reason.
Great explanation… really shows the difference.
Kim
Thanks Marion. I was surprised at how different they are all side by side.
Thank you 😁 I have learned a lot from your videos. Much appreciation 👍
YW Carrie. Fun to do comparisons like this
as always your painting "s are beautiful I love Swiping ‼️I find that a dry or damp paper towels work the best..I think it's a personal choice what works best..thank you again
Thanks Carolyn. There is definitely always personal preference and expectation of outcome that are part of how we choose to swipe.
Once again, a fantastic video!
I actually like the liner
Thanks Cindy.
Love your experimentation with acrylics!!! Just need to try electricity next and see if the pour comes alive
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Thanks for this video. This technique has been difficult for me. I like the effect that you got with the liner.
One of my favorite for sure Patricia.
I plan to give it a try. I would love it if you would do a video about color shift and interference paints. Thanks.
I like the liner.
Me too. Thanks.
Very interesting and handy to know, thank u so much😊
Glad it was helpful!
That was a very helpful experiment. Thank you 🙂
Thanks Chris. Always nice to do side by side comparisons.
Thank you 🙏 for this experiment!! I like to use those plastic sheets that protect the canvas when you buy in bulk.I also use wet paper towels. I love the blue background! Beautiful color! What would happen if you used less white paint in the swipe with plastic! Maybe more color would pop up through the cells?
Sure would. Plus putting paints right on top of each other instead of so dispersed.
Thnx for the great teachings as usual
You rock
Glad to help. Thanks for watching Kathy.
Love this thank you. Are you getting the cells because of the torch?
A little bit as it breaks the surface tension and allows the paint to move more freely. Mostly because the white is so much heavier than the other paints so it tends to drop through the paint causing lacing/cells.
Thank you great information
Thats a great tip ...,doing a drip test. Wow. You being left brain. Me being right brain dominate. I can see it all now. Haha. Thanks, love all your works. I totally appreaciate all your tips. Too
That to help MichelleJean.
Great experiment!
Thanks Rose.
My favorite Way is a damp Paper towel..If my paint isn't all the exact consistency then I don't get all the colors in my swipe if I am doing a swipe I am going to stretch it I use a mound disappear for my base then all swiping color s are abit thicker point is the base coat needs to be able to move .. Another great vedio
Thanks Carolyn.
Did you mix the pearl white with the artists loft white?
Correct. 1 part pear, 1 part paint, 2 parts glue medium.
Do you think the glue helped make the cells? LOVE your videos!
Every paint/medium has a slightly different effect and some glue's definitely cell more than others.
Thanks for this video, I use wet paper towel just because you rarely get a skip. Can't use cards or plastic at all, I love the look when they do ghost swipes with them but I just haven't mastered it yer. That liner looks like it might be fun though.
L Ike that my cells get made in uniform lines.
Thx for sharing 😊
My pleasure LZ.
fabulous
Thanks Sherry.
Hi Left Sided Brain, could you please conduct an experiment using house paint. I specifically want to understand how a unstinted paint house paint thick and thin. I intend to use glue all with this pouring medium. Thanks Cath
If you are using glue there is no point in using untainted house paint. I don’t understand what you are trying to do.
Vraiment très intéressant 👍
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This is off-topic, but do you plan to do any coasters and resin videos in the future? I'm trying to find out if I have to do anything with my silicone pours before applying the resin and I checked here first.
You absolutely need to clean those a TON to get all the silicone off or the resin won't hold and you'll get divots or places where the resin doesn't stick.
@@LeftBrainedArtist Thank you for that instruction. The trick will be to get the silicone off without taking off a lot of paint. Which is why I don't like using silicone. :)
@@rons3634 Silicone always has some paint suspended in it so it seems like it is getting pulled off. Glue will wash off so you can't be to harsh with it. Floetrol and all other mediums and paints should turn in to plastic and not come off at all. If it is, you have something else happening.
@@LeftBrainedArtist My PM was Floetrol and Polycrylic so I guess I don't have to dread the cleaning. Now to decide whether to clean with alcohol or glass cleaner. Decisions, decisions. lol
I literally just walked out of the kitchen from doing a swipe. I put my swipe color onto the paper towel and dragged it over. It was OK but I had too much paint on my canvas so I swiped back over it again but from the other end of the canvas. That distributed the colors a little better.
I’ve been known to do that too!
L9ve the comparisons. Thank you! It's interesting that the 2nd damp paper towel had a very different result. Why would that be? Was it the same one you already used?
Amount of water was the problem. The second had way less.
@@LeftBrainedArtist Thanks!
What density did you use for your paint? Your drip test shows them the same, but you didn't use silicone, so how did you get cells? Thanks!
You can still get cells without silicone by utilitizing specific paints and other additives. For the wite I am using a titanium white (very heavy) over some mid density and light density paints.
@@LeftBrainedArtist i read that the swipe colour needs to be thiner than the rest of the colours...now you say you use a very heavy white...I'm confused
@@kua2564 I am talking about the density of the paint not the consistency. You want a heavy/dense paint (Titanium White is heavey generally) that is slightly thinner consistency than the rest of your paint for the best cells.
@@LeftBrainedArtist well...if it's heavier and then you thin it down the density has changed and it's not heavy anymore. It doesn't make sense. By mixing the paints, no matter how heavy or light they are when you start, if you thin then down their density won't be heavy anymore.
If you are thinning the paints all at the same rate the "relative" density compared to the rest is still about the same.
Thankyou David for another informative comparison video. I don't have a preference for any of the swipes as I believe they each have their place in their individual applications, although I was a bit disappointed that none of the copper showed through. Was this because it had a different density to the other colours?
It’s because my white I used something that made it very thin. Had I just use straight titanium white it would’ve shown through
Ahh I see. Thankyou for that clarification and thanks again for your time♥️👍🎨
Have you ever tried swiping with a slightly damp chamois?
Nope. Does it give you a different effect?
@@LeftBrainedArtist Not so much. It just has a nice weight to it and you can get some great movement.
I like wht shows out by using wet paper towel The one shown in the middle. I like the liner too. Love the cells. Prefer more blues. Im.having trouble for not getting cells
This and using thinner paints are the easiest ways without using silicone.
@@LeftBrainedArtist
Talking abt silicone..not possible to buy from here in my country. I love cells
@@sylvialin6453 You might have to look at an auto repair shop or a sewing shop. They have different kinds of silicone that will work too.
@@LeftBrainedArtist
Thank you. I didnt know those shops sell silicone or flotrol. Thought they are sold only in Art shop. Ive been searching frm Art shops for yrs and they said oh we dont sell these items. So i gave up doing art for sometime unless silicon or floetrol not needed. I do love art tht have cells. Thanks again.
Sewing shops here only does sewing. They dont repair sewing machine. I doubt they have silicone. Can u tell me precisely wht is silicon? It is oil or paint or??
One demonstrator of blooms said she found more cells if she mixed the brands of paints and didn’t use all the same kind. Do you find this to be true?
I think it is the weight of the paint more than that but there are some brands that cell more for sure like Amsterdam.
Your cells are great not to have used silicone! I’m still playing around with what I like. I’ve found that when I use glue I have more cells, but the texture of my paintings is bumpy. And I don’t like that.
You could try adding some Floetrol to help thin, and get cells too!
Thinning should help that some for sure Melanie.
@@emilyflotilla931 Thanks!
@@LeftBrainedArtist Thank you!
What a difference. I haven't done any swipes yet. I save all the fake cc from the offers I get for the possibility of doing a swipe.
😉🤪🤪🤪
Totally the best recycling use for them.
I've tried Swiping with different things and have never really been happy with the results I tried with credit cards, biz cards plain paper and that plastic "Canvas". Have you tried the wet paper towel one with it wet with rubbing alcohol instead of water? I was watching a channel called "Amanda's Designs" she did a swipe with a paper towel dampened with Rubbing Alcohol got some incredible cell's.
you give up on the newsletter?
Alcohol is a great way to do it too. My wife doesn’t like to smell it though inside. Kind of on the newsletter. I have a couple of projects looming on the horizon and the time for the newsletter for sacrificed for that.
Would have been cool if you did opposite out, so the plastic swip tool would have been on the ends.
I have done that before. This oen I wanted the longest swipe I could get to see how the different swiping tools worked over a longer distance.
You sound like Tom green 💚
8) I guess that makes me "The Chad"
I get the best results using corrugated cardboard
That is a great idea and a great way to recycle
Also I can make the tool the full size of canvas if needed. Like when the swipe technique is just the background.
Thank you great information
Anytime Pam.