Varying paint weights is key to many acrylic pour techniques
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- One of the most common questions I get is how to create cells with my acrylic pour. Understand paint densities, specific gravity, and the weight of each paint can make controlling the effects and your acrylic pour so much easier.
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The weight of paints in an acrylic pour determines which paints rise and which paints sinks when stacked on top of each other. Cells are formed when heaver paint drops through lighter paint or vice versa and small pieces of each color of paint that drop passes through accumulate into "cells".
This celling effect can be amplified by using a very "light" additive like silicone which will travel up through the paint and cause cells.
Additionally, using a pouring medium like floetrol that has a tendency to make cells by itself will help cause this effect to happen on a larger scale.
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00:00 Acrylic pour paint density
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This is why you're killing it. I've seen others attempt to explain this but they didn't come anywhere close to this level of clarity.
Thanks Marc. It does take a lot of time but what helps me helps my viewers also so it's time well spent.
@@LeftBrainedArtist Even saying, "didn't even come close" doesn't even come close. This, literally, is the first video I've seen, where it looks like the creator actually understands himself, why it happens, and how to customize your cup to your specific needs.
@@waskelweewabbit1453 watch his science of pouring video. You'll love it.
@@userMarinainCol He's good at explaining the chemical reactions & weight responses of paint and additives, but I unsubscribed just yesterday, because his actual skills are pretty bad. lol I mean, he's got the brain for it, but his hands don't do what his brain tells him to do.
@@waskelweewabbit1453 he loves his experiments, so his "work" isn't what it could be, true. Experiments don't always reflect the actual talent. And maybe his talent is just what he is doing. Explaining things so we all can be the best we can be at wha we plan on doing. He has the brain and talent to explain these complicated theories so we can understand and do better. I thank him for that, because I sure don't have the brain to figure it all out on my own. come back and visit sometime.
Thank you David, your use of scientific logic makes learning to paint so much easier!
Great to hear Heidi.
Well now I know why my yellow keeps vanishing. I've been working upside down. Another very helpful video, thanks so much.
Yellow is also tricky because a lot of yellows are transparent which makes them disappear even more. You can try mixing in some titanium white (just a bit) to help them be a bit more opaque too.
Golden should have sponsored this specific video. You r helping all the artists. So, golden is making money. At least should have offered you some supplies. Thanks
Maybe one day they will take notice of me Tri.
Days and days I spent trying to discover "the cell secret". Finally thanks to you I got the answer. Thank you very much for your explanation.
Glad to help. The paint also has a ton to do with this as the ingredients (fillers, pigments, acrylic polymers).
You are brilliant David. Your scientific approach to the paint is fascinating. I loved your use of a lava lamp to show the rise and fall. Thank you.☮️💖🎶
As always Marcey, you are more than welcome. Lava lamps are doing the same thing we want to do as acrylic pour artists just in a more pronounced way and using air and heat to facilitate breaking up surface tension and buoyancy.
Thank you David you are going to go to the top everyone feels like I do we do appreciate you ‼️
Thanks Carolyn. I really appreciate that.
The more videos you do like this the more i learn. Thank you so much😊
More to come for sure Daisy
Wow! You have such a way of explaining things. You should be a Science Teacher!!
Thanks Annie. My mother was a teacher so I am sure some of her mannerism rubbed off on me.
That makes sense. Your Mom should be proud! I'm about to do my first pour ever and your tutorials are a huge help, already! TNX!
I just have to say how absolutely grateful I am for these concise and clear lessons!!!! This has been so intimidating but your videos are easing my anxiety. THANK YOU!!!!
Glad to help. Please ask any questions you have that aren't covered. I am always looking for new video ideas and also love to help.
Thank you so much. You explained it better than I have heard from anyone else.
You are very welcome Kim. Glad to be of service. Today's video was about this also. Not sure if you watched it before coming here - th-cam.com/video/_xFR6r0_NCI/w-d-xo.html
You remind me so much of Bill Nyes the Science Guy. You make it so fun and easy to understand the why.
Thanks Dawn. That is a huge compliment. Love Bill Nyes.
This is an example of the "meat and potatoes" of paint pouring. I admire your logistical approach to all your video's - that's why they make sense, are incredibly informative and easily understood. I especially appreciate the demonstrations that prove out the science - for visual learners this is a must. Thank you David. I'm learning quickly because of you.
Thanks for watching Kathy. Glad my left brain approach to acrylic pouring is helpful to others too. This vides teach me so much also that they are the perfect win-win.
Your explanations are bang on! I appreciate the detailed info you provide. You appeal to my analytical mind. Bravo my friend. Keep on the good work!
Thanks Shova. I appreciate the compliment. Sometimes we just need a different perspective on how things work with acrylic pouring.
Love this. The entire reason I initially fell in love with paint pouring was because it seems to have limitless potential, manipulating the physics of pigment densities interacting with one another, creating beautiful art as a result. Not just left brained art, but left AND right brained art... lol
I totally agree! And I want to paint out to anyone that reads this that you CAN do pouring. Some people it comes more naturally but you can totally learn, and I think that learning is much easier than traditional drawing or painting. At least that is by far the case for me.
Oh, I'm right on board here! This is an intellectual type of art, which I once heard referred to as "post-modern cellism!" I'm into quantum mechanics. Every aspect of this style brings my world into better focus while pondering the endless possibilities.
Filling to the brim is such a good point I never considered, this is so informational! Such good content, thank you
Glad it was helpful Jessie. Just little things you don't think about until someone points it out.
Thanks a lot. Great teacher!!! In 15.40 I understood more then by watching 700 videos before. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Best wishes from new subscriber from Germany 👩🎨
Glad to hear that Lotteliese. Thanks for watching and the sub.
You are the only person in this topic that I am able to fully understand. Not instruction of just do it but why we should. Your calmness and speed make me remember stuff. Thank you. 🙏
I appreciate that Hazel. Glad to help.
Mind blown! They don't teach you this stuff at uni when studying art. This has helped me so much!
I'm so glad Charlotte. Fluid dynamics isn't taught in very many places at all unless you are doing engineering.
This is such a great video about the significance of the density of different paints. I love the way you think of the things we need to know so we can do our best work and the way you explain everything is so structured and clear. Plus, all the extra links you give are really helpful too!!
You are my #1 go to guide for all the technical stuff on paint pouring so thank you and please don't ever stop posting!
Thanks Louise. Glad my ramblings are helpful.
Thank you for doing all of these videos.
As somebody that loves to think and over think (computer programming in my background and lawyering in my not too distant future), I sincerely appreciate the format and the experimentation that you share.
Deeply, from my heart: THANK YOU!
My pleasure RJ. Glad you enjoy them.
Just started pouring and found the best channel to learn. So much thanks
Glad to hear it!
I’m so glad I found your channel. You’ve already taught me so much. Thank you for doing this.
I'm so glad Glenda. Thanks!
Back again, still impressed with this vid. Playing with my paint densities. You'd think I had nothing better to do, like actuallly pour something. Just such fun experimenting with these paints!
I can totally understand that.
THANK YOU for this!!! I've gone thru way 2 many canvas's & swear words trying to replicate what Artists make look SO easy in their videos lol 😆
I can feel that 100%. I still haven't even come close to master the bloom or Dutch pour techniques but ever pour gets me closer. Good luck Heather.
@@LeftBrainedArtist Well my bf & I both love your channel & think you're awesome!!!
Boy, I wish I had found all this information earlier! THANKS
Glad it was helpful Carol. Totally the 2nd most important thing about acrylic pouring in my mind besides consistency.
This is really interesting and informative. You are an excellent teacher.
He is. I've learned so much from his videos, and I'm always telling others to make sure to check him out, and I hope that if they do they also subscribe
Wow, thank you Christine. Ya'll are just too kind!
Agreed!
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge of the small things, " we thought ! " can change your pour into something HUGE !!
You are more than welcome Luke. I am so glad it was helpful.
Once again an excellent, easy to understand video. Thank you again for all you do for us.
My pleasure as always Margie.
It is so great to have a simple explanation for why I am scraping some of my pours. Thank you so much, David. I can’t wait to start a new pour. Cheers Marie‘downunder’. 👍👍👍
Thanks for watching Marie. One day I'll have to come visit again.
@@LeftBrainedArtist Hi David, let’s hope that visit won’t be too far in the future. We count ourselves pretty lucky in Australia. With our fast response to Covid 19 we have managed to have only a few deaths. Being on a large island has certainly helped.😀
Unfortunately, the Delta variant has arrived and Sydney is in lockdown at the moment. People have got blasé and are not following restrictions. They get a shock being hit with $1000 fines which does send a message. Sad that money still means more than health to some. Keep safe, Cheers Marie ‘downunder’ 👍
LOVE THE LEFT WAY TO ART!!!!
Gracias Ana Maria. I hoped other people would learn the same way I do with these videos.
David you’re amazing. Bless you
Thanks again Veni.
THIS! This is Exactly what I was looking for and Needed!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
wow ive so much to learn about the paint, thank you for all this info
Any time Joyce. Learning is a lifelong pursuit so I'm glad to help out a tiny bit for you along the way.
I can’t get enough of your info. I feel like I’m getting a degree in pouring with your knowledge lol. You’re like the pouring genius. Love it.
Thanks Heather. That is really nice to hear.
Just watched your science of pouring vid and this is the perfect one to follow. No one does a better job explainging this so we can actually pour something beautiful with a little planning. I love this part of the process. I havent even started pouring because I couldn't understand how it worked. I'm going to start looking at the densities of my paint so i can experiment with this phenomenon. Thank you so much.
Excellent. Seems we are alike in that way. The WHY is so important.
You are such a good teacher...thank you so much!! :)
You're very welcome Michelle.
Hey there! I've been binge watching your videos for almost three or four days now, and because sometimes I don't use my headphones, my husband seems to think I'm taking some chemistry class, but in English! (I have to mention I'm french). I've learned a ton from you in the past few days, so thank you again.
Awesome! Thank you Adeline. Glad to help.
Hooray! Someone who puts art in terms of science that I can understand and run with. Art is so airy-fairy. I like to understand why things happen so I have some degree of control over the outcome and hopefully fail less 😂. Not that it’s wrong just to play around with paint but it can be very expensive. Thank you!
I am with you 100% Lyn. That is the real reason I started this channel.
@@LeftBrainedArtist so glad you did!
Maybe you have an easy answer to another problem I can’t yet resolve. Using artist’s loft white and water base paint and tube colours/water colour paints and Dutch pour technique on both canvas and tiles, the white gradually creeps over the colours, leaving little patches of colour. I’m getting loads of lacing and cells. Consistency is the same for all mixes and runny enough to blow out with mouth or hairdryer. I’m happy to keep wasting paint but if you can suggest a solution it’ll save me time and materials. Maybe the white should be a little less viscous ( thin and thick are such ambiguous terms in fluid art)? The problem was even worse when I mixed in Floetrol
Thank you very much, I appreciate your enthusiasm in sharing your knowledge
My pleasure!
Absolutely excellent info... you have made me understand why my pours have failed and my cells if any are tiny ... Thank you for putting this info out there for newbies to pouring like me ...what a learning curve it has been... its not as simple as just pouring paint on canvas there is a lot of science that goes behind it. And you lay it down in easy to understand terms a big THANK YOU :)
You are so welcome! Thanks for the message.
Easy to understand explanation. Brilliantly done....thankyou!
You're very welcome Carol. Glad I could help.
Thank you left brained artist! Very helpful!
Glad it was helpful Debra.
Best explanation I have seen! Thank you so very much!
You're very welcome! Glad I am not the only one that thinks this way about acrylic pouring.
Thank you sooooo much..you're an awesome
TEACHER!!👏
Thank you Vesna! 😃 Thanks for watching too.
I’m learning all the time, thank you so much 😊
You are so welcome!
You are an amazing teacher.
Wow, thank you Linda. My mother was a teacher for decades. She'd be glad to hear that some rubbed off on me.
Thank you so much for sharing these videos. I was making so many mistakes and didn’t understand why! Linda from dublin Ireland
Glad it was helpful Linda. Good luck on your next pours.
wow loving left brain but being mostly right made this overwhelming for me, but SO valuable ... saved to both my watch later and my pour paint libraries, felt more like a seminar workshop which bears for me several watchings. It really became clearer around 12 when you demonstrated so clearly what was happening because verbally I could not absorb it usefully. It , bears repeating for me, the watching and the Thanx as always.
Those picture/video really do equal a thousand words for sure Barbara. Thanks for watching as always.
Thank you, my most important question has been answered...you are the best to teach beginners....
You are welcome. Thanks for watching.
Thank you so much for this educative video. It helps many like me to understand the mixing and ldiluting. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
You r so good in researching. Super smart.
Thank you so much Tri 😀
Thank you for all the testing, tips and information. Really interesting and helpful.
My pleasure Barbara.
Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge, you are very generous 😄
My pleasure Marnie. Thanks for watching.
Science is fascinating! ❤
I know right? I love it.
Another interesting fact-filled video - thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks again Judith.
Thank you, it makes sense when you explain
Wow. That is a great compliment Jodie. TYVM.
This is amazing, I never knew all this stuff. Thank you so much for posting this video
You're so welcome Denise.
Now I know why my white paint would always sink when layered in a cup! Thanks for explaining it so clearly.
You are so welcome! Thing like this fascinate me.
I appreciate your explanation of this. Very helpful. Thank you
My pleasure Norma. Glad to help out!
Wow! Thanks! This makes so much sense! Thanks!
You're so welcome Jana. Definitely one of the key things to understand with acrylic paint pouring.
Extremely useful! Thank you so much
You're very welcome Maddalena. Glad to help.
You are fabulous! You are loved! ❤️
Thanks Tammy. For the compliment and the love.
Thanks for bringing some science to what we do! Love your channel.
Glad you enjoy it! I do love to get in to the nitty gritty for sure.
Wow you are super cool. I needed this so much. Thank you all of the detail in your explanation.
Just when I think I've got it..... Fail blaaaaagh, thank you thank you thank you for your help
Luckily, fails are the best lessons learned. You've got this Louise.
That’s awesome, thank you. As a side note, density can also be calculated as mass/volume.
Thanks for the tip and for watching.
I love the scientific testing you do, which gives us beginners so much of a head start! Wonderful experiments and guides. This would take a year of normal study and experimentation, similar to how Sara Taylor said she learned. Thank you for the short cuts!
I appreciate that a lot Cindi. Glad to be of service.
Thanks for making that so easy to understand
Happy to help Kimberly
Wow! This is really interesting. Thank you so very much for this video.
Glad it was helpful for you!
Thank you so much. I learn so much from you!
Happy to help Bonnie. Glad it was useful.
On your site I learned so much ! Thank you !! :)
Great to hear Macska. Thanks for joining us.
Excellent video! I plan on printing out that document and tracking all my paints. Thank you!
Definitely do it. So important to understand Kim.
Great video, so helpful!! Guess I need to study up on my paints and get that Golden list. Thank you 😊
No problem at all. This stuff fascinates me.
Thank you, loads of useful tips there, I love the ‘science’ part.
Glad it was helpful Lesley. They is what I enjoy also.
@@LeftBrainedArtist I’ve already been through my paints and worked out their numbers. Not sure how you assess when they have mixed pigments, one high and one low, when white is added for example. I would imagine the percentage of the white is low, if it has just made the colour lighter, would you go for the lower number then?
@@ladygwarth They are generally listed based on the quantity so the first one has the most and the last one has the least. If the first one is transparent and the last one is opaque and move it slightly up from transparent to semi transparent
@@LeftBrainedArtist OK thanks, that’s really interesting as the white is generally mentioned first.
Very interesting information. Thank you for researching all of this.
Glad you enjoyed it Holly. Happy to help.
Thank you! This makes everything make do much sense now. I appreciate this clear and practical explanation of the science involved.
You're very welcome Alicia. Good luck.
I've actually learned something today. A great tutorial that was easy to follow AND understand. Thank you :)
Awesome my friend. Glad to be of service.
Thank you David- I’m brand new at this and you are most helpful!!
Please, keep the info coming 🎨
Most informative, thank you sir.
Glad it was helpful!
Such a good article! Wish I could save it
Thanks Jean!
Thank you for this. I have been struggling ING with my colors disappearing in my pours. This is so helpful! ❤️
I'm so glad to help Robin.
This was fascinating... thank you so much... as a left brained but arty type it was hugely helpful to me - especially as I live in Europe, and some of the materials recommended by the well know acrylic pouring artists are just not available here....
Glad it was helpful! I am trying to include international producst I see other artist's using as I can. Not the easiest when I can't use them for myself here in the US.
@@LeftBrainedArtist Yes of course, I can't always get stuff from the UK since Brexit... and its a bit hard to ask your friends to stick a litre of paint in their luggage. However I will love to hear anything you have to offer!! thanks again
Thank you for another amazing tutorial!, interesting....just yesterday I was asking a friend about paint weight cause he knows those things.
We talked about it and it was great, but your diagrams made it understandable and you using the paint made it real. Can’t beat the visual 😳
I completely agree. Watching what happens with the paint and what to look for is so important. Thanks for watching again Consuelo.
Wow! Your video has helped me soooo much! I have used the Golden paint list to try to match up names of paints, but it hasn’t always worked. So, I picked up a Master’s Touch tube of Cobalt Blue and there it is… PB28 (Ultramarine) and PW6 (Titanium White) which makes this particular blue 4.5 x the specific gravity of water. I have subscribed and rang the bell to receive all of your videos. Again, thank you!
You are so welcome! Glad to help.
Super helpful!!!
You are very welcome Eileen. I hope it helps.
Really good explanation. Thank you.
You are welcome Tricia. Hope it was useful.
LOVE. THIS. VIDEO. David!
Thanks Gee. So interesting how the science of pouring works.
@@LeftBrainedArtist I wanna hit you up about something cool - could I contact you somewhere?
@@GeePours Yup. Email address here leftbrainedartist.com/contact/ Sorry I don't want to put the email in the comments cause the bots get them and I get a bunch of spam.
@@LeftBrainedArtist oh for sure dont do that! Cheers man will be in touch 😊
Thk u so much..this was one of my biggest problems
So excited to see what new art you create Lorraine.
I love this, thank you so much.
Glad to help Nina.
Hoy descubrí tu canal y es maravilloso. Enseñas muy muy muy bien. Gracias.
Un placer Graciela. Gracias por ver me canal.
This is amazing information.
Glad it was helpful Kathleen.
I'm gonna be a paint pouring maniac now! Watch out!
YES!!!!!
Really an important information, I was looking for something like this because some companies ni gin e the information in the paint description
So true. My database isn't 100% accurate cause I can only go off what the pigments they say they are using and the weight those hold without including the binder and fillers but it gives you a better idea than just guessing.
Very helpful video, thanks for sharing.
My pleasure Denise. Have a good rest of your weekend!
Really learnt a lot thank you 🙏
My pleasure. Always glad to help.
Thank you so much for this wonderful lesson. You are a great Teacher and I am so glad that I found your channel.
You are so welcome Carol. I blame my teacher's chop on my mom. She was an HS English teacher for decades.
So excellent! I want to go to the store & write down all pb s of colors (I gave away all my pouring items out of frustration
I am excited for you to get started again Patricia. Good luck!
I love you videos,they are so informative
Thank you so much Julie. Onward and upward my friend.
Very informative! Thanks for sharing!
It was my pleasure. I love your Lion's Mane painting BTW.
@@LeftBrainedArtist Thank you :-).
Great video thank you very helpful
Glad it was helpful Tina.
BEST pouring video on the internet! This video alone got you another sub. I'd get on my knees and do the "we're not worthy" routine, but my arthritis is acting up.
Aw thanks my friend. Just info people really need to know for pouring.
@@LeftBrainedArtist I've always been one of those people who can do something, if you just show me how. I want to do a painting for a friend who just bought his first house & every video I've seen that says it's "instructive" in the title, isn't. This is the first and only one I've found in a week that was. I thank you sincerely, and I'm about to go find out why I should never use high gloss varnish lol