Hi guys! Hope you found this helpful! Let me know your thoughts! Here is the web article I was talking about www.justpaint.org/how-much-water-can-you-safely-add-to-acrylic-paint/
Thank you for your excellent video on mixing ratios, it's answered a lot of questions for me and I always enjoy your videos. Could you tell me if it's possible to touch up a dried dutch pour? I ended up with a lot of white patches where I blew out the paint with the hairdryer and it needs more colour - or can I paint over the whole canvas again?
This was so appreciated. I know starting out, my paints were too thick. It took me awhile, along with a scale, practice and tips from you and Rinske to get to a place where my consistency is now appropriate. You are one of the few artists that is willing to help others. You are an inspiration!
I agree Molly is great. I also love cozcreations, she asked me to email my first go at paint pouring to her and she was really supportive. Her art and videos are amazing too.
Do you add silicon. Your paintings are always wonderful.. I have more failures than successes! Do different silicone give different cells? So many questions!
Words for what? She is an American artist and collaborates like no one else in teaching a very beautiful art... the pouring of fluid paints. Well taught, really well...but, at the very end, the amount of water to balance the right fluid, a lot of experience came to the top. God bless you !!! 🙏
Molly!! Holy guacamole I wish I had seen this video 4 wrecked canvases ago🤣. Finally the penny dropped when you said don’t have your base paint too thick on the canvas or it will swallow your colours. Also that drip test was the final piece of the Dutch pour puzzle that I have been struggling with so much. You are totally amazing. Thank you so much for your attitude, beautiful work and all round lovely person that you are.
Boy I loved your comment and I hope you mean when you ruined 4 canvases that you at least try to scrape them or paint on top of them. I have a 3 paint rule I ditch them after 3 attempts. Oddly enough some of the ones that I paint over turn out to be the best.I think it's lack of pressure ruining a canvas. Anyway I'm glad your light bulbs went off this is so much fun.Molly is awesome!
Kelli Quinn LOL yes if it is wet and not salvageable, I just scrape it and use it again- 3 scrapes is my max. If it is dry and I hate it, I sandpaper it lightly and paint over. You are right tho! Two of my best loved paintings were painted over ‘ruined’ canvases 😁
I just happened on an acrylic pouring video a few weeks ago and have been absolutely mesmerized by the process. Decided I wanted to make a couple as gifts for my oldest daughter- but with the pouring medium, and it was such a horrible epic failure! Watching this video where its just water and paint gives me hope that I can actually make something! Thank you Molly for teaching an old dog some new tricks!
Molly, I am brand new to pouring. I have yet to do a single one. This video is amazing. Both intimidating and incredibly informative. Thank you for doing this! And thank you to everyone who commented! You're comments are also incredibly helpful. Hugs to you all! Here goes nothing! :) At the very least, it'll be fun!! :)
Hi, I'm new as well . If you would like to start ,but feel intimidated maybe start with a paint set thats ready to pour. I did my first one with a ready to pour set off of Amazon. I have always wanted to paint with acrylics and let my intimidation get in the way. My best advice is to just do it. So far I've done an abstract , pour, and an actual landscape ( landscape was my most intimidating). Starting is sometimes the hard part ,but you will love it and ots SO therapeutic! I try to paint once a week. Its my stress relief bc while I love my kids being around them 24/7/365 without a break means I needed to do something. And I love it !! And I feel its ok to make some mistakes. My first pour i didn't have a torch and the pour was beautiful. Thought there was a speck of dust so tried to get it out. It was a bubble ans made a whole. So then tried to fix it and made it worse. Wish I hadn't touched it. Someone wanted to buy it actually. However, it was a lesson and I just painted over it with white to use it again and practice more things. You will love it !!best wishes !!!
@@irlhills4570 thank you so much for your post. I will follow your advice to buy ready pour paint. I am really called to try but I have never done it. A bit insecure about the torch … which I won’t use right away… good luck. We are in 2022 and I am sure by now you are a pro.! 🙂
Thank you so much for the épurements are showing them correctly. It has been my biggest struggle as there are not many artist that explain and show EXACTLY how to do and how to test it. Very grateful.🙏
Oh Molly, you are an absolutely, fantastic teacher! Your passion for your craft is evident. Not to mention your patience, love, and kindness in the expression of the simplest thing. Thank you, thank you, so much for taking the time to go indepth. All my questions were answered without asking any. Wow! You are a gem. Love 😃❤ and blessings to you and family!
Finally I put in the correct search words to find exactly what I needed taught by an extremely talented, cheerful, supportive but distant teacher. Your work is next level glass ceiling. No limit.
The best video ever for giving detailed info on ratios and consistency for Dutch pours that I’ve seen on TH-cam. Very valuable Molly and it’s much appreciated 🙏 You crack me up with your buzz line every time...”Hayappy Painting” thanks for watching, .....Byeeeee 😂🤣
One of the best videos I have seen and very helpful. I was ready to throw my paints away because I wasn't getting pouring at all. This video got me interested in pouring again.
You are such an amazing teacher. You explain things and don't make a new person to this art feel like an idiot!! For asking questions. You and Rinska are such inspirations for us "wanna be s" and Olga . Wonderful!!
I am a beginner and REALLY want to watch again carefully, but ya know - life.... Thank you in advance, as a newbie to Pour, this is just what I've been searching for. You obviously put in a lot of time and effort. Much Love from Colorado EEUU
Hi Molly, I have watched many TH-cam tutorials on fluid art and I just have to say that out of all these, this particular post has been the most informative and helpful to me. Thank you so much!
I really appreciate you showing and explaining the why to preparing the paints. You are an awesome teacher. I will be referring people to your channel.
Wow, Molly. That was great! I have struggled with this for so long. You are a really good teacher! I so appreciate you taking the time to teach this. 💕🥰
That was so so helpful - thank you! The drip test - wow, I can use this for whatever pour I'm doing to make sure I've got the right consistency. Your vids are always great!
Oh Em Gee, Molly!!! Where has the drip test been all my life!? That is a lifesaver! You see I don’t have a scale and so I just kind of eyeball the consistency and I’ve started getting better, but I know I’m not where I need to be yet. And I know I made my white too thin once because it broke everything up. This was so extremely helpful, That drip test was worth everything!
This is the best consistency video I've seen yet! Thank you for this. I was so sure my paint was thin enough until I put on my canvas and tried to blow it and blew it 😆 I now know I was bringing my stick up way too high and I'll be looking for the triangle from now on 🙏🏼❤😊
Je viens de découvrir les tableaux et les techniques des différents artistes. Suis fascinée. Problème, les commentaires et les explications sur les pourcentages peintures et eau sont difficiles à comprendre même avec le sous-titrage. Dommage, je resterai sur ma faim, J'essayerai seule. Merci quand même...
Thank you so much, I'm new to this and have wasted so much paint trying to figure out the ratio and which mixing medium to use. I'm feeling confident going forward.
Thank you Molly, you and Olga, are the best! We are watching you almost every day with my kids. Appreciate your good mood, how professionally you explain all the staff. Happy painting to you in continues😉👍
When you started with just the dots - before the gold - it looked like Elmo (from Sesame Street) peeking out through the white. LOL It turned out beautiful!!
Thank you for the info on mixing your paint! That was truly helpful. I have had a difficult time getting the consistency of the paint right, and this clarified everything! ❤️
Thank for all of your advice - you are an excellent teacher & a brilliant, inventive, clever artist & a wonder with colours. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, with every video you do I learn something each time. I love playing with paint but am a novice artist. Cheers. Michelle 🌺
Certain types of paint does cells all by itself, maybe not silicone level cells but yeah, I like artist loft or Amsterdam for cells, I’m not finished with this video yet so I don’t know what brand she is using. Also sometimes depends on the “pillow” paint Edit: She said she uses Amsterdam, that’s good to know!
When you're using the scales, you're actually measuring in grams (which equals millilitres of water) which is why the mL are a bit out from the measuring cup. 30mL of water =30g but 30mL of paint doesn't necessarily =30g.
Mmm....yeah...I was puzzling over scales that weigh in millilitres... Cos 50mls of syrup is not the same as 50mls of water when you come to weigh it. Syrup is heavier. So I'm scratching my head but I'd choose weight. Grams. Love the channel Molly. You're cheery and that does me good. :) See I'm smiling. :D
Hi Molly, thank you so much for this tutorial! I've found my pouring mixes too thick for a while, so this makes so much sense. I've been wanting to add water, but worried about the adhesion. But, what do you add to the mix to get the cells?
I'm curious to know if using a hydrometer to measure the specific gravity of each paint brand (and color within that brand) could be useful for determining how much water/pouring medium is needed to achieve a desired consistency.
I am not sure how much that would help. You might be alright just working with volumes and mass in a graduated cylinder. If you are careful with your graduated cylinder, you should be able to make your own scale conversion for each colour, brand, etc. But if you have a hydrometer and want to try it, I'd say go for it.
Don't bother with the hydrometer - you'll just make a mess and it really won't help. Use a scale, measure in grams. In the end, any volume differences caused by different paint densities will be fixed when you add the water to get the final consistency, and that's all that matters.
@@keith726able Agreed. I decided to abandon that idea after considering it for a bit. Besides, most paint companies have a tech sheet with the SG of their paints on their websites. No need to reinvent the wheel.
@@1jugglethis I'm a chemical engineer - used to measuring everything to the last decimal place. Paint pouring should be fun, not a math exercise. However, consistency is everything, but you can make adjustments at the end. That flow test is the best advice ever - that's all that really matters after you've gotten the thickness close. Even if you mess up the math, the final test is the flow blobs - when they're all the same you're ready to go. I hope you're having fun, making incredibly beautiful artwork.
All this time I've been wasting $$ on paint mediums when all l really need is just add water? Wish I had seen this video months ago. Why would people be using paint mediums? Thanks for the heads up. Lol! I've been mixing my own medium half flotrol annd half polyurethane. Expensive...
but I think she specifies this with just water is just for dutch pours? maybe check out her other videos I am pretty sure she has one on lots of pouring mediums and their qualities.
33:00 I really appreciate you doing this video. This is a way we can make sure our paints are going to do when poured onto the canvas. I did the addition of water by eye thinking I had it right. The next morning when I checked the painting it had numerous cracks. I switched to Amsterdam paint and had no problems with 20 different pours. I think with your lesson I think I can get even better results. Thank you so much!
Thank you Molly I've learned alot from you. I'm new have done a several different types of pours some not bad for first some still trying to figure out what happen. I love you humor and taking your time to help us.
I wish I had found this last year when I began my journey with fluid art. It is not too late, though. I have picked up plenty of new ideas. I enjoy watching you work. Your creations are not only inspiring they are masterpieces. Thank you. 😊
Gracias Molly!!!!!es increíble lo que haces con pintura acrílica y agua,soy una mujer de 65 años y creo que haré un pintura por primera vez,primera vez que te veo y estoy alucinada con tu forma de enseñar,te abrazo con mi alma🙏🌻
Thank. You. So. Much!!! I have been pouring about 15 months now but have never had much luck with the Dutch. I just stopped trying and started doing the bloom technique. I recently gave the Dutch another try a few weeks ago with not much luck (again). I ran out of Floetrol so I got on TH-cam and found you to see how to mix paint and just water. I came across this video and OhMyGosh. I actually did a Dutch that was worth looking at. I still need to practice more but when I followed your measurements, my paints didn’t sink or get swallowed up by the white base. That alone made me giddy. I’m definitely gonna start practicing more and thanks to you I may have finally gotten a handle on the Dutch Pour. You are so awesome gir😊
Yes so helpful! I so appreciate what you did in sharing how to mix with water. You just don’t know how I appreciate it. Thank you. And your painting is lovely.
I've been struggling with the mixing process, and have become so frustrated I almost decided that maybe this just isn't for me. Then, this video came up, and I have renewed faith that I should keep trying to get it right. Thank you for explaining this in such great detail! So appreciate your skills at teaching, and your beautiful art.
That was brilliant! Thank you so much. I always hear other artist talk about the consistency of paint but never had anyone show me what too look for. Thanks again!
I would never put these colours together, until I saw this, so thank you Molly!! I did a couple for myself and then for others that loved the result, so thank you!!!!
Thank You Molly. Consistencies are defintely something I struggle with, I suppose I'm afraid of having them so thin, but I need to learn to just leave them alone once mixed. Great video I could watch you all day and your lovely happy demeanour.
YAY!! Molly, I was paying attention to all your videos. The paint that you put around your creation is to help push the paint.., and I piped up really quick, Without thinking! I talked to myself sometimes...lol So the teacher's done her job teaching me LOl
Molly I love your videos. You never fail to make me smile and I truly admire your talent and beautiful art work. These instructions are so confidence building! I joined the art classes you do with Olga and am looking forward to learning more
Thank you SSSOOOO much for this video !! I was struggling as i’m new to pouring paint. Love your positive attitude always smiling and your work is fabulous !!!!!
Thank you for this. I thought I was getting my consistency right and couldn't figure out why my paints weren't moving until I watched this video. Very helpful.
I am documenting on pouring technique for months now. I did not have the courage to pour until I watched this video a few times, prepared as you instructed and.... I DID it! My first pouring today with your precious help! Boy is... lousy :D but I am on the right track now and enjoying the process! Already start to understand what you mean by "feeling it". Thank you, thank you, thank you and be blessed! 🙏💗
This was so helpful for me! No wonder my dutch pour was so bloppy. Paint was too thick. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain the science. Much appreciated!
Hi guys! Hope you found this helpful! Let me know your thoughts! Here is the web article I was talking about www.justpaint.org/how-much-water-can-you-safely-add-to-acrylic-paint/
Thank you for your excellent video on mixing ratios, it's answered a lot of questions for me and I always enjoy your videos. Could you tell me if it's possible to touch up a dried dutch pour? I ended up with a lot of white patches where I blew out the paint with the hairdryer and it needs more colour - or can I paint over the whole canvas again?
WHAT IS YOUR SCALE CALLED AND WHERE CAN I FIND ONE PLEASE?
You can do both, paint over, or you can take your finger and smudge the color on after it is dry in the places you need
I have no idea what it is called, my husband got it from Walmart a long time ago
Molly, great video. What are you using for the base? The Amsterdam white or a semi-gloss house paint? And are you adding water to that?
This was so appreciated. I know starting out, my paints were too thick. It took me awhile, along with a scale, practice and tips from you and Rinske to get to a place where my consistency is now appropriate. You are one of the few artists that is willing to help others. You are an inspiration!
I agree Molly is great. I also love cozcreations, she asked me to email my first go at paint pouring to her and she was really supportive. Her art and videos
are amazing too.
I really appreciate you too Molly. I agree totally with this comment. Just wanted to take another opportunity to say thank you.
Do you add silicon. Your paintings are always wonderful.. I have more failures than successes! Do different silicone give different cells? So many questions!
I totally agree, this lady is ace. I had given up, but not anymore.
This was an amazing video. I haven’t tried this art yet, but I thought I would research the heck out of it before I try. Thank you for sharing!
I’m a retired high school art teacher and you are a very good teacher! Clear, concise, and thorough. Great job! #respect
Words for what? She is an American artist and collaborates like no one else in teaching a very beautiful art... the pouring of fluid paints. Well taught, really well...but, at the very end, the amount of water to balance the right fluid, a lot of experience came to the top. God bless you !!! 🙏
Bravo
This is one of thee best explanations for acrylic pouring I've heard so far honestly
Ty!
Molly!! Holy guacamole I wish I had seen this video 4 wrecked canvases ago🤣. Finally the penny dropped when you said don’t have your base paint too thick on the canvas or it will swallow your colours. Also that drip test was the final piece of the Dutch pour puzzle that I have been struggling with so much. You are totally amazing. Thank you so much for your attitude, beautiful work and all round lovely person that you are.
Sameee, I had the same issue.
Boy I loved your comment and I hope you mean when you ruined 4 canvases that you at least try to scrape them or paint on top of them. I have a 3 paint rule I ditch them after 3 attempts. Oddly enough some of the ones that I paint over turn out to be the best.I think it's lack of pressure ruining a canvas. Anyway I'm glad your light bulbs went off this is so much fun.Molly is awesome!
Kelli Quinn LOL yes if it is wet and not salvageable, I just scrape it and use it again- 3 scrapes is my max. If it is dry and I hate it, I sandpaper it lightly and paint over. You are right tho! Two of my best loved paintings were painted over ‘ruined’ canvases 😁
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Me too. Way too much base paint😔
I just happened on an acrylic pouring video a few weeks ago and have been absolutely mesmerized by the process. Decided I wanted to make a couple as gifts for my oldest daughter- but with the pouring medium, and it was such a horrible epic failure! Watching this video where its just water and paint gives me hope that I can actually make something! Thank you Molly for teaching an old dog some new tricks!
Molly, I am brand new to pouring. I have yet to do a single one. This video is amazing. Both intimidating and incredibly informative. Thank you for doing this! And thank you to everyone who commented! You're comments are also incredibly helpful. Hugs to you all! Here goes nothing! :) At the very least, it'll be fun!! :)
Hi, I'm new as well . If you would like to start ,but feel intimidated maybe start with a paint set thats ready to pour. I did my first one with a ready to pour set off of Amazon. I have always wanted to paint with acrylics and let my intimidation get in the way. My best advice is to just do it. So far I've done an abstract , pour, and an actual landscape ( landscape was my most intimidating). Starting is sometimes the hard part ,but you will love it and ots SO therapeutic! I try to paint once a week. Its my stress relief bc while I love my kids being around them 24/7/365 without a break means I needed to do something. And I love it !! And I feel its ok to make some mistakes.
My first pour i didn't have a torch and the pour was beautiful. Thought there was a speck of dust so tried to get it out. It was a bubble ans made a whole. So then tried to fix it and made it worse. Wish I hadn't touched it. Someone wanted to buy it actually. However, it was a lesson and I just painted over it with white to use it again and practice more things. You will love it !!best wishes !!!
@@irlhills4570 thank you so much for your post. I will follow your advice to buy ready pour paint. I am really called to try but I have never done it. A bit insecure about the torch … which I won’t use right away… good luck. We are in 2022 and I am sure by now you are a pro.! 🙂
Thank you so much for the épurements are showing them correctly.
It has been my biggest struggle as there are not many artist that explain and show EXACTLY how to do and how to test it.
Very grateful.🙏
Oh Molly, you are an absolutely, fantastic teacher! Your passion for your craft is evident. Not to mention your patience, love, and kindness in the expression of the simplest thing.
Thank you, thank you, so much for taking the time to go indepth. All my questions were answered without asking any. Wow! You are a gem. Love 😃❤ and blessings to you and family!
Thank you so much!
I agree. You’re a great teacher Molly.
Thank you. I have been looking for someone who actually breaks this down and explains each step. Answered a lot of my questions.
You are not only talented and funny but very kind to share this technique. 😊 very appreciated!!
My pleasure 😊
Finally I put in the correct search words to find exactly what I needed taught by an extremely talented, cheerful, supportive but distant teacher. Your work is next level glass ceiling. No limit.
Thank you so much! Glad you found me!!
It came out looking like an orchid. Very pretty
The best video ever for giving detailed info on ratios and consistency for Dutch pours that I’ve seen on TH-cam. Very valuable Molly and it’s much appreciated 🙏
You crack me up with your buzz line every time...”Hayappy Painting” thanks for watching, .....Byeeeee 😂🤣
❤❤😂
One of the best videos I have seen and very helpful. I was ready to throw my paints away because I wasn't getting pouring at all. This video got me interested in pouring again.
same here well eplained molly
You are such an amazing teacher. You explain things and don't make a new person to this art feel like an idiot!! For asking questions. You and Rinska are such inspirations for us "wanna be s" and Olga . Wonderful!!
I am a beginner and REALLY want to watch again carefully, but ya know - life.... Thank you in advance, as a newbie to Pour, this is just what I've been searching for. You obviously put in a lot of time and effort. Much Love from Colorado EEUU
Molly this was more than helpful, it helped immensely to clear the fog up for me. Thank you for doing this video.
I think this was a great starting point for some of us trying to get in to fluid art. Now we can have a baseline and build from there. THANK YOU
I am a beginner, love the art , your demo is great, thank you Molly
I just noticed these arts you do they are all wonderful I have epilepsy and it keeps me OMG so relaxed watching them all thank you I love it
Hi Molly, I have watched many TH-cam tutorials on fluid art and I just have to say that out of all these, this particular post has been the most informative and helpful to me. Thank you so much!
Thank you! Glad it helped!
I’m literally in love with the fact that you blow out the base paint instead of spreading it around with a spatula!!
I love your instruction, thank you so much ! I am totally addicted to watching you paint
I really appreciate you showing and explaining the why to preparing the paints. You are an awesome teacher.
I will be referring people to your channel.
Thank you!!
Wow, Molly. That was great! I have struggled with this for so long. You are a really good teacher! I so appreciate you taking the time to teach this. 💕🥰
Very helpful on how you get your Dutch pour paints ready
Your tutorial was perfect
Thank you
You’re welcome 😊
That was so so helpful - thank you! The drip test - wow, I can use this for whatever pour I'm doing to make sure I've got the right consistency. Your vids are always great!
Oh Em Gee, Molly!!! Where has the drip test been all my life!? That is a lifesaver! You see I don’t have a scale and so I just kind of eyeball the consistency and I’ve started getting better, but I know I’m not where I need to be yet. And I know I made my white too thin once because it broke everything up. This was so extremely helpful, That drip test was worth everything!
Thank you so much for this Video! I had often troubles with my mixing. So I spent a lot of money for nothing! You make the change now! 👍👏🤗
This is the best consistency video I've seen yet! Thank you for this. I was so sure my paint was thin enough until I put on my canvas and tried to blow it and blew it 😆 I now know I was bringing my stick up way too high and I'll be looking for the triangle from now on 🙏🏼❤😊
What do you mean stick and triangle.
Omg 😱 I really appreciated how detail you explain how to mix and test the consistency of the paints. Thank you so much ♥️♥️♥️♥️
This was absolutely perfect way of showing the consistency. Soo good video! Thank you Molly!
Je viens de découvrir les tableaux et les techniques des différents artistes.
Suis fascinée.
Problème, les commentaires et les explications sur les pourcentages peintures et eau sont difficiles à comprendre même avec le sous-titrage.
Dommage, je resterai sur ma faim,
J'essayerai seule.
Merci quand même...
Oh my stars! This piece is gorgeous and the video is exactly what I needed! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Wow, these colors are absolutely stunning
Thank you!!
Thank you so much, I'm new to this and have wasted so much paint trying to figure out the ratio and which mixing medium to use. I'm feeling confident going forward.
Thank you Molly, you and Olga, are the best! We are watching you almost every day with my kids. Appreciate your good mood, how professionally you explain all the staff. Happy painting to you in continues😉👍
Thank you so much!
All I can say is you are amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this. I think these paintings are beautiful.
Fantastic as always! And so helpful! Any tips for somebody setting up an Etsy shop?
When you started with just the dots - before the gold - it looked like Elmo (from Sesame Street) peeking out through the white. LOL It turned out beautiful!!
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🤣❤
Kristine Souza I was thinking the same thing
😂 I thought that too
My husband and I said that too.
Thank you, you are super talented and are a lovely teacher, you always make me smile .😁
Thank you! 😃
Thank you for the info on mixing your paint! That was truly helpful. I have had a difficult time getting the consistency of the paint right, and this clarified everything! ❤️
Thank you for answering one of my major questions with a visual. By the way, the painting came out beautifully!
Thank for all of your advice - you are an excellent teacher & a brilliant, inventive, clever artist & a wonder with colours. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, with every video you do I learn something each time. I love playing with paint but am a novice artist. Cheers. Michelle 🌺
thank you so much Michelle! appreciate it
This was extremely helpful, thank you so much. I learned so much.
Girl, your amazing! Absolutely love how well you explained the mixing! And the Painting is absolutely stunning! Thank you for sharing!❤️
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I was wondering exactly how thin your paint needed to be & you showed us that so clearly!! ❤
Hi Molly, if you only used water and paint, where did the cells come from?
Certain types of paint does cells all by itself, maybe not silicone level cells but yeah, I like artist loft or Amsterdam for cells, I’m not finished with this video yet so I don’t know what brand she is using. Also sometimes depends on the “pillow” paint
Edit: She said she uses Amsterdam, that’s good to know!
You can use WD-40, water or even Elmer's glue to create cells.
👍👍 Really like this piece!! The colors are amazing!! Great job Molly!!
💜💙💚💛🧡❤
Thank you for the lesson about mixtures. I LOVE your work!
My pleasure!
When you're using the scales, you're actually measuring in grams (which equals millilitres of water) which is why the mL are a bit out from the measuring cup. 30mL of water =30g but 30mL of paint doesn't necessarily =30g.
So if my scale just have grams can I use grams for it all?
Mmm....yeah...I was puzzling over scales that weigh in millilitres...
Cos 50mls of syrup is not the same as 50mls of water when you come to weigh it. Syrup is heavier.
So I'm scratching my head but I'd choose weight. Grams.
Love the channel Molly. You're cheery and that does me good. :) See I'm smiling. :D
Hi Molly, thank you so much for this tutorial! I've found my pouring mixes too thick for a while, so this makes so much sense. I've been wanting to add water, but worried about the adhesion. But, what do you add to the mix to get the cells?
that is my question too.
She said she just uses paint and water and the cells come from the use of different brand paints in one painting.
I'd also like to hear an answer to this question. I have never achieved cells with just paint and water 😢
It's one of the best vidéo about mixing paint with water. I didn't understand why my paint don't move. Thanks a lot
I'm curious to know if using a hydrometer to measure the specific gravity of each paint brand (and color within that brand) could be useful for determining how much water/pouring medium is needed to achieve a desired consistency.
I am not sure how much that would help. You might be alright just working with volumes and mass in a graduated cylinder. If you are careful with your graduated cylinder, you should be able to make your own scale conversion for each colour, brand, etc. But if you have a hydrometer and want to try it, I'd say go for it.
@@camrouxbg After thinking about it for a while, I decided that using the hydrometer would be pretty darned tedious :)
Don't bother with the hydrometer - you'll just make a mess and it really won't help. Use a scale, measure in grams. In the end, any volume differences caused by different paint densities will be fixed when you add the water to get the final consistency, and that's all that matters.
@@keith726able Agreed. I decided to abandon that idea after considering it for a bit. Besides, most paint companies have a tech sheet with the SG of their paints on their websites. No need to reinvent the wheel.
@@1jugglethis I'm a chemical engineer - used to measuring everything to the last decimal place. Paint pouring should be fun, not a math exercise. However, consistency is everything, but you can make adjustments at the end. That flow test is the best advice ever - that's all that really matters after you've gotten the thickness close. Even if you mess up the math, the final test is the flow blobs - when they're all the same you're ready to go.
I hope you're having fun, making incredibly beautiful artwork.
Brilliant thank you, the drip test is such a good idea!! Thank you again, oh and loved the painting too 😍
Thank you Molly for sharing this. It is so helpful. Your paintings are so vivid and beautiful.
Im here just watching all the acrylic paints in the background... and damn... so many... I wanna have em😍
I had the same thought....you can tell she loves her Amsterdam paint!
All this time I've been wasting $$ on paint mediums when all l really need is just add water? Wish I had seen this video months ago. Why would people be using paint mediums? Thanks for the heads up. Lol! I've been mixing my own medium half flotrol annd half polyurethane. Expensive...
but I think she specifies this with just water is just for dutch pours? maybe check out her other videos I am pretty sure she has one on lots of pouring mediums and their qualities.
Me too!! LoL, loved this video. Can't wait to try it with water instead of flotrol! No wonder mine always look like mud pies! 🙋💕🇺🇲✝💕
Thank you,Molly, for one of the best demos and explanations of mixing colors!
Glad it was helpful!
math finds its way into everything ):
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33:00 I really appreciate you doing this video. This is a way we can make sure our paints are going to do when poured onto the canvas. I did the addition of water by eye thinking I had it right. The next morning when I checked the painting it had numerous cracks. I switched to Amsterdam paint and had no problems with 20 different pours. I think with your lesson I think I can get even better results. Thank you so much!
The drip on the paper test changed my hobby world . Thank you Molly. Your art is my inspiration. :)
This was great, Molly. Thank you so much. Pulling out the scale rather than eyeballing it.
Super helpful I can believe you got cells with just acrylic and water
The color combination is so awsome and the composition is great. My favorite, so far....
Thanks for sharing important tips for colour mixing in proper ratio ❤
Thank you Molly I've learned alot from you. I'm new have done a several different types of pours some not bad for first some still trying to figure out what happen. I love you humor and taking your time to help us.
thank you : )
Hallo Molly, es ist wunderbar dir zu zusehen. Ich finde das du ehrliche Infos gibst. Hab Dank dafür. Dankeschön ❤
I wish I had found this last year when I began my journey with fluid art. It is not too late, though. I have picked up plenty of new ideas. I enjoy watching you work. Your creations are not only inspiring they are masterpieces.
Thank you. 😊
I love that you went into so much detail in the mixing process! Thank you.
That demonstration helped tremendously- thank you
You're very welcome!
Thank you so much for the lesson on consistency. I love watching your shows. Going to do with grandkids. So excited
Gracias Molly!!!!!es increíble lo que haces con pintura acrílica y agua,soy una mujer de 65 años y creo que haré un pintura por primera vez,primera vez que te veo y estoy alucinada con tu forma de enseñar,te abrazo con mi alma🙏🌻
¡Muchas gracias!
thank you for your kind words!
Thank. You. So. Much!!! I have been pouring about 15 months now but have never had much luck with the Dutch. I just stopped trying and started doing the bloom technique. I recently gave the Dutch another try a few weeks ago with not much luck (again). I ran out of Floetrol so I got on TH-cam and found you to see how to mix paint and just water. I came across this video and OhMyGosh. I actually did a Dutch that was worth looking at. I still need to practice more but when I followed your measurements, my paints didn’t sink or get swallowed up by the white base. That alone made me giddy. I’m definitely gonna start practicing more and thanks to you I may have finally gotten a handle on the Dutch Pour. You are so awesome gir😊
Sharon, I'm so happy to hear it! WoW!
Yes so helpful! I so appreciate what you did in sharing how to mix with water. You just don’t know how I appreciate it. Thank you. And your painting is lovely.
Literally the best video I've watched. Thank you.
Thank you!
I've been struggling with the mixing process, and have become so frustrated I almost decided that maybe this just isn't for me. Then, this video came up, and I have renewed faith that I should keep trying to get it right. Thank you for explaining this in such great detail! So appreciate your skills at teaching, and your beautiful art.
That was brilliant! Thank you so much. I always hear other artist talk about the consistency of paint but never had anyone show me what too look for. Thanks again!
I would never put these colours together, until I saw this, so thank you Molly!! I did a couple for myself and then for others that loved the result, so thank you!!!!
Thank you so much! You are a wonderful teacher and a fab artist. I’m in Florida too. You always make me smile and I can feel your reactions.
I watched again. This is so helpful. Thanks a bunch.
Thank You Molly. Consistencies are defintely something I struggle with, I suppose I'm afraid of having them so thin, but I need to learn to just leave them alone once mixed. Great video I could watch you all day and your lovely happy demeanour.
It is so tough, one of the hardest things to master! Hope you found this helpful!
Thanks Molly x
Just so very helpful.
Again, you painted a beauty!
Love it, as always!
Thank you so much
YAY!! Molly, I was paying attention to all your videos. The paint that you put around your creation is to help push the paint.., and I piped up really quick, Without thinking! I talked to myself sometimes...lol So the teacher's done her job teaching me LOl
You are amazing. So well you teach how to make the right colors in the right consistency. You make our life much easy. Thank you very much.
Thank you so much. I was getting frustrated and then I found this video. ❤
Molly - this is soooooo helpful. Thank you for getting into the science and exact ratios of everything. This was very thorough.
Molly I love your videos. You never fail to make me smile and I truly admire your talent and beautiful art work. These instructions are so confidence building! I joined the art classes you do with Olga and am looking forward to learning more
You are not only a good artist, you are a good teacher too! Thank you for doing this. It was so helpful. Molly, you are the best, so thank you!!😃
Thank you!
The red maintained its beautiful color. Great picture! Beautiful cells.
Thank you SSSOOOO much for this video !! I was struggling as i’m new to pouring paint. Love your positive attitude always smiling and your work is fabulous !!!!!
What I had been looking for ..... thank you so much for explaining this in a concise, user friendly manner!!!
Thank you for the teaching session. The Dutch pour is beautiful.
You are very welcome
Thank you so much for sharing this. I love watching and learning from you. I am new to paint pouring and loving it
Glad you enjoy it!
Simply the Best! Clear, concise, and so Appreciated!
Thank you for this. I thought I was getting my consistency right and couldn't figure out why my paints weren't moving until I watched this video. Very helpful.
I am documenting on pouring technique for months now. I did not have the courage to pour until I watched this video a few times, prepared as you instructed and.... I DID it! My first pouring today with your precious help! Boy is... lousy :D but I am on the right track now and enjoying the process! Already start to understand what you mean by "feeling it". Thank you, thank you, thank you and be blessed! 🙏💗
Glad I could help!
This was so helpful for me! No wonder my dutch pour was so bloppy. Paint was too thick. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain the science. Much appreciated!
You are so welcome!