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I am using a 10"x20" stretched canvas to do a straight swipe changing the way I add my colors to the canvas. I add a multitude of colors I love to the center of the canvas justing paints premixed with additives and stored in squeeze bottles. I used to flatten the paint to try and keep there from being excessive. I add the swipe color (black ) to one end of the canvas . I use a cotton rag cut from the hem of a teeshirt and dip it into the swipe colors and let it rest and saturate into the rag and proceed to pull it slowly over all the colors leaving massive cells in its wake. I use a straw to blow streamer shaped chasms into the paint hoping to reveal hidden colors and I do. Next, I use a bamboo skewer to drag and waggle marks into the paint and add some to the patterns. I tilt the canvas to see what happens and possibly agitate the paint by letting it flow. I torch the paint, warming it to release the air caught in the paint from having been mixed with flow additives. I use the dull end of the skewer to add spirals. I use a small flat front silicone spatula to make small adjustments. I add a few ribbons of paint color I feel will enhance the artwork. I use the skewer to add a few last spirals.
My "pouring" mixture or "recipe" is simple- and starts with 2 parts(estimated) Gac 800 from "Golden "
added into any acrylic paint color 8 parts, (amounts are always estimated) This starts the mixing process. Mix the paint and Gac thoroughly. Next, I add my mixed Floetrol and (half )Deco Art pouring medium. (shake it first every time! )The truth is lately that's my go-to. I add the same (or more) ounces as the first two ingredients and mix everything thoroughly. The consistency is usually medium body weight but other weights are usable with minor adjustments.
To mix, if you use squeeze bottles as I do, add a marble and shake your paints every time before you use them. All my acrylic paints are mixed in advance and contained and stored in squeeze bottles. If you are not using squeeze bottles I suggest using a container that has a lid. I have often used the 4oz size plastic deli containers and the paint keeps for a long time in them but you still will have to stir before using the mix again because the Floetrol and other flow agents will rise to the top between uses. None of my acrylic paint has any added silicon. To create the pearlescent effects seen in most of my artworks I use "Golden's" Iridescent pearl "Fine" added to colors. By "eye " until I am pleased with what I see.
Every day I learn new things. I will never stop experimenting and I am happy to share what I discover with you. To see finished wet and dry versions of all my Youtube demonstration artworks for sale visit my Expressionist Art Studio Gallery Fb albums linked below
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