552. New Color Palette! Get Ready for SPRING with a Little Modified Bloom!!

Happy Spring all! In this video I demonstrate how to create a fluid art bloom painting and modify it to look a smidge more realistic. This was part of my Patreon monthly challenge to use a specific color palette AND some sort of art tool to modify a painting. This was really fun and I hope you give it a go! Please let me know your thoughts and frame color preference in the comments section. Thanks for watching!

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THE RECIPE:

House Paint-base aka puddle for the substrate: PPG MultiPro in Eggshell from Home Depot, or Color To Go Extra White in Satin from any Sherwin Williams store. For this painting I used PPG MultiPro.

Pouring Medium aka PM Recipe: mix with all colors EXCEPT the cell activator color:

The OLD Behr 8300 Untinted Deep Base Paint (Home Depot); 12 oz and added 6 oz. of GAC 100. I use a quart measuring cup (Home Depot + get a lid). Stir well. NOTE: If your Behr is thin, you may not need as much GAC 100 so add a little at a time to get your desired consistency. This recipe is a guideline depending on the viscosity of the untinted house paint. If your paints are too thick, I use Golden High Flow Medium to thin.

Use the colors and brands of your choice! These tutorials are meant to educate and inspire! Here's how to mix:

Pigments: For a 3 oz cup I add 1/2 teaspoon of pigment powder to the cup, then add enough gloss varnish (any brand; I use JoSonja gloss varnish) to cover the powder. Mix well until all pigment is thoroughly wet; then add the pouring medium; mix well. Recommend a Covid mask to mix.

For any brand fluid or high flow acrylics: I put 2 1/2 ounces of the pouring medium into a 3 ounce cup, then squirt in color until I reach my desired shade. Mix well.

For tube paint (medium or heavy body paint), I added an 1/2 ounce of paint (1/2 teaspoon) to a 3 ounce cup, then added 2 ounces of pouring medium. If still thick I add a squirt of Golden's High Flow Medium (thins and extends acrylic colors) OR water, and stir well.

Cell Activator/Color: Australian Floetrol + Amsterdam Lamp Black, 2 -1 ratio Australian Floetrol to paint.

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