[6] Fluid acrylic: CELLS every time! Easy DIRTY POUR painting tutorial using Floetrol.

Detailing my technique for getting cells every single time I pour a fluid acrylic painting. In this video I show what I use to mix my paints, and then I show you a dirty pour step by step. The video ends with my showing you close-ups of the cells on the finished painting.

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= MIXING PAINT

UPDATE : I have changed my formula for all the paint... I now use

--- 1 part paint to 3 - 4 parts Floetrol

The amount of Floetrol I feel comfortable using depends on the pigment load of the paint. Higher end paints have more pigment and can handle being thinned 1 part paint to 4 parts Floetrol without losing any color vibrancy. Lower end craft paints, like I used in this video, have lower amounts of pigment and therefore can't be thinned too much ... so for those I mix a higher paint:Floetrol ratio ... More along the lines of 1 part paint to 3 parts Floetrol.

--- I then add a little water IF necessary to get my paint to be the consistency of really warm honey, or like maple syrup. The amount of water will depend on the type of acrylic paint you used ... Flow acrylic (runny like house paint) will need very little water if any, while medium to heavy body paint (thick like toothpaste) will need more water. Try to limit the amount of water that you use ... too much will break down the binding properties of the acrylic paint. How much is too much? Try to keep the amount of water under 50% of the amount of paint.

--- Finally, right before I prepare my dirty pour, I add a few drops (3 to 6 drops) of silicone into each color. (On average, that works out to about 3 - 4 drops an ounce of paint mix... I don't get super precise about this... I honestly wing it most of the time.)

I prefer "3 in 1 Silicone". The reasons I prefer it are:
because it dries .... leaves virtually no oily residue once a painting has dried
has no fumes like the spray silicones
comes in a super convenient applicator bottle (with a cap that stays attached!)
But, any silicone you have should get you cells.

= SEALING

Once my paintings dry, I spray them with a low odor, user-friendly, crystal clear, museum-quality varnish designed for acrylics, oils and watercolors. It gives a glossy finish.
Here is a link: http://amzn.to/2jGh3KO

When I want to spray a matte/satin finish instead, I use this: http://amzn.to/2fvgYF0


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