Hello, my creative friends! Olga Soby here, and welcome to new acrylic pouring video.
Today I will create seven phases of the moon. So I continue my "Dancing universe" series.
And I want to show you a whole new approach to this process. So here I want to create,
I want to have a full moon in the center, a waxing crescent on one side, and waning on the other.
And to create this painting I want to go for quite the multi-step process - today I want to work
in layers. So, let's see how it turns out, and without further ado let's get started. Let's go.
So here on my panel which is 8 by 24 inches, I have marked approximately where each phase
of the moon is gonna go. So what do I mean by working in layers? What I'm gonna do first? I
want to create my color for the moons. So I'm gonna pour some colors, I'm gonna blow them out,
and create the design in areas where I want to have my moons, and then I'm gonna let it dry
completely, paint around to create the appropriate shapes for each phase of the moon, and then after
I paint around I'm gonna create the negative space. So let's get started with that. Of course,
for my moons, I want to have a lot of white, and as I said those marks they're very approximate.
Of course, I'm going to blow it around and it's going to shift but just to give me some
directions. I think working on such a long panel as 8x24 is absolutely perfect for you know this
type of design. So, first was titanium white, next one, of course, we can't go without silver.
I'm also using some iridescent black blue some darker spots.
It's a beautiful beautiful color for my cosmic series. And to make my color palette a bit more
interesting I want to add a bit of pink and a bit of turquoise blue and also some iridescent.
See I'm literally adding drops and maybe even that is too much we'll see when I'll blow it out.
So the first one was turquoise blue and this is iridescent
blue-green for a little more shimmer. Okay, let's blow out all these mini-moons.
I think I'm just gonna use a blow dryer we'll see if it works well for such small puddles of paint.
As you have noticed I have been working in a different direction for each one because I
kind of want them all to be different. Of course, the full moon is probably the most important one
because you're going to see the most of the paint design. Here we're going to be seeing less and
less and less but still, we want it to look nice. The last one, of course, that's going to be the
thinnest crescent, turned out the prettiest. Oh, well. So I don't know how I feel about this maybe
this one I want to blow again.
So I would say that each one of these looks really
awesome. I'm trying to sort of to visualize you know how this would look as a moon - this,
this and they will look really cool. So that's perfect, that's what I would like to see.
So let's let it dry and jump to step number two. We are back, the next day the paint is fully dry
and ready for step number two. So, here I have marked where my moons are going to be.
For that, I draw two lines. So, it's in the center and I positioned my circles evenly spread from
each other. So it's all nice and balanced. Now I'm going to show you how I am going to do my
crescents. For that, I'm going to use two different sizes of hoops. These are embroidery
hoops, I already showed them in one of my previous videos. Something super easy to be used
for creating rings and planets and spheres. So I'm going to use them also to create the guide lines.
And for this one, I need a bigger diameter because I want it to be almost like a half-moon.
Okay, so now we're gonna do the same step on the other side.
Once this part is done I want to paint in the inside of the moon on each one.
So when the first layer here was dry, I just added one more layer
to build some darkness, especially, closer to the far side of the moon.
Okay, so while this is drying I'm gonna do the same on the other side. I might do a couple
touch-ups here closer to the center part of each moon and then we'll be ready for our next step.
Okay, this part is done although I might do some touch-ups before I will do my resin
but I'm gonna let it be just for now. And it's time for step number three.
Okay, so this side is done. I'm gonna do the same
exact thing on the other side and we'll be ready for our next step.
"Luna Harmony" is a secret message for this painting. And now it's finally time to do
I think the most fun part - the negative space. So, all this detail-oriented work is done,
and by the way, I also added a little bit of highlight around my moons and on the
outer edge of the moons. I just felt like I want to give it a little more dimension, and
having that highlight on the edge definitely helps. But now let's focus on adding the
negative space. So, of course, the most important part here is to not mess up what's already here.
And I'll try my best to be careful, and only blow away not towards the moons. But
in case this happens, you know, no panic. The acrylic paint doesn't cure immediately. So if
I get a little bit of paint on my moons just take a paper towel, spray some water on it,
and clean the area where you want to remove the paint from. I'm gonna carefully spread that black.
And in this side in my negative space part, I also want to add some other colors
such as Prussian blue, some violet, and some lighter colors just to create nice accents.
Oh, I'm getting dangerously close. See my paint is shifting? Okay.
Okay, I think this should be plenty of color for my negative space,
and I'll try to blow it out. I will start with a blow dryer and see how that works. So let's do it.
I think this is very beautiful. The movement, I directed the movement of my negative space sort
of away from my moons, it was also the easiest and the safest way to blow away from the moons. But I
also like the effect. It's like this you know glow and energy coming from each one of these.
So it's very beautiful. I see that I got few droplets of dark inside of a couple of my moons.
So I'm just gonna dip them out.
So right now while the paint is wet you can still see the distinct difference between my fluid paint
and the dry paint around my moons. And of course, it's not going to be
as noticeable when the paint is dry. So you don't need to worry about it too much. But I just still
want to go ahead and incorporate a little bit of that paint in a section around my moons.
I think that will help this paint that closer to my moons
level just a little better.
So wouldn't hurt to do that, this little extra step.
Of course, this painting will not be complete without adding some stars.
And I want to mask out my moons before I'm gonna be adding the sprinkling of my stars.
And the radius of my squeeze bottles is just about the radius of my moons. So I'm just gonna use
them. So, that's an interesting technique, and it will only work, of course, if you also work
on cradled wood panels. Don't put such a weight on your canvases. It will warp your canvas a lot. So,
but cradled wood panels stay nice and flat and rigid so there is absolutely no risk there.
Saving my moons at the cost of having white paint all over my bottles.
I think with all this movement and stars in negative space it's definitely a lot more complete
now. But let's see how it dries. Let's see how that negative space dries with some of this
shimmer and metallics and iridescent colors. And of course, I will show you a fully finished and
resined painting. So keep watching I will be right back. And here it is dry and finished with the
layer of epoxy resin. And I added some extra star pigment to my resin. So you can see how beautiful
it sparks up against the light. You know what I think? I will just never have enough of this
beautiful effect. And currently, I'm working on a resin finish mastery course and if you would like
to sign up to email update, to learn more about it - the link is going to be in the description
under this video. So check it out. I love how each moon in this painting is so different and unique
and yet they are all really in balance with each other. And this was such an interesting multi-step
process very complex but each step is very simple and result looks just beautiful.
And I highly recommend you give this technique a try. It's different from our regular pouring
techniques. So it's the perfect opportunity to challenge your creative thinking and try
something new. And working in layers does create a little bit of texture and if you're finishing your
painting with epoxy resin like I do, the resin completely hides that texture. But it might be
a little noticeable if you're using varnish as a finish. So just something to keep for you in mind.
Please let me know how do you like the outcome of my "Luna Harmony" today? I would love to hear from
you. And a lot more interesting techniques and spheres and creations are coming in my "Dancing
Universe" series. So stay tuned for that. And if you enjoyed this step-by-step tutorial
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