Hello, my creative and artistic friends! Olga Soby here and welcome to new acrylic pouring
video. Today I want to try to create a yin and yang butterfly diptych. So, the idea here
is that I want to do one half of the butterfly on a dark background with the light outline.
And the other half of the butterfly is going to be on a white background with dark outline. So,
creating opposites here that gonna work together in this yin and yan composition. So,
let's see how that's gonna work. For the technique I am gonna be doing the
chain pulling. So, it's going to be chain pull butterfly. So, let me put this away.
For the colors I have some super nice colors today. I'm going to use titanium white and the
prussian blue as a base for light and dark canvas. And for the colors of my butterfly um I want to
have a lot of iridescent. I wanted the butterfly to really pop off the canvas. So, here I have
the iridescent um blue, red blue, the iridescent red blue. This one here is iridescent green blue,
iridescent gold and maybe I will use the violet. I haven't quite decided yet, we'll see how the flow
goes. And for my butterfly, for what I visualize, I want to have a really sharp and crisp lines that
are created by chains. Oh, don't fall. So, I want to achieve some really crisp and sharp
lines. I want to have no cells, no lacing, no little dots that are happening from air bubbles.
And in order to achieve that, I have mixed all of my colors to a pretty thick consistency with the
pouring medium and water. So, I'm using the pouring medium by pebeo and it's the same brand as
paint. So, they work really amazing together. And I have mixed all of my colors as one part paint,
half part for a medium, and half part water. And right now I want to quickly show you my mixing
process. Just to give you a better idea of mixing and consistency in case you also will decide to
try this technique and achieve the same effect. So, here I have my scale. And I'm using a little
silicone cup and my mixing stick here. So, I'm going to show you on the example of titanium white
.There we go. So, right now it's on zero and I'm just gonna add one part of paint here.
I'll make it 40 grams. It's easier to work with
even numbers. Okay it's 41, but it's close enough. So here I have 40 grams of paint. Next,
I'm adding half a part of the pouring medium. So, it's going to be 20 grams of pouring medium.
Okay, the pouring medium is in. So, before I am gonna add water
I'm gonna over mix pouring medium with paint.
So, next I'm gonna add half a part of water. So, that would be 20 grams of water. But it's
much easier to mix, if you don't add all the volume of water right away. Because
if you add a lot of water, the paint will begin to create some lumps. So,
here I need to add 20 grams of water. So, first I'm gonna add 10 grams and mix this in.
So, this is overmixed and I'm going to add another 10 grams of water.
This is a nice mixture when you want to do something with the
sharp and crisp lines. For example a ring pour or this chain pull butterfly or feather technique.
And you can always add a little bit more water if you require a thinner consistency for whatever
effect you are trying to achieve. After the paint is overmixed with pouring medium and water,
I like to let it sit for at least couple hours, better overnight. Mixing them and leaving them
overnight gives it plenty of time to allow most of the air bubbles to evaporate. We still can use
a torch to pop whatever is left, it's not a big deal.
Let me show you the consistency. You know what, I have just realized that maybe
white paint is not the best for showing the consistency. So, I'm gonna show a different color.
Okay, so it leaves, it builds a pretty big mount on the mount when I'm pouring it. This way
definitely leaves a trace and this is actually a thicker consistency than what I'm normally doing
for for example for dutch pour or for open cup. This is definitely much thicker. I really hope
that it was helpful for you to see my mixing process and consistency for this technique.
And colors are ready, paint is mixed, and let's get started with today yin-yang butterfly. For
the colors I think I want to have my blue, the Prussian blue on the left and white on the right.
But before adding the base I want to add a secret message. So, today it's going to be Harmony Flow.
So, try to get the base layer to be as thin as possible without canvas or panel showing
through. You don't want to have, you don't want it to be like this - when you see the little
bit of the panel showing through, but just before that. So, yeah. try to make it thin.
All right once the base is done, time to align the butterfly. So, on the blue side
I'm going to align it with white and of course with blue on my white side. And to help myself
create a more of a symmetrical butterfly I'm gonna first place chains here, somewhere here.
It leaves a little bit of line, it will level out eventually, but that will help me
to achieve a more of a symmetrical look.
Okay, and when you align in your butterfly,
also don't add too much paint. You need a very little paint.
So, using some sort of squeeze bottle really helps to have that little bit of that extra control.
So, now I'm gonna try to do the same thing on the other side.
Okay, looking pretty close. Just maybe make this one a little thicker.
This part might take some practice to get used to creating more of a symmetrical look
and definitely creating some sort of guidelines can be super beneficial.
Nice, I love it! So, I haven't done much yet but I already really like it!
Such an interesting composition when the colors are reversed.
Next I'm gonna add some gold. So, I'm gonna add a thin line of gold
just over the white, but closer to the inner part.
Again don't add too much paint, because
it can cause a lot of trouble when you're gonna be doing the chain pool.
Next, I wanna add some accents and add some dots of the iridescent green here and there.
Oops, oh that's not a dot. Let's add some on this side.
All right guys, dots are not working out. So, creating something in between dots and lines.
Should have added this to squeeze bottles too. Next time I'm gonna know,
because squeeze bottles give you a bit more control.
Finally, some iridescent red blue. So, I definitely wanna have some here.
I feel like I'm gonna also add few drops of purple.
All right, the fun part. Let's do the chain pull. So, first of all when adding the chain
I like to add it just on a border between. So, for instance here it's white and prussian blue.
I'm adding it right in between. At least I'm trying to.
I think when you're adding it on the border it creates a very cool sort of feathering effect. So,
see I'm going like really slow and taking my time. And my chain is a little short, but that's okay.
I will drag it through the bottom and will make it work. Again, I am moving really slowly.
Okay, I should have put this one away. Okay, go. Okay, I'm gonna move this one.
It's not a good idea to do it right in the middle of pulling, but I didn't remember before. So,
you see as I'm pulling really slowly some paint is collecting over here.
First of all, having a very thin layer helps
to prevent this pain from overlapping. But also pulling really slowly.
Okay, I can see right now, that I need to hold on to this end.
Nice, this is awesome! Awesome, I love how sharp those lines are! Perfect,
it's exactly how I wanted it, so I'm glad it worked out.
I'm just gonna do the same thing again adding the chain right on the border between white
and prussian blue.
Done. See the blue here just drag through the rest of the colors. This part looks really nice.
I should try to create something similar here on the other side too.
So, now let's try to do the second one and keep it as symmetrical as possible.
To keep the symmetrical look it's very important to start
layering the chain and pulling on the same side. So, as i began
on top, I'm gonna do the same thing here.
So, again really carefully layering the chain on the border.
It was going so smooth and good. And I messed up the last section a little bit. Iit was really hard
to control the other chain, but oh my god this one is so pretty! Look at this iridescent red
just pops through so well. So, remember I added three dots of white here and three dots of blue
here. And this is the effect it creates. I kind of like the feathering and I like to break this
line. I think it looks very interesting. Okay, let's do the last one.
Oh my goodness. The last one turned out so fabulous. Such an unusual composition.
I feel like I want to play with the background just a little, a little more.
This section was already a little bit dry, because when you're using pouring medium in your mixture
it begins to dry rather fast. Plus when you adding such a thin layer. Yeah, I definitely
like it a bit better this way, with blue here. So, next I need to add a touch of white.
Okay, perfect! I definitely like it better this way. Feels a lot more dynamic. Like you can
feel the wind, feel the energy in this movement. So, let me flip this around for you.
So, there you have it! My Yin Yang butterfly! Let's see how this beauty looks dry.
All right my friends, so here it is dry. I can't tell you how much I'm happy about this
beautiful yin yang butterfly. So, somehow it turned out to be even more yin-yang than i
initially planned. Just look at these two sides. My Yin is a lot more soft,
the colors are much more soft, and the overall movement is more more soft and delicate,
Whereas lines on this side are definitely super sharp, and the contrast is super bold. And yet
although they kept the characteristics of yin and yan, but at the same time they are very
symmetrical and balanced. These iridescent colors that I used, see how they shine in light?
And not only they shiny, they are changing their colors. So, see how this section looks very purple
from this angle in light? But from this angle it's just straight up red! So, depending on the
angle it looks a bit different. And I was able to achieve super sharp and crisp lines, no cells,
no dots from air bubbles. Because of the pouring medium in my mixture and thicker consistency.
Alright my friends, please let me know how you like the outcome! I will be
very happy to hear from you, to chat with you in the comments down below. And, as always,
thank you so much for watching, stay creative. Take care you guys, see you next time! Bye