Good evening guys and welcome back to my channel.
I hope December is treating you well so far.
In today’s video, I wanted to share with you, the fun I’ve had experimenting with
fluid acrylic painting or paint pouring.
Since this was my first attempt, I don’t have a lot to say about technique, paint mixtures
and ratios, as it honestly was all trial and error, but I will have info on everything
I used in the description below.
It was definitely a learning curve, but I started to see an improvement towards the
end.
For the first one, my paint mixture was a bit too thick, and then I went much too thin
for the next so it blended and muddied into a grey mess.
After that, it still took a couple of tries to get a consistency I was happy with, but
moving forward, I at least know now what I’m aiming for.
There are loads of different ways to get the paint onto the canvas, and I decided to start
out just straight pouring it, since anything else just seemed a bit too ambitious.
But for the last couple of attempts, I tried the flip-cup technique, and I wish I had started
with that as it really gave the most interesting effect I think.
Now, as you’ve probably gathered, this is all a little out of my comfort zone, for a
number of reasons.
I’m quite controlling when it comes to art and mess, I like to plan things and have a
vision for how it’ll turn out, I like to research and reference, and I also love a
quick clean-up once I’m done.
But I’ve also had a long, stressful and not-so-cretive month, during which, I found
moments of calm in newly discovered paint pouring videos.
I watched in total awe and amazement, soothed by the flow of the paint, the freedom of it
and the constant experimentation of the artists behind them.
It’s impossible to watch these videos and not think ‘I have to try that’.
But all month, I talked myself out of it.
I was trying to find a reason to make it worth my while.
When art becomes your job, the line becomes blurred between creating as a task and creating
just for fun.
And when I thought about making these types of paintings, honestly my first thought was,
but then what do I do with them.
Where do they fit in.
Do they reflect my style, can I incorporate this into my existing works, how do I make
this benefit me to make up for the time and money I’ll spend making them.
And I had this thought on and off for weeks.
Every time I considered trying it out, I convinced myself it wouldn’t be worth it.
Until I finally remembered, I don’t just make art to sell it, I don’t make art to
have something to add to my portfolio.
I make art because I love making art.
I love to play with paint, with colour, to just try things and see what happens.
Art is my job but it’s also my hobby, and I don’t always need a reason to do a certain
thing.
If I want to do it, I should just do it.
So I guess what I’m saying today, because I feel like this is something all of us, even
if we aren’t full-time artists, we all have moments where we convince ourselves that just
trying something won’t be worth our while.
It’ll be a waste of time, a waste of good supplies.
And the whole point of being creative, creating as an act in itself, never can and never will
be a waste.
You learn and you express yourself and in the end, theres a thing there that didn't
exist before.
Whether it’s a mess or not, whether it turned out how you expected, you made a thing.
That’s all I’ve got for today.
Thanks so much for joining me.
If there’s anything you’ve been overthinking, something you’ve wanted to give a try, make
some time to do it this weekend.
And let me know how it goes!
Speak to you soon.
Bye!