Apr
14
A little purple acrylic pouring piece.

This was a little piece I am working on for a friend of mine.  It will be the background but the creation of this part is always exciting! Hope you enjoy!

Materials Used: Custom 8-inch wood panel (I make these myself)

Paints:
All Golden Fluid Acrylic
Titanium White – https://amzn.to/2JMLyHA
Iridescent Pearl Fine – https://amzn.to/2EM5Ayf
Dioxazine Purple – https://amzn.to/2ELTK7p
Quinacridone Violet – https://amzn.to/2H1DVj2

Pouring Medium:
Flotrol – https://amzn.to/2vjBYJm
GAC 800 – https://amzn.to/2HC9XyU
Alcohol – 91% – https://amzn.to/2EIuQWl

Dispersion Agent:
Cutting Board Oil – https://amzn.to/2JMkvwr

Resin Coating:
https://amzn.to/2ELEDe7

 

Mix your paints in separate cups. The colors are all tints, so they are set at a 1:1 ration with white.

1 part White to 1 part Pearl
1 part purple to 1 part white
1 part violet to 1 part white

Mixing the Fluid Medium

I add about three parts floetrol to 1 part GAC. Make sure to strain the floetrol, so there are no chunks. After the floetrol is strained mix it well then let it sit for about 30 minutes. This will eliminate any bubbles created by the mixing.

Putting it together:
Add your pouring medium to your paint. Keep in mind the floetrol, and gac dries translucent so the colors will look a little dull. This will change as it dries. Once you have the paints mixed, add a few drops of alcohol and mix well.

I mixed these colors in a “dirty cup.” As I added paint, I dropped in 1 drop of oil to help disperse the paints.

Pour it on and let it go. Let the paint dry for a couple of days. Then you can add any coating you like. I added resin as a top coat.

Thanks for watching.

Aug
01
One Minute Fluid Acrylic Painting

This piece just reminds me of cotton candy.  If you want to learn more about the process please check out my other videos.  Also, there is a lot of additional information in the comments so be sure and check them out.  You can see all the videos at my YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/DannyClarkArt

For all the colors I used in this video please see the list below:

The color that I use in the video are all Golden Fluid Acrylics. Below is a list with links to each color.

Iridescent Gold Fine – http://amzn.to/2uEz1AW
Teal – http://amzn.to/2thlU5q
Quinacridone Magenta – http://amzn.to/2gM3x6V
Hansa Yellow Medium – http://amzn.to/2ths0mn
Titanium White – http://amzn.to/2gM3dVC

 

 

Jul
31
Fluid Acrylic Pouring Insta-Demo

So over the last few months, I have steadily been uploading art videos and demonstrations to YouTube.  While this has been a lot of fun, it has also come with quite a bit of work and distraction.  Unfortunately, it has become less and less fun for me, and I have a strict “if it doesn’t make me happy than don’t do it” policy. So, today I decided that I was no longer doing any more instructional videos.  I have a lot of other projects going on, and my graduate school schedule is getting pretty full.

I will still upload very short no nonsense videos for those that just like to see the process.  I appreciate all the kind words an support of the channel, but I have other priorities and need to focus elsewhere.

Kindest,

Danny

 

 

Jul
16
Zoe Playing with Funnel’s in a Fluid Acrylic Pour.

Both my younger kids James and Zoe love to make videos and love to watch YouTube.  After much deliberation we decided to go ahead and create a channel dedicate to kids making stuff and having fun teaching.  The above linked video is from their channel and I hope you will subscribe and give them a little love.  They are super excited!

My youngest Zoe has been wanting to try making a fluid acrylic pour using a funnel.  I have not ever done this so I told her it would be a great technique for her to learn.  Over the next series of videos, Zoe will be perfecting, testing and sharing what she learns.

Having an opportunity to set Zoe free and let her learn a technique based on her own experience is a gift.  I encourage everyone to be brave and try new things.  It is helpful to understand the basics, but there is a point where learning for yourself is more important.  It not only builds confidence, but it also builds tolerance and empathy for other.

In the video, I mixed all the paints for Zoe beforehand.  Each color uses a simple recipe that I have used many times before.  Below is a link to the ingredients and the recipe for each color:

Ingredients:

  • Golden Fluid Acrylic – Teal
  • Golden Fluid Acrylic – Ultramarine Violet
  • Golden Fluid Acrylic – Phthalo Blue
  • Jacquard Lumiere – 555 Halo Pink Gold
  • 91% Rubbing Alcohol
  • Flood Floetrol
  • B’Laster Silicone Spray
  • Small 2 ounce funnel
  1. Mix carefully 1 part paint to 2 parts floetrol.  This needs to be well incorporated before adding any alcohol.
  2. Add 91% alcohol to the mix to thin the paint further.  This is a personal preference and is solely based on how YOU want the paint consistency.  You can substitute the alcohol for distilled water.  We use alcohol because it dries faster and reduces cracks.
  3. Just before the paint is used spray one shot of silicone in your paint mix and gently stir.

You can follow the video on how Zoe setup and poured in the funnel.

Jul
08
Trying New Things with Acrylic Pouring and isolating colors.

At times I will be thinking of something regarding technique.  The other day I was playing with some water color paints and had an idea about layering colors with cookie cutters.  Now I have done this in a video of which is linked below, but this time I was thinking more along the lines of using cookie cutters to create cells of cells.  Or clusters of cells.   While the idea worked somewhat, I was not super happy with the colors.  I could see this being utilized more on a huge piece, which I may try soon.  Either way, the process fun and I always learn something even if I didn’t like the end results. Below is more information about the recipe and the paints I used. 

 

Here are the paints that I used along with the other additives.   To see the original video of the “No flip cup flip cup” please click here: https://youtu.be/act_BluG7tk 

For the recipe I pretty much stuck the recipe in the video linked here.  http://dannyclarkart.net/another-alternative-to-pouring-medium/

Liquitex Basics Acrylic Paint 118ml-Primary Yellow – http://amzn.to/2srDQdf
Liquitex BASICS Acrylic Paint 4-oz tube, Cerulean Blue Hue http://amzn.to/2uMo6SA
Liquitex BASICS Acrylic Paint 4-oz tube, Titanium White – http://amzn.to/2tTk3r8
Liquitex BASICS Acrylic Paint 4-oz tube, Red Oxide – http://amzn.to/2tSVI4X
Liquitex BASICS Acrylic Paint 4-oz tube, Bright Aqua Green – http://amzn.to/2ss77Eg
Flood Floetrol – http://amzn.to/2srKrEj
B’laster 16-SL Industrial Strength Silicone Lubricant – 11-Ounces – http://amzn.to/2tT7dcO

Jul
05
Butterfly Eyes

 

In a lot of my posts and videos, I explain how an artist might create pieces with different effects using various types of mediums and recipes for acrylic pouring.  For me, acrylic pouring is just a part of the larger process.  It does not necessarily define my style nor is it the only type of art that I create.  I love the way this technique gives me an unpredictable starting point.   It is in some ways predictably unpredictable.

In the video linked I am creating the foundation of a much more detailed piece.  By no means is this the end of the journey but the first of 8 different parts.  The finished layer took about 48 hours to dry and is now ready for the next phases of work.   The details of how I made this piece are not as important as just enjoying the work.   It is important for me not to get bogged down in the details.  It takes a little life away from the creative process.  The next layers will be much more precise and a whole lot more enjoyable.  When it is completed along with others pieces I am working on they will all be available to view in my gallery.  I hope you enjoy this brief but very meditative first step.

Jun
24
Is using silicone really better? Do we really have to torch? Comparing two low cost acrylic pour techniques using Folk Art Brand Paint with and without silicone and no dangerous torching!

I often get asked if I can show how I would create a painting using less expensive craft paints.  Last week I did a demonstration using Anita’s All Purpose Acrylic Paints.  These were inexpensive and easy to use.  I had some beautiful results, and after finishing the piece off with epoxy resin, it was spot on.  This week I am trying out Folk Art Paints by PLAID.

PLAID makes a lot of excellent craft products from Mod Podge to glues to different craft paints like the Folk Art and Apple Barrel.  According to their website, the Apple Barrel and Folk Art paints are UV stable and stay true indoors and outdoors.  I sent a request for more information regarding how light fast the paint is and below is what they responded to me with:

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for your inquiry. FolkArt Acrylic Colors and FolkArt Outdoor Paint
Pigments have been rated highly resistant to fading.

Paints are rated on a light-fastness scale that runs from 1 to 5.

1=Excellent
2=Very good
3=Good
4=Fair
5=Poor

All of the FolkArt Acrylic Colors and FolkArt Outdoor Paints are rated Excellent or
Very Good (1 or 2). These paints are made from some of the purest pigment available,
which results in its superior quality.
Unfortunately, FolkArt Paints do not contain any U/V inhibitors.
Thank you for contacting Plaid,

EP

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In addition to the paints I am often asked if torching a paint is really necessary.  Well, I am in no place to decide what an artist does to create their work so I can’t really say what is necessary.  The two pours done in the video are both excluding a torch.  There are times when I will try it but in most cases I don’t torch simply because I don’t want to torch.

For the video attached, I did two different pours.  The first pour was a request to use one of my recipes using Floetrol, paint, alcohol, and silicone.  I did this painting with no intention of torching the paint as I wanted to show how you can get an overload of cells without adding heat to the paint.  The second pour is using one of my recipes that I use a lot.  The recipe used was simply Floetrol, Paint, and alcohol.  Both give unique results, and it is really up to the artist to decide what they like.   Below I have a list of the products I used as well as the recipes I used to create them.  Both of these pieces are available on my Etsy page which supports the YouTube channel.

Recipe 1 – 6X6 Square Panel (These panels I create myself)

  • 25ml Floetrol
  • 15ml  paint
  • 5ml 91% alcohol
  • A spray of silicone in each color then stirred.

For this recipe, I used these measurements for each color.  The total amount of fluid was roughly 200ml or almost 1 cup of paint.  Additionally, I added one last spray of silicone to the top of the dirty cup before flipping it over. I wanted this painting to have a TON of cells.

Recipe 2 – 10 inch circular panel. (These panels I also create and are available on my etsy page)

  • 25ml Floetrol
  • 15ml  paint
  • 5ml 91% alcohol

This recipe is fairly straight forward.  One tip is to add your alcohol last as it will evaporate quickly. It also seems to work a little better if the paint is poured out rather than flipped.  I like the look of ribbons and smaller cells.  They tend to give more of a planetary look than a organism look.

Materials Used:

These two pieces are available to purchase on my Etsy page – https://www.etsy.com/shop/DannyClarkArt

Jun
15
Low Cost Fluid Acrylic Pouring with Anita’s Craft Paint

Recently I was asked to try out Anita’s All Purpose craft paint in a pouring demo to see what kind of results I get. Surprisingly the paint was very responsive and had a close consistency to Golden Fluid Acrylic. Now I don’t know what the archival quality of the paint is, but it looks good so far. In the video, I also show how I use a Polymer Medium to coat a finished piece after I cleaned off the silicone. If there is any silicone left behind when a resin coating is added, you will see tons of small pock marks. By coating the piece in a polymer medium, you seal the good paint and help lift the silicone missed after initial cleaning. It saves a lot of time re-coating in resin.

To purchase this piece please and support the YouTube Channel visit the Etsy Page: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DannyClarkArt 

For all the materials I used in the video:

Jun
12
Fluid Acrylic Pouring with Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics

In this video, I use Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics. These acrylics are smooth but not as fluid as Golden Fluid Acrylics. In each of the colors, I also added some Liquitex Basic Iridescent Medium. I was hoping there would be more effect in the final result, but this was not the case. I think it is better to use an iridescent paint to get the true effect.

Overall the paints were responsive and held up nicely when drying. The colors stayed fairly true. I think if I were forced to use these, I wouldn’t have a problem but overall I am not overly impressed to change from any other brand I may be using.

The pieces in the video are available for sale on my Etsy page. Please feel free to visit and find something that will support the YouTube channel.

In the video I used the following materials:

  • Liquitex Professional Soft Body Acrylic Paint 2-oz jar, Mars Black – http://amzn.to/2svVVtB
  • Liquitex Professional Soft Body Acrylic Paint 2-oz jar, Iridescent Rich Copper – http://amzn.to/2s4KTZI
  • Liquitex Professional Soft Body Acrylic Paint 2-oz jar, French Gray/Blue – No Longer Available
  • Liquitex Professional Soft Body Acrylic Paint 2-oz jar, Brilliant Blue – http://amzn.to/2rUTArn
  • Liquitex Professional Iridescent Effects Medium, 8-oz – http://amzn.to/2shpm27
  • FLOOD/PPG FLD6-04 Floetrol Additive – http://amzn.to/2svCfpI
  • B’laster 16-SL Industrial Strength Silicone Lubricant – 11-Ounces – http://amzn.to/2smKVza
  • Distilled Water
  • Crystal Clear Bar Table Top Epoxy Resin Coating For Wood Tabletop – 1 Gallon Kit – http://amzn.to/2rUVx7b

Youtube demo art is available to purchase here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DannyClarkArt

Jun
09
8 Year Old Artist Zoe, Painting and Teaching Kindness

Recently I have been asked to give my opinion on what is considered art and what is not. This conversation was specifically geared to those that enjoy acrylic pouring. Hopefully this video will show where I stand and what is really important about creativity.  We all have a responsibility to be kind in this world especially when our children mirror our own behavior.  Feel free to share the kindness of Zoe as much as you want.

Thank you Zoe for being so incredibly inspirational.

 

You can support our YouTube channel by visiting our Etsy shop where we have art created in these videos available for sale. https://www.etsy.com/shop/DannyClarkArt

For my larger pieces please contact us for details on availability and pricing.

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