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Stunningly Beautiful Fluid Acrylics Swipe #2996-6.23.18

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Channel: Expressionist Fluid Art Studio Priscilla Batzell · 2018 · Howto & Style

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 I am using a 16"x20" stretched canvas. All the I paint colors I use are pre-mixed with additives to help them flow more easily. The colors I am using are leftover from an earlier first video. I am attempting to re-create another an all-time favorite swipe. I added stripes of color on the canvas using my squeeze bottles. My swipe tool is a dampened cotton rag made from the hem of a tee shirt just wider than the artwork and long enough to roll the unused end, and this creates a sort of a handle to hold onto. I dip the rag into the color I added as a swipe color at one end and let the paint soak into the rag saturating the hem portion of the cloth. Next to its time to pull it the length of the canvas. After the initial swipe, I feel I need to allow more patterns to emerge. I use my breath and blow through some medical tubing to create channels in the paint. (A bendy straw works just as well in my opinion.) This air-fueled excavation uncovers layers of color beneath the surface and agitates the paint to release new patterns too.  I also use a bamboo skewer to agitate the surface of the paint, waggling it along, making lines that also reveal new colors and adding a new and exciting element into the design.
    
My "pouring" mixture or "recipe" is simple and starts with 2 parts (estimated) GAC 800 from "Golden" added into any acrylic paint color 8 parts (amounts are always estimated).  This starts the mixing process. Mix the paint and GAC thoroughly. Next, I add my mixed Floetrol and (half) Deco Art pouring medium. (Shake it first every time!) The truth is, lately, that's my go-to. I add the same (or more) ounces as the first two ingredients and mix everything thoroughly. The consistency is usually medium body weight, but other weights are usable with minor adjustments. 

To mix, if you use squeeze bottles as I do, add a marble and shake your paints every time before you use them. All my acrylic paints are mixed in advance and contained and stored in squeeze bottles. If you are not using squeeze bottles, I suggest using a container that has a lid. I have often used the 4oz size plastic deli containers, and the paint keeps for a long time in them, but you still will have to stir before using the mix again because the Floetrol and other flow agents will rise to the top between uses.  None of my acrylic paint has any added silicon. To create the pearlescent effects seen in most of my artworks, I use "Golden's" Iridescent pearl "Fine" added to colors. By "eye" until I am pleased with what I see. 

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