My first Video for IndigoBlu, introducing the Acrylic Pour Alchemy Kit.

Hello Crafters, I'm so excited to be sharing this video with you.

As many of you know by now I have become addicted to Paint Pouring and I have been really lucky to receive one of these New Kits by Kay Halliwell-sutton from IndigoBlu and also to have been asked to make a couple of Video's for their YouTube Channel IndigoBlu Tube.

So here is the first video and I hope you enjoy watching it. The video starts off explaining what you get in the kit, how to mix the paints ready for the pours and then I demonstrate two different pours.

A Dirty Pour, Flip Cup 

Paint Swipe. 

I hope you enjoy watching the video.

I shall be recording another Video this week showing you a couple more techniques. 

For now here are a couple of close up photos of the Pours I did in the Video.

Enjoy and I hope to see you visit me again soon xx

The first pour has started to dry out and you can see the colours have merged more. 

 Here are a couple of close ups of the now dry pour.

 This is the Paint Swipe after sitting for a couple of hours. Again the colours have merged a little more together. The white had created some great cells with the colours.

Couple of close ups

Experimenting with more Dirty Pours

Hello there, hope you are well and enjoying your crafting.

I found out about Dirty Pours, yes that really is the name for one type of Acrylic Paint Pouring, quite by accident on You Tube and now I'm hooked. 

Before I go any further I just want to explain what a Dirty Pour is! 

When you have mixed up the colours you want to do a pour with, you get yourself a empty container and start to add those different colours in layers in the container. Simple as that. By adding the colours together you get whats called a dirty pour as the colours blend in part to each other making new colours.

What I then enjoy doing, is to 'Flip' that cup over onto the canvas, giving the paint a couple of minutes to slide down the cup then lift it up to see the paint flowing out. You never quite know what will happen!

 This photo shows that once the single colours have been well mixed with the PVA Glue, water a little Floetrol and a few drops of Silicone oil they are then layered up into what now becomes a 'Dirty Cup' of Acrylic paints.

 The Dirty Cup is then flipped on top of the canvas and left to settle.

Then the cup is lifted up. I never get bored of seeing this step. New colour emerge, you never quite know whats going to happen!

Over the last few weeks I have been experimenting with a few different techniques and materials so thought I would share a couple of these with you.

Now most people know I love the IndigoBlu products so of course have quite a few of their products so used these in my 'experiments'.

The first one I have to share with you is using the IndigoBlu Super Thick Slap it on, watered down and used instead of the PVA glue. Now this medium has been produced to use through stencils and  multi media work so although watered down it kept a thicker texture so pouring this with the acrylic paints produced a thicker pour that held its shape and needed a little bit more persuading to flow across the canvas.

 The Super Thick Slap it on has been mixed with water, just enough to drip off the lollystick

 A dollop of paint has been put into mixing cups. Love these colours together, very autumnal!

 I first of all mixed the paints with a dash of Floetrol which helps the mixture to flow better.

 I then added the Super Thick & water mixture

 Once thoughtly mixed I added 3 drops of Silicone to each colour of paint

 I then poured layers of single colours on top of each other into a spare cup

 This was the outcome when the cup had been flipped and pulled up. I wasnt so keen on all the brown so I tipped the canvas this way and that until I was happy with the other colours that came to the top. You may well have also noticed there were a lot of bubbles in this mixture. I managed to get rid of a lot of them using the torch but think because I used a thick medium it held on to some of them.

I then tillted and moved the canvas until it was completly covered with the paint mixture. You can see the cells forming.

This canvas took about 3 days to dry out before I was able to varnish it. As you can see over that time the colours did change slightly

So the next experiament I carried out was to use the IndigoBlu Luscious Powders to see what would happen. 

So to start this experiment I added some Luscious powders to a small drop of Floetrol and mixed the powder in well 

 I then topped up each shot glass with PVA glue and mixed this in together. One of the things I have learnt is that you really need to mix things in well

Once mixed I added 4 drops of Silicone oil to each of the colours but not the white

 I then has a spare shot glass at the ready to pour in layers of the Luscious mixture

 Here are the layers of those Luscious colours

When I had flipped the cut over it reminded me of those sand bottle you often see in souvenir shops abroad. 

 This mixture poured really well, just look at those colours and the shine was brilliant.

 After an hour the colours were blening more together than the paint normally does but the cells were still visable.

So after a week of drying out this is what the Luscious Powder pour looked like. You don't get the same depth of colour you get from paint but a lovely shiny, yet muted finish.

For each of the pours I had Paint or Luscious mixture left so tried pouring it on different surfaces. I have to say pouring on anthing other than a flat surface will take some practice, I  have a lot to learn lol!
I first tried pouring onto Dura-lar and it worked really well. It took almost a week to dry out though so its not a quick process but im hoping I can die cut this place for some card making.

 Next I tried  using the Metallic paints mixed with PVA Glue, a little drop of Floetrol and Silicone.

Next I used what was left of the mixtures to cover some small clay faces I had made using molds.

Paint and Luscious covered faces

Paint Pouring over Paper Mache. I first of all covered the face in white Gess-Soo-Good. Because the face is a curved surface you need to be patience when pouring as the paint flows off the curves. Next time I do this I will make the paint mixture a little thicker.

 I also used some small wood pieces I had. I painted them with Gee-Soo-Good first of all so that the mixture wouldnt soak into the wood. 
Look at the sparkle in that Metallic paint!
They look so cool when they are first poured but went quite dark when dry. 

Acrylic Paints

That's all for today but i'm still experimenting. Hope to have more to share with you soon.
If you haven't aleady seen my other post on Dirty Pours here is the link


To learn so much more about this adictive craft check out the videos on Youtube. Some very talented people out there!
Happy Dirty Pouring xx

Dirty Paint Pouring!

Hello everyone, 

I haven't been blogging for a month or so but I have been crafting making samples up for the IndigoBlu shows on Hochanda and in the last couple of weeks for Louise Withers who has been on Hochanda with Ecoline Inks. That is another blog post to come soon..............

I think I have now found a craft that is fast becoming a favorite for me.  This is the way I have been doing my pieces, and at this stage i'm happy with the outcome. There are lots of ways to do this technique but today I'm showing you how and what I have done.

Paint Pouring and Dirty Paint Pouring

So what is Paint Pouring and Dirty Paint Pouring?

Quick version-It's mixing Acrylic Paint with a medium that helps the paint flow and leave a glossy finish to your piece. You also add Silicone to the mixture and that's what gives you the cell like structures you see in the photo above as it separates from the paint, pushing its way through the paint.
If you like the big cells don't mix the silicone in to much. If you want lots of tiny cells, mix the silicone in better.
Paint Pouring is when you pour single colours out onto your surface. Dirty Paint Pouring is when you add all the colours into one cup and turn it all up on the surface!

Materials needed

Acrylic Paint

PVA Glue

Silicone

Wooden lolly Sticks

Plastic Shot Glasses & Party Cup

Yupo sheets

Foil Tray (or use a craft sheet or Baking Parchment)

I have been asked by several people how I have done mine so thought I would put this quick photo tutorial together. I hope it helps you if you want to have a go yourself and there are tons of videos on Youtube to learn more.

For this tutorial I'm using those small plastic shot glasses as I'm only doing a small piece on Yupo paper. (In fact I was able to cover Three pieces of Yupo with the amount of paint solution I mixed)!

The Yupo paper is 100% Polypropylene so it can take the wet glue and paint without bending and curling. If you are doing this technique on a canvas you will need more of the paint solution to cover the canvas so mix up your paints etc in plastic party cups or those polystyrene cups like ones as I used to do the dirty pour at the end.

To start with choose your colour paints. I went with shades of blue's and a white, all from IndigoBlu. I used PVA glue as I had some here but I know there are other liquids you can use such as Floetrol, but for this tutorial I'm keeping it simple!
So the first step was to fill the shot glasses up to 3/4 level with PVA Glue.

With a wooden lolly stick take some paint, you don't need much (See photo) and stir the colours into each pot

When mixing try not to make too many bubbles. Once the paint and glue is well mixed, add some water to give make the mixture the Constancy, slightly thinner than single cream.

Lay your Yupo into the foil tray 

Using Silicone in your paint mixture is what gives you the "Cells" when you pour the mixture out.
(The Silicone I have comes in a spray can, so instead of spraying straight into the cups, which can cause bubbles and you can't see how much you add,  I sprayed some into a small bottle. Be careful when doing this as you can see the vapours coming off the spray and also it could bubble out over the top of the bottle. Also just so you know the bottle becomes very cold to hold).

I added 10 drops to two of the coloured cups, and five drops into the other two colours. Stir in.  I didn't put any in the white paint as white always sinks to the bottom of the cup. You just want the colours to push their way through the white.

Add the paint mixture in layers to larger cups.
(I poured the mixture into two different cups as I was doing two pieces. As it turned out I got three pieces out of the mixture I made).

I used double sided tape to hold the Yupo down as you will need to tip the tray to cover the Yupo. You might need a spatula to pick up some paint from the sides to cover white areas once you have done the pour. Be careful not to mix the colours when scooping up paint.

So what you are seeing now is a Dirty Pour!

Once you pull the cup up, this is what happens. How cool is this.

Tip the tray in different directions to cover the surface of the Yupo.

So I did two Pours with the blue paints

As I had paint left over I added some Red and Yellow to two of the pots to have a different colourway.

This time I poured all the mixture into a cup but poured it out as I wanted to control where it went.

Each time you do one of these they are so different. 

You will need to leave your creations to dry on a flat surface. These took about 24 hours to dry. Just check underneath your piece as well as the mixture does run under.
Once dry the colours did get darker. Not sure if it because of the glue I used.
Once fully dry you can cover your creation with varnish or resin to protect and give it a high gloss finish.
I hope you have found this tutorial helpful and you have a go for yourself. Its quite addictive.

I have also used inks instead of paint which gives a lovely translucent look.

OK, so I'm off now to do some more experimenting.
Happy Crafting.