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

Venturing into the relm of Memory Jars

Hello to you,

Today I would like to share with you an idea I have had for a memory Jar. I had read about these a few years ago but never did anything about them until I saw a post on Facebook over Christmas and thought this time I would make my own. Now most people who put these jars together start putting in there memories from the 1st January them open them up on New Years Eve and look back at what they had achieved over the year.

Well I didn't start my jar at the right time for this idea so I thought I would do my own thing and collect together certain things to put into the jar that meant a lot to me in 2016 and would continue into the end of this year 2017 or until I can't fit anything else into the jar.

For me, 2016 was a pretty good year. I went traveling, was invited onto several of the IndigoBlu Design Teams and my children have all done really well, in their careers and personal lives.

The highlight was I went traveling with my husband around New Zealand for six weeks and my Jar depicts this in quite a few ways. I wanted to visit Hobbiton (where Lord of the Rings was partly filmed), hence the doorway on the Jar, also I wanted to show the Fern leaf as its something I have always loved the look of especially the new shoots unfurling, but also as a NZ Government vote was being taken on a possible change of their flag to show the Silver Fern. ( The vote was taken and the Flag remained the same)!

I think its now time to get on and show you some photos of the jar. It started its life off as a mason jar which I first of all painted with white Gee-Soo-Good to form a good base to paint onto.

For this project I used the IndigoBlu Diamond resin with moulds as I found that the resin after a day of setting is still slightly flexible and be molded around  a curved surface. (Make sure you use a really good strong bonding glue to attach your piece to the glass otherwise it will straighten out. I used E6000).

Once all the pieces were glued in place I gave everything another coat of white Gee-Soo-Good then a coat of Aladdin Metallic Paint.

Once the paint was dry I then started adding colours to all the different molded parts using Paints and Luscious Powders

For the door I mixed up a thick paint using the Gold Luscious Powders

The details on the door were picked out using paints and Luscious Powders and I added small polystyrene balls to ground to look like s stone path. I also added a few words to the jar using the Believe stencil and embossing paste. Once these were dry I painted them in Aladdin Paint then once dry highlighted them in white and rubbed some silver and gold Luscious powders over the top.

The inside of the Jar was given a paint treatment, this time using Black Gee-Soo-Good and Raven Metallic Paint.

The top of the jar is decorated with a round Resin Frame and in the middle I placed a Resin Gem all painted with Luscious Powders. 

I added a couple of small embellishments to finish off the jar. I decided to add a pen to the jar so there was always one to hand. I took the pen apart and added a piece of paper I painted with Luscious colours to match the jar.
The first three tags I am going to add to the jar are photos taken on our trip to NZ.

I hope you have enjoyed reading about my latest creation, I now have a different idea for one for my daughter who loves to travel. Once I have finished it I will share the idea with you.
So thats all from me today. If you continue scrolling down, there are a few detailed photos of my jar.
Thanks for looking, take care and Happy Crafting xx

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