Thank you that was interesting and helpful 😊

Wow, thanks for your knowledge. I greatly appreciate you making this video. I was taught the same. So glad you opened my eyes. I am new to your channel and will be coming back. Much gratitude. May you prosper. ❤❤❤❤❤

you know you are the. first one who actually makes sence😮. I don't care if your video is long it helps me to understand better. thank you.

I absolutely love your process! But I understand that you don’t love the camera neither do I. I always feel like I should get all ready to do a video and I always feel awkward talking to myself. I have liked and followed. I think you are truly a unique artist which I have great appreciation for. I’ve learned a lot from you.

Thanks so much. You are the man.

It would have been nice to know which layers to add the thinner and paint mixture to, do we use this formula on all layers? Except the pillow layer?

Great explanation. Thankyou Sir

Easily the best video I've seen on this topic since i got into paint pouring... I have a background in BOTH physics and chemistry, as well as being an artist my whole life, and this is exactly what i was looking for... I'll be watching a lot more of this to see just how deep you go, but this was amazing. I kept wondering why it was so hard to see people go down to first principles and address just the density and flow of the different products. It is hard knowing that each paint is different, but density seems to be by far the most important factor, yet we spend so much time analyzing just the viscosity or trace of the paints. Water is naturally so dense that that alone has to have as huge effect as to what will float. I hate just mixing a bunch of stuff as a guess just to see what happens without any intention. Much better thinking about WHY a certain ingredient will change the effects I'm getting. That's how to actually learn to CONTROL what I'm doing, even if there's some mystery in the results. As a photographer in my previous endeavors, i want to be able to play with the process in ways that are the right balance of predictable and inspired by chance! Cheers! Will definitely be following and commenting more here!

Great info brotha!!! Do you plan on doing more?

LOVE your videos! Thank so much for sharing your knowledge!!

i just had to watch you again i think you are some kind of special nice job

Thank you again! 🤩 Great info from a smart artist. 😊If you try some surgical tubing with you air & hold your fingers, on the end, in different ways, it's like an invisible brush. 🤗 The black & white is a really good idea for starting/understanding how & WTF is going on!

Thank you! I totally agree! 😉 Oil & water do weird stuff, but giving it "names" like it's something new, is silly. 😆I'm a professional artist, I did this accidentally over 40 years ago. 😂 I'm also a microbiologist & glaze formulator, so I understand physics, surface tension, etc. 😊 It's wonderful to hear your thoughts on what's really going on! 🥳 I've watched lots of cell/pour videos, I think 90% of them don't know why it does what it does. 🥴 Your the first person who used the word "silicon oil".🧐 Congrats!, a smart artist! 💙

I’m 75 and just started pouring. Tried to achieve cells and have failed so far. I saw wonderful cells in videos with just using Elmers GlueAll and others using silicone. Your recipe makes a huge amount. What do you store it in? For a beginner that is a lot. I want to try again and appreciate the information in your video. Thank you.

You're so funny the outtakes

This was an enlightening video! Thank you!

This video finally helped me understand pouring so much better! Finally having success! Thank you thank you thank you!

Science meets art - not chemistry, but fluid dynamics. This is lovely and I appreciate your detailed explanation.

Dr. Chase is one of the best scientist when it comes to acrylics and his explanations with cell activators.

Best artist instruction. Thank you for your hard work and sharing you very important information.

Thank you ... Great info... wonder if these paintings could be done on glass for stained glass effect...

OK, when’s your book coming out with all the illustrations I’ll buy it!!! 😉👍

I like that you took the time to write up a script to read off of to make sure you got everything exact, I think that’s key because it gives you a chance to examine what you want to deliver to your audience, and what they need to know so you don’t miss anything that you want to give them.😉🙏🏻❤️❤️

Your four stages of painting are the same as using a cell activator which is floetrol. You're using the same chemicals but the chemicals that you're using are different were there not condensed together like one product that just flow trolls so you're doing the same thing there's no difference

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge !

Just saw your podcast... and it was 3 years ago. Crazy! Thanks for the info and reworking my brain cells. Now it's time to give it a try. Just amazing analytical reasoning...👍

What a great video. I am so new at this but totaly in love with it. I wish I was close to you and participate in your workshop

I'd love to hear more and see done if the art you've done song the way. It's still a wee bit confusing to me, I'm a beginner looking for those answers you have❤ Please share more of your work. There is lingo out there that had me confused. Like, what is pillow paint?

Very cool!

Your cells are beautiful ! So is your art

Can you make all stages ahead or do you wait till you need them?

Thank you! I am excited to have learned so much in a short amount of time! I can’t wait to mis my paint using your formula and see the results! I SO enjoyed the bloopers at the end of your video 😂 I was laughing out loud and will now forever call ingredients “grediants”. 🤣

most incredibly detailed and well done art videos ever

Thank you so much! Really clarifies the process so well. I have, up until i viewed your techniques, been super confused and hesitant to try fluid art. 👏 to you!

yes, in a nutshell Oil and Water don't mix, and oil will move within water (when the 2 are mixed) to settle on the surface of the water.

I cannot find the base you are using. Have you ever tried this one? It seems to follow your requirements (on paper anyway). Deep base, enamel like qualities so I am thinking heavier than regular acrylic and tintable with semi-gloss finish. If you are not sure about that one, so you have an alternative? I just love your work. Thanks for the guidance.

Next time, no glasses, please. Very distracting

Dear Steve, I came across your two videos last night - and I know it was fate! I tried your Facebook page, but I see that you had trouble with it. I am one who has just recently spent a small fortune in products and wish I would have found your tutorials first. I do have a couple of questions: 1) I have parrots in my home and cannot use any paint that isn't zero VOCs or ultra low VOCs. Sherwin Williams makes a zero VOC paint called Ovation and it is available in the deep base. Do you see any reason why I couldn't use that as a substitute for Behr? 2) Since I don't have an air compressor I would have to use some other type of blower (I'm assuming a hair blow dryer).... Obviously this would not create nearly the force that a compressor would, so should I not expect the same type of success that you achieve? Thank you in advance for your reply.

The same with American floetrol

What kind of blower are you using?

I hit gold when I found this video thank you so much sir for your trial and errors and your hell bent determination to find out what really works… I was the artist that was struggling because I thought it was a chemical thing running into so many problems my paintings just not working out the way I was seeing it happen on the videosAnd I was beginning to think I couldn’t do it… What a wonderful man, creating wonderful piece of art so beautiful. Thank you so much for your contribution to the art world and please put out more videos you’re a great teacher.

Happy to see/hear someone who’s not afraid to speak out! Because you’re so right this is physical and not chemical. THANK YOU 💐. My question is what thinner to use, since I live in Norway. I can’t find any of the thinners I have seen in utube videos. Would you happen to know???? (If not, don’t stress yourself ….) Else on an island in western Norway. 😇😇😇

Thank you for this highly informative, well-thought-out video. This is what I've been searching for for my engineer brain to succeed in Abstract Cellism! I really appreciate the use of vocabulary to describe mediums and thinners. and even a name for the process. I created a nice database to track all my paints and additives and call my mixes "Chase Tar TL Thinner", and "Chase Color Medium" in your honor for explaining this in a thorough easy to use recipes. I haven't made a painting yet using your recipes and a direct downward pressure. I'm still mixing stuff up. I would be interested in your experience with mica pigments alongside liquid acrylics. How much pigment and do I add and adjustments to medium/thinner for consistency? For 2 floz of paint, I typically used 2 floz of medium to 1/2 tsp mica pigment and then add 1/2 tsp heavy gel medium to make it on par with soft body paints. Since your recipes are for liquid acrylics, I assume I would drop the gel and add either a bit more medium or Flood Thinner (your thinned Floetrol mix). Bottom line I know is all the paints,except the top layer, need to have the same consistency. Thanks for taking your time to explain all this to us!

Wonderful explanation and I loved your complimation of bloopers 😂 they really showed your character😂 Well done😊

I've just asked elsewhere what makes a cell activator. One hears about secret mixes and Floetrol etc. You answered my questions brilliantly. A big thank you!! 👏🏼

JUST A FORM OF GRAPHIC ART WITH LESS BRAINS

SO SILICONE IS AN INFECTION TO PAINT

I'm a little late to the party but I found this very informative and I already wondered about so many people adding drops of minwav wood conditioner to teh american flotrol when I really believed the thin top layer was very different than adding silicone oil to the base layers because the oil floats to the top -just like salad dressing! And I loved that you left the "bloopers" at the end. Thank You.

I am a beginner in this beautiful art. Thank you very much for this great explanation. ❤

Amazing two videos. I share your beliefs. I'm still a little new but I'm tired of by guess and by golly. So I will try your way. One problem: I cannot find the Venturi attachment for my compressor. The company you listed does not carry them. Any ideas? Thx so very much ... your art is BEAUTIFUL!