(072) 20x20 inch mallet smash and tilt

[@LilyGazou]

I enjoyed watching the creation. I'm amazed that people don't read the comments before asking questions. You are certainly patient.

[@AnnOsborne]

LOL! Yeah, most people don't check comments :)

[@vijijairajramachandran3479]

Lovely. I'm addicted to watching you pour. Your color combinations always turn out beautiful... it's your special gift, Ann. Keep on pouring!

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank you so much!

[@stemvitality]

Finally...a pour artist I can relate to! I love your techniques and white space!

[@AnnOsborne]

Thanks!

[@PoGirlShines]

I have to get my own studio again! I really miss messy projects like this. Thanks for sharing.

[@AnnOsborne]

Messy is fun!

[@PoGirlShines]

Beautiful work, by the way.

[@sandriasavory796]

I love the way these mallet smashes turn the colours to pastels and some areas are contrasted with the neat colours, such a lovely mix. I tried one yesterday but I think my white paint was too thick because it didn't end up very pastely....is that even a proper word!!! Loving your mallet work Ann thanks for sharing with us.

[@AnnOsborne]

It's a word now!! Thanks!

[@annerogers9930]

Beautiful! Love the colors together. I learn so much by watching your videos, thanks a bunch! I'm trying to get up my nerve to do one of these on a 16x20 canvas. I just bought a mallet so I have to do it now!

[@AnnOsborne]

Prepare to get messy!

[@Mystique-Dreams]

Your style it's very cheerful, I love it. For the first time I watch an artist and I smile!

[@AnnOsborne]

Aw, thank you so very much!

[@helenelaine100]

This s so pretty, Ann. Love the color combo and composition. A happy painting for sure!

[@49Nutmeg]

Never knew this style painting existed but I liked it...loved your choice of colors. Thanks for sharing.

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank you!

[@cmage8267]

Rien que le début est superbe ! Il y a de quoi s'amuser grandement.

[@brigitteroy976]

i feel a sudden urge to try your technique that fill me with joy ,smashing it all

[@AnnOsborne]

+Brigitte Roy go for it! Smash away!

[@gingerbear111999]

I never heard of smash painting before, and yours was the first one I've watched. I'm loving it!! It's stunning!!

[@AnnOsborne]

I came up with the idea a while ago- I've never seen it before either.

[@jackiebright8548]

I love this so much!

[@dennissheil7951]

I love watching you work, and your finished pieces. If you torch to eliminate bubbles but don't want the tiny cells that typically result, try a hair dryer - it might be your answer.

[@AnnOsborne]

I'd be afraid that would blow the paint around. I do have a heat gun, but I have a scar from a burn from the very first time I used it! They get hot!!

[@antontaylor4530]

You had a few paintings going on there....the first "flowers" are something amazing...6.24...its Gourgeous!

[@AnnOsborne]

+Anton Taylor thanks

[@RMansfield27]

What a fun technique!! This turned out so cool!

[@AnnOsborne]

Thanks!

[@CherylForwood]

That is a knockout. I see a valley and the forefront is a rocky cavern you walk down. I love it

[@kerryb.3533]

This may be my new favorite. This one is just breath taking. Please show it when it dries.

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank you!!!! I will.

[@helenfogarty9934]

Sooo love this technique.....great work Ann!

[@AnnOsborne]

+Helen Fogarty 😄thanks

[@taur611]

Wow! every stage looked amazing.Thanks!

[@AnnOsborne]

+taur611 Thank you!

[@amysceri3591]

It’s beautiful it went from looking like flowers after you smashed then to a bird. Amazing! Can you provide a list of supplies I would need to try this technique, PLEASE.

[@AnnOsborne]

In later videos I have an Amazon link that will take you to products. You will find that in the video description. I also have paint mixing playlists and hundreds of other videos. Thanks for watching!

[@huckaday]

Love that you left the negative space!! It would have ruined it if it filled the whole canvas. I have to learn when to stop myself with my art like this....I always overdo it! This is beautiful!!!

[@AnnOsborne]

+Alana Harley thank you so much! It's hard to not go overboard!

[@carolkelly4794]

I also love the negative space. Enjoying watching you very much

[@ehrlichlanierc7429]

Finished product is off the charts beautiful!🙏

[@AnnOsborne]

Thanks so much!

[@lainynoonan1229]

I love this method. Would you mind sharing your product recipes i.e. your initial poor and then the dropped paint mixture?

[@AnnOsborne]

I have 2 videos, plus a live, where I show how I mix my paint. I mix all my colors the same.

[@makeartnotwar2day349]

Oh, this is so cool -- what a wonderful process to get kids involved in art -- shoot, a wonderful way for me to get more involved in art. I've been doing a lot of slide and pour art on albums I buy for two bucks at the thrift store lately -- you can purchase those rubber mallets at the dollar tree -- I had one, lost it when I moved, bought another one, found the lost one, so I have 2 -- I might have to do this tonight -- thanks so very much for sharing -- I think it came out lovely.

[@AnnOsborne]

+makeartnotwar2day thank you! I always lose something and then find it after I've replaced it!

[@karenkelleher989]

No matter how many times I see this, I LOVE it!

[@AnnOsborne]

+Karen Kelleher 😃

[@CarolAnnsArt]

Really nice. I didn't think smashing would work so well - but I love it.

[@AnnOsborne]

It's so much fun!!

[@Annsanity2go]

Love this one, too. I see a gargoyle shape. (Negative space on the left side, farmland to the lower right.) I think this is gorgeous!

[@AnnOsborne]

So much in one painting!

[@sandrawinne1998]

Love this one! My favorite so far! The colors remind me of old books of birds I used to look at with my grandpa😃it kinda looks like a bird with its wings up . Love it!

[@AnnOsborne]

It totally looks like a bird!

[@pamrosenthal335]

Beautifully. I would have never tilted but that's because I hate tilting! It turned out really beautiful. Perhaps I mallet too hard. I'll try one more time. This piece is really beautiful. Love it

[@AnnOsborne]

+Pam Rosenthal thank you! Keep trying!

[@annagluharova6237]

Благодаря че ви има .Благодаря че можем да се учим от вас на изкуство,!!!

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank you so much for watching and enjoying my videos.

[@cristinalane1542]

Ok I will definitely be doing a video with this technique! I will be sure to credit you for the idea! I LOVE this!

[@AnnOsborne]

Awesome and thanks for giving the credit. Have fun when you try it!

[@hilloreeheselgrave8448]

I love all of the colours in this one, it reminds me of a Japanese painting! I haven't tried a hammer pour yet myself, but I think I now will have to! Thanks for sharing!

[@AnnOsborne]

Yes, go for it!

[@paulawall2448]

Yes, it does look Japanese-ish?

[@murielbreton-mello8265]

Hilloree Heselgrav LLl.l.ll

[@angelalind1628]

This is so beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing and helping us!!!

[@AnnOsborne]

+Angela Lind thanks for watching!

[@mikalullius2424]

ABSOLUTELY!!!!! exceptional work

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank you!!

[@lou9007]

Love this one Ann you've got the colour balance perfect with the lights and darks, nice one :D

[@AnnOsborne]

+Lou Phillips 😀thanks

[@jeanmurdock2926]

Take a drinking straw and blow close to the paint to spread it. Just a suggestion. Love this painting.

[@ShipCreek]

Your thumping the colours really creates a dreamlike scape. I keep seeing animals and a young girl reaching. Cool.

[@AnnOsborne]

+Ship Creek i alwaysnfine animals in the paint! Thanks for watching!

[@joolsie007]

Just beautiful Ann....I can see the farmland reference..also a huge big feathery rooster in there!

[@AnnOsborne]

There seem to always be animals and eyes in my pours!

[@debbitech]

OMG! I am SO hooked on what you've done here! Love this effect! Turned upside down, I saw a bird landing on a branch with wings spread...cant unsee it now ;) love, love, love!

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank you so much. There is much to see in this piece.

[@karnemckillip4290]

i love the technique, and the colors! Glad You stopped when You did! Wonderful!

[@melissastaten8235]

That one could be called "Trout" from what my eyes can see! Lovely work, tyfs! Melissa, Dayton, Ohio

[@AnnOsborne]

love it!

[@Monikas_Handmade_Compendium]

Beautiful Piece. Love the colours. I liked the before tilt too. But the way you tilt is awesome, the way it all spreads out nicely. I guess patience and slow tilt is the way to go.....Thank you for sharing....Loving all your videos and art pieces. How did you go with selling the table....

[@AnnOsborne]

The table didn't sell, but boy was it a conversation starter!

[@onekansasmom]

I honestly thought the torch would make the entire piece go up in flames!!

[@AnnOsborne]

Hasn't yet! I do keep a fire extinguisher near though.

[@irenehowell3978]

I'm a big fan! You've likely given what portions of white paint/flotrol and water for base white paint, but I'd love to know it. Also, where/how is liquitex pouring med used. I'm 60 plus and used to paint traditionally but trying to learn about pouring and smashing- your paintings are gorgeous!! If you get time as a busy mother-teacher-artist, I'd love to know all your info, likely already posted if you could direct me. Thank you so much for teaching me your fabulous techniques!

[@AnnOsborne]

+Irene Howell welcome! I don't use any pouring medium. I experimented in some videos with it, but I didn't like the results. A video I did a day or 2 ago shows me mixing paint, and I have 2 others. Look for the videos with no numbers. Thank you so much for watching!

[@irenehowell3978]

thanks, Ann

[@irenehowell3978]

Thanks

[@ceciltan5263]

i love your technique choice of color and the use of mallet how you tilt flip and drag! how I wish i could do that, thank you and Happy new year:3

[@AnnOsborne]

+Cecil Tan thanks! Happy New Year to you!

[@dorothysfriend]

Great stuff, loved it before the tilt with lots of negative space, but also after and the end result. Cool Thanks

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank you!!

[@ginafeddersen8200]

Was so pretty before you tilted! But very stunning afterwards the way the colours flow into each other! 😊😉💓 I have yet to try this method.

[@AnnOsborne]

+Gina Feddersen thank you!

[@bonniekitt1]

Beautiful, as always. I really loved it before you tilted it, but it's beautiful either way.

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank you so much!

[@brittanypark7608]

I love this technique! It's beautiful.

[@AnnOsborne]

Thanks!

[@karenwink4858]

The colors on this are so striking. Sometimes all that comes out is lovely wispy blue-gray. But the teal and orange are standouts! Enjoying this pour as I wait for Hurricane Irma to decide which path to take. Congrats on your lovely pour👏

[@AnnOsborne]

Please stay safe. This weather is so scary.

[@evbennett1]

Karen Wink I

[@kenmeyerjr57]

boy, I learn something new everyday with these pour videos...mallets, fer crying out loud!

[@AnnOsborne]

I've used them for installing mailboxes. This is way more fun!

[@kenmeyerjr57]

yeah, I made a note...this will be a fun addition to the pour community class I am gonna teach later.

[@carmelgagne4497]

I love this Ann so I will definitely try this technique. Love your videos.

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank you!

[@caroljohnson-rm1tj]

This is unusually beautiful. So standoutish. I really love it. You don't go for lots of color but it is beautiful.

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank you very much!

[@sherryfoley9903]

I love these colors!

[@AnnOsborne]

Thanks!

[@jethro3230]

Love , love, love your videos!!! Thanks so much for sharing them with us! this one is very cool! Will you please explain your set up?? Where did you buy your plastic container??

[@AnnOsborne]

+Jethro Hillman thank you! It a tub for under a washing machine. I got mine at Menards for $16

[@DolphinConsult]

Love it - all the colors and the pale parts - just amazing 😍😍😍

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank you so much!

[@carollangsford4297]

It makes me think of KOI fish , all the pretty bright colors, simply beautiful!

[@AnnOsborne]

Thanks!

[@mariasantini9317]

Such a awsome piece of art!!! Just love it!!!

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank you!

[@viviannehowe4176]

Your art is always so beautiful, thanks you for sharing.

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank YOU for watching!

[@margaretheytink719]

you are such a fun interesting joy to watch what you create. thank you. I haven't yet skiped through your tutorials like I do others. . 👩‍🎨

[@AnnOsborne]

😀 that's an awesome compliment!

[@gaylaroof612]

loved the colors, but i liked it before the tilting. even so, its still very pretty.

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank you!

[@sharonobrien6717]

Definitely loved before the tilt! It was smashing, so to speak

[@AnnOsborne]

Thanks

[@dutwar42]

Amazing! Does anyone ever see animals in these painting? Just curious!

[@AnnOsborne]

+Marion Dutcher most of us do!

[@kathycferguson]

Love your work. Do you ever get crazing in the thick white paint areas? How to avoid this?

[@AnnOsborne]

No, I don't. If I don't torch I get air bubbles (little pin holes), but I don't get any cracks.

[@kelciawheeler986]

Love this smash it turned out so well and I love the colors.

[@barbaraschlamminger5775]

Beautiful! No silicone?

[@AnnOsborne]

I would have to go back and watch, but I think I mixed some into each color.

[@michellefrisby5499]

Ann this is my most favorite painting that you have done! This is the video that inspired me to start painting again. It would be interesting to see if you could recreate it with Arteza paints. Just an idea, thanks M

[@AnnOsborne]

I love this one too. I have never been able to replecate a painting in my life! I sure wish I could bc there are many I'd like to see again.

[@dalenebosman7109]

So gentle, love it!

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank you!

[@fujierobesky5651]

If you used silicone on the painting that you had problems with it may have been caused by the silicone. Best to clean your painting before using a resin or clear coat. Look up what will remove silicone on the painting before using a clear coat.

[@AnnOsborne]

+Fujie Robesky I clean them with corn starch and then alcohol. Still isn't perfect every time though. 😥

[@bekmussell5310]

I actually quite liked the original 1st shape when it looked like a big flower, anything u do turns out awesome!

[@judilynn9569]

That came out awesome!

[@AnnOsborne]

+Judi Lynn 😄thanks

[@Mega-knight_55]

I may have missed this but does this technique not make the canvas sag in the middle? This is gorgeous I love the color combos on the negative space

[@AnnOsborne]

No, it doesn't. At least not for me. I have not had a single canvas lose it's tightness.

[@debbiegarland7124]

Hi i love this. The whole pic reminds me of a sparrow with one wing. What is the white paint please.

[@AnnOsborne]

Interior latex paint mixed with water and floetrol

[@pyper911]

I bought all kinds of paints and floetrol, I bought several types of silicones, I have coconut oil, WD40, I can’t get any cells, I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Maybe my white is too thick....any suggestions, I’m frustrated to the point of just quitting

[@pyper911]

I also bought the torch for cells, HELP

[@AnnOsborne]

Only use a small amount of silicone. Have you tried different methods like flip and drag, mallet, dirty pour? It takes many, many, many pours to get it right. If you are new to this keep trying. Also, you don't need cells at all! You can have beautiful paintings without a single cell. Hang in there.

[@corykay9521]

I love this technique.

[@AnnOsborne]

thanks!

[@KatSanders]

I like the colors, very rainbow.

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank you so much!

[@atomicwilderbeast1]

Fantastic Ann. Beautiful. Did you just have a gesso for the background or did you paint it white?

[@AnnOsborne]

+Datsastonegroove I poured white paint on the canvas (mixed with floetrol and water)

[@atomicwilderbeast1]

brilliant, thank you

[@IAMGiftbearer]

I like the whispyness of this!

[@AnnOsborne]

+IAMGiftbearer 😄thanks

[@sandrabarrett-hoomani4822]

So pretty! Thank you for removing the red dots ... With the dots your painting was beginning to look like a huge Praying Mantis ... ☺

[@virginiaholliday6952]

It's too funny that you said an area of the painting reminded you of a pasture...just before you said that I saw a happy spring cow. That portion of the painting changed before you said it. Anyway, this piece is so pretty!!! I look forward to seeing more of your work💞

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank you!!

[@cathyspeerly4997]

This is stunning!

[@AnnOsborne]

+Cathy Speerly thanks Cathy!

[@LindaSmithLatimer]

Oh so incredible and the bright teal and orange perfect! So love watching you do these. Trying to figure out how to do this technique in my art studio which is very small without getting it everywhere. Thinking, thinking!

[@AnnOsborne]

I used to sit under a table with plastic wrap around me when I would do my more powerful hits, but with the smash and drag I don't need to hit it quite so hard.

[@makeartnotwar2day349]

I have a deep just regular old box I got from Wal-Mart when they were stocking the shelves after midnight -- our WMs stay open 24 hours, and sometimes it's faster just to go late -- I did use hot glue and glued heavy plastic that came on a carpet I ordered online to the exterior bottom of the box, and also I hot glued the bottom pieces together and used more of that plastic and glued it to the interior bottom and about 6 inches up the sides, as well -- so far no leaks -- and if I have to, I can close the top for overnight drying. I initially got it to do resin glazing in an effort to keep the cat hair out, to be honest, but then started using it to dry poured pieces. I can't wait to start this. Since it's October, I feel I should listen to smashing pumpkins when I try it -- ha.

[@janfazzio7382]

I LOOOVE this! Did I miss something? Are these acrylics only on canvas?

[@AnnOsborne]

+Jan Fazzio canvas only!

[@kenmeyerjr57]

I could have sworn you were going to make those into a floral in the beginning...it so looked like that what it was made for.

[@AnnOsborne]

Yeah, it did. I'm not a big flower person. I can't keep them alive in my yard or on my canvases!

[@stevieb9235]

Really beautiful🙆🏻😍😍😍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@AnnOsborne]

Thank you!

[@judithrogers374]

did you put silicone in any of the paints? do you pay attention to whether a color is transparent or opaque or semi-transparent? Does it make a difference?

[@AnnOsborne]

I don't pay attention to that in the paint, but it does make a difference, just not to me. The colors have silicone.

[@neilwilkins5011]

Hi Ann, loving your smash hit idea! Do you put flotrol & silicone into the colours as you do with the white? Thx

[@AnnOsborne]

Yes, they are all mixed the same.

[@gailbolton6220]

Of all the work I've seen you do, this is my favorite. it reminds me of those very expensive French marbelized papers.

[@AnnOsborne]

I like that! Thanks!

[@Mystique-Dreams]

Again, this is amazing, simple but dreamy, beautiful! B R A V O !

[@samantharoadiys334]

its mystery is accentuated by the small signs of color throughout !!! I want to recommend my favorite artists Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Frida Kahlo, Roberto Matta Gabino amaya cacho and Pablo Picasso.

[@debigalus]

My favorite so far!

[@AnnOsborne]

Thanks!!

[@ehrlichlanierc7429]

OMG I LOVE THIS. My first time seeing it and I am so excited to try! Thank you so much!HOW MUCH WHITE DID YOU PUT ON FIRST?

[@AnnOsborne]

Thanks! I pour on enough to tilt and cover the entire canvas.

[@JABelfield]

What are the products you use to keep your paints fluid please? I see a lot of pour videos, but they all start with the canvas ready prepped, and the colours ready to go. Thanks.

[@AnnOsborne]

I add floetrol and water to my paint. I have a video where I show how I mix.

[@JABelfield]

Ann Osborne I'll have to look for that. Thanks.

[@cd6770]

J.A. Belfield ii

[@charlotteweinberg3804]

Me encantooooo...algo fuerte al principio...y delicado el resultado...

[@AnnOsborne]

+Charlotte Weinberg thanks!

[@bronxbeat1]

is there any silicone in your paint. very pretty!!

[@AnnOsborne]

+Joy Mahana usually there is, but only in the colors.

[@CaroleCanada]

My favourite of yours so far!

[@AnnOsborne]

Thanks!

[@sandrakeaton4355]

I like it the colors are really neat

[@AnnOsborne]

Thanks!

[@carlasmith2105]

Alright! Lovin the colors!

[@AnnOsborne]

Thanks!

[@tim-hypnotherapist]

Beautiful...why do you use the Dutch Boy paint? Or is just the container? Our..is the white paint your pouring medium?

[@AnnOsborne]

I love it! The white goes on easy and has never cracked or done anything else negative. I mix it with floetrol, water, and a bit of pouring medium. When the can is half empty I mix up a new batch in it so I can have a lot on hand.

[@tim-hypnotherapist]

Ann Osborne is it just a simple white latex? Semi gloss? Thanks for the info.

[@tim-hypnotherapist]

Ann Osborne oh no...now I see the little arrow to 'see more'. I got my answer...thanks.

[@annieoconnell4004]

What is pouring Medium?

[@michellefrisby5499]

This is still my favorite. Love the colors