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[@willowhouben3542]

I love it. Great colors.. Inspirational.

[@sylviebissonnette2470]

Lolllll the final touch is so special ! I love seeing you painting and talking during the process, you are so tranquilla woman !

[@reneeblount5708]

So I just recently started watching your videos, and I have to say this is my favorite so far. Not just because of your stunning artwork, but your amazing personality and humor and vocabulary. You teach and entertain at the same time and that's hard to do. I actually laughed out loud several times. The lips at the end really got me!! I'm very glad I found your Channel.

[@carriejanesim58]

I really like the white pour. It looks so cool. The other one reminds me of an ocean. They are both beautiful tonight. You are amazing tonight

[@shirleyW5110]

Oh my gosh. That is awesome !

[@rebeccatreeseed410]

Balloon, yes! Looks good

[@sunnyartist1785]

I am grateful for your videos. I enjoy watching them. You are one of my favorite acrylic artists and truly an inspiration to me. Your results are always beautiful.

[@pennykay6381]

Another fantastic set of pours ! The 2nd one is gorgeous! But, so is the 1st. Very pretty! 💐🎨👌

[@sherylmadison5593]

I know this was created more than 3 years ago but it was stunning before the balloon dips and stunning after the balloon dips. I thank you for explaining everything.

[@mrshgm5549]

You are so funny! I love the way this turned out. I think in my opinion, you made it better with the balloon smashes. And I can’t imagine what you could do to make it better. Please show us your project when it’s finished.

[@lorriesantos340]

Your Awesome...I Was Painting & Got Paint On My Lips Too. Glad I'm Not The Only One

[@reginafonseca2912]

Wow! That's like a 3D under the sea landscape. Loved it!

[@marcirogen7303]

Oh my god, you crack me up! Love watching you!

[@evelynmillican2611]

Yes! The blue painting went from fun to fabulous. Love it. The second one is so like a cave I saw once when I was little in the south. Yea! The Beneath the Surface is phenomenal. OMG I couldn't stop looking at it.

[@JennyLee57]

Came out better. Love it!

[@AmysCreativeArt]

So Beautiful. I love the dark lines on it. And the cells are pretty. Beautiful work as always!!!

[@esthergraber1305]

Both are just beautiful

[@idabourne823]

I can't wait to comment. I LOVE the finished pieces! Especially the one with the mat finish and shiny finish together!!!! It would be great to see a video on how you did this!!! Love your work !!! Ok. Watched the entire video. OMG, that is beautiful, even your caterpillars LOL. And the last small pour!!! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your talent.

[@Denisewithonei]

I love this one both before and after the balloon technique. Gorgeous! "Beneath the Surface" is stunning!

[@FluidArtbyChristineMorris]

It looked beautiful before the balloon kiss but even BETTER after! I love your work Karen. Your an inspiration. Thank you for sharing all your work with us.

[@jeanward9367]

Hello! You are a joy to watch. Thank you for making these videos. You always make me smile.

[@EthanAllenResidence]

Love it after the balloon. Came out great! I just bought some balloons and have to try it.

[@barbarabilleter4818]

It’s really great! Balloon kisses

[@brendaromero4376]

Beautiful

[@marshasowell1415]

I love your goobers! And, your personality too 😊 your work is stunning; I’ve learned so much from your videos.....hours of watching since March. You make me laugh all the time with the funny things you say, don’t change a single thing ✨❤️✨❤️✨❤️✨

[@bethverdell6200]

Both are brilliant. VERY well done! Thanks so much for sharing your process and being so entertaining. I really enjoy your videos.

[@aggypoo7921]

I just started doing pouring 3 weeks ago bc of you .you are my guru.

[@janeannerobertson9368]

Beneath the Surface is WOW!!! Loved this one - can’t wait to see what you do with it :-) and an Ice Cave ;-)

[@mercedescampain8249]

Beneath the Surface is stunning gorgeous, love it a lot!!!!

[@lisae3663]

WoW! Beneath the Surface is absolutely incredibly gorgeous! That is amazing Karen!

[@littlelulu4107]

the second one reminds me of a leaf blowing in the wind...both are beauties!

[@arty_jan]

Loved it Karen. Loved the longer episode. Great art. TFS 💖🎈

[@patimakes9601]

Thank you.

[@susysol5498]

Quedaron hermosos tus trabajos, muchas gracias por compartirlos !!!!! Cariños desde Cañada de Gómez, Santa Fe, Argentina !!!!!!

[@purplespirit]

Love watching you 💜 amazing paintings

[@christinebooher2797]

I loved the second one you did!

[@marieround8140]

Both are really lovely Karen!

[@karinfarouky5462]

‚Beneath The Surface‘ Stunningly beautiful, congratulations ❤️ Thanks for sharing this cool video x

[@denisedeguzman324]

It’s beautiful I love it 😻

[@carriejanesim58]

Beautiful Thunderbird reminds me of an angel. But it's beautiful. You did a great job

[@daniellestehle5862]

Laughing myself silly. I'm so pleased to see that I'm not the only one who ends up looking more like Braveheart than an artist. At least I can claim that I was engrossed in my project and having a great time doing it. ❤ as always, thank you for sharing your time and talent.😊

[@wendyh8492]

I really like the the balloon smash effect , cannot wait to see what the painting looks like when you finish it. Great colour combinations once again.

[@Rodeocrazy1]

Made it better. Beautiful. Love the 10 x 10 you did.

[@lindachiasson3699]

They are both lovely and love they others as well Thank you for sharing Karen ❤️

[@mercedescampain8249]

I’m in love with beneath the surface, love every thing you have done. Awesome the first layer in that beautiful color kind of purple looks magnificent!! Congratulations!!

[@marthakeller2602]

Really love the "white wings" or cave painting!! I'll try it!

[@ak47mouth64]

"Medallions". That is the perfect way to describe your balloon effect on the 5x5, and your previous Medallion Twins. Such beautiful art in less than an hour. Off the cuff, unscripted and nothing measured. That's what art is. Thank you, Karen.

[@deborahnarendorf7106]

You are a scream! Just found your channel! Love what you did with the balloon!

[@karenstokes8325]

“Beneath the surface” totally awesome 👏

[@marinabrantner753]

I love your embellishment at the start of the film and I absolutely adore your blue flower embellishment. I liked the panel before the embellishment but those flowers really brought it to life.

[@suellencarey-clarke7917]

I enjoyed this episode...you definitely improved the bigger one by playing with it. You have a good eye.

[@lydiabosley9152]

Soo cute with the blue lipstick at the end! I love, ADORE the ice cave with the attenuated blue, I was so glad you moved it out of the way, worried that it was very vulnerable. The big one looked great before you did the balloon flowers, but then even cooler after that - you can do no wrong! re: Alizarin, from a Donovan song a million years ago, in which he named a few colors (think he went to art school like so many of those Brits did!), he mentioned "al-iz-ar'-i-an crimson", putting in an extra syllable, so that's how I've always thought it was spelled/pronounced, until I actually saw it in print (when you showed us your paint tubes!). It was a delight to wake up this morning and find this video, I always check first thing if I didn't find one the night before...Thanks, Karen!!

[@lydiabosley9152]

...I was trying to remember which song... Wear Your Love Like Heaven - "color sky prussian blue... havana lake ... rose carmethene ... alizarian crimson..."

[@ruthbircham7340]

I love them! So glad you stretched out the second tree pour😊😍🤗 always wondered what the centre would look like😍😘💖

[@lauriebennett6257]

I think you made a terrific improvement. I'm not big into stripes so by breaking them up it softened the look. It reminds me of a soft Spring twilight with flowers I can almost smell... Beautiful!

[@carolynsmith5795]

I love Elton John! Love your videos too.

[@philcurtis9619]

That one is awesome 👏

[@lisadumas6422]

That is so cool, loving it. It's a tada

[@lindachiasson5626]

The second-hand balloon dips would be great on coasters .

[@jonnylumberjack6223]

Holy Moly though! Two and a half minutes in and I have to comment already. 'Beneath the Surface' is 100% STUNNING. Wow. I am so tempted to ask how you did it but it is your art and you deserve to keep some of your methods to yourself. Congratulations though - I'm blown away, truly, you have taken this art form to another level. Wowzers. Big love from Scotland! x

[@aggypoo7921]

Same thing

[@cherylbidwell1663]

Pp oL

[@rebeccatreeseed410]

I love the square one. I picked up some paint today, but still awaiting floetrol, silicone, and torch! I already bought 12 canvas to start.

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Rebecca Treeseed you’ll be addicted! 😉😉

[@karenmanson1782]

Welcome to our canvas hoarding club. 😀 Karen NZ

[@lanadehne2242]

I really like the little one, too.

[@patkelly6361]

Cor blimey - Beneath the Surface is amazing 😱 What have you been hiding from us! 😃

[@teresacassidy8701]

Love the lipstick 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Both painting turned out perfect😍😍😍😍.

[@69Germaine]

I would love to see you do a beneath the surface style again. I love the different texture.

[@evelynmillican2611]

SIDE NOTE: You REALLY put your whole self into your painting. Even to the point of Blue Lips. Cracked me up! LOL

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Evelyn Millican LOL I go all in!!

[@kellyscreations7798]

Love 💘 it!

[@coralieferrandiz535]

Let the cell live! A lone planet in a galaxy of interstellar dust. You can tell I've been looking at space shows.

[@RobinTryon]

Hi I'm Robin from Texas. Just dropping a note to say that I really like your sense of humor !

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Thank you!! 😀

[@lindabrooks5257]

I Love the little painting n does look just like a ice cave nice JOB... i have all your vidoes right now so i can see them while coat my paintings But now i want to paint too lol My hubby set my videos to cast up on my TV from my tablet i have a 50 inch its like having you in my shop Big HugMe

[@rfgrannyb4092]

Wow! Love it just love it!! I also have issues with my torch but I think i's me lol

[@RoeRoe123]

Well lady that's some magic pants if you're 'flying the seat of your pants' I must try this 😂 I hope I can get half the results that you do!

[@donnabusic9785]

Your tree ring looks like an ice cave😁

[@leahrolan3722]

Wonderful video. I have been shopping around for cradled wood. I am also going to find your video about resin. As you are in NY, I wonder what kind you use as I also am in Iowa so can’t do it outside.

[@Sharla1213]

Lol thanks for the giggles. Funny that blue lips showed up in your painting and then you had them at the end, art imitates life! If we're playing correct Karen today I'll join, it's Minwax, not Miniwax. Hehe. It's cute. Love the blue one after the smashes it works because you left background so it's not too busy.

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Sharla1213 Holy Bleep! Best correction ever! Funny how your eyes see what they want to see sometimes! I’ve been saying that wrong for YEARS!! ☺️

[@Sharla1213]

Waterfall Acrylics I wasn't going to say anything, but since you asked, lol.

[@youtubecreatersTJs]

Gorgeous

[@lanadehne2242]

Very beautiful piece I love the blues. You commented about needing to get a new Torch. Do you have a smoke house near you? I Went to our smoke house to get chew for my hubby. They had like 10 different torches there. Happy Easter

[@lisae3663]

Let the cell live. I think it’s cute.

[@lisadumas6422]

Hi Karen at 18x24 I think that's the biggest I've seen you then do excuse me that is beautiful. I have a 3-ft by 24 Gallery app canvas with some tiles and more through the magic I clear this there's so many different shades of grains and Perth times and nothing bright and cheery in it that I just don't know what to do but you inspire me.

[@lorrietavares1669]

That was hilarious to see the blue lips on ya at the end. I swear I almost peed my pants! By the way I love your balloon kisses and all the blues just gorgeous

[@julialee8392]

I love this

[@fanybe7744]

Bonjour Merci pour le partage

[@norma9548]

Beautiful work. I especially love the 2nd one. Thank you for sharing and may I ask.....where did you get those huge push pins?

[@dianatreitler554]

Yes, Where did you get them. I have been looking all over for them. They appear to be helpful in making the canvases lay level. Love your work. You inspire me to keep trying. Thanks.

[@marial9925]

Love how they all turned out!!! Gorgeous!! OK.. so since you brought up pronunciation, I usually hesitate to correct people, but when you use Lukas paints you always call it Lukas Crystal, it is Lukas CRYL..LOL pronounced like krill . Love your work Karen!

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Oh good one! Thanks for letting me know! ☺️

[@dand521]

Do you have a video on how you created " Beneath the surface" ? I would love to see how that beauty was created!

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

No sorry I didn’t film that one.

[@julialee8392]

You crack me up every time I seen your videos 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikeswain9085]

Another brilliant pour Karen. Can you tell us what happens to your paintings once you've finished the pour? Do you protect or cover them in any way until they dry or do you have a magic, dust free room where you store them?

[@jonnylumberjack6223]

who is Christine?! :)

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Hi. Christine....Karen LOL I’ll answer to almost anything. I have a dedicated table (dead LEVEL) that I put the art on. Then I use solo cups to surround the paintings and put a couple pieces of large foam board on top of the cups. Then o cover the whole thing with a large plastic tarp so no air or dust gets in. I take the tarp off periodically to let them breathe for a few minutes. Most are dry within 3 days.

[@mikeswain9085]

Thank you Karen, your help is really appreciated. When I did single paintings I put them under a large upturned storage box. Now I'm doing paintings more often, I was looking for ways to let them dry and keep them as dust free as possible.

[@marynicosia7627]

Cool balloon dipping!! That was your plans for that painting?

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

No that was just my idea to save it!

[@dennisbarker6666]

Love it

[@aggypoo7921]

omg.the "Benet the surface" is absolutely gorgeous. could you please show as how to do that

[@jonnylumberjack6223]

don't ask her to do that. she is an artist, she deserves to keep some of her methods to herself. i'd love to know too, but she shouldn't have to share everything.

[@aggypoo7921]

@@jonnylumberjack6223 .I know. I Try 🤗.i would never do that.to Complicated🤔. This art Is so beautiful I never saw something like that before in my life .❤ But I would love to see that how is made it.

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

I’m sorry, as I mentioned in earlier videos I want to keep something for myself. Happy to share all the pouring techniques but have made a firm decision not to share how I embellish afterwards. Hope you understand.

[@lydiabosley9152]

@@WaterfallAcrylics Excellent decision, we're so lucky you share as much as you do!

[@jonnylumberjack6223]

Sorry, me again, hope I'm not boring you! The 'stained glass' effect that you love - try using white enamel paint, Mely D was (I think) the first to use it in her pours and quite a few of us have been experimenting with it after seeing the effects it gives. I've managed to get a few really nice pieces using it - I would love to see what you could do with it!

[@jonnylumberjack6223]

Also, I think you might be me. Jilly Cooper wrote a book years ago that had a character in it called Alizarin. I read it as AlizaRIN (he had red hair!), same as you pronounced it. I knew it was a colour of red, but it came as a great shock to me to hear the correct pronunciation on a pouring video on here. I still prefer our version :)

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Ooh I’ll go look for her video and give it a try! Thanks for the tip!

[@jonnylumberjack6223]

@@WaterfallAcrylics she calls it the cloudy effect. which, it kind of is. but it is difficult to use words to describe all the effects, you really have to see it. Mely only seems to use it in ring pours but I've used it in a normal flip cup and got some really interesting results. i'm sure you will be able to conjure up some magic with it :)

[@rebeccatreeseed410]

White enamel? Oil base?

[@jonnylumberjack6223]

@@rebeccatreeseed410 no, obviously not! Plenty acrylic types available, Mely uses Deco Art I think.

[@lyndaholloway5469]

So you like corrections, here tis the name of the brand of paint is not Grimbacher, it is Grumbacher. But I do love the way you say some words it is so cute.

[@artfromtheheart5239]

I have been doing the flip drag cup then flowers for awhile now Karen. My fifth one I took a video and placed it on yesterday. Please take a look. I am going to do a 3 d four foot one in three weeks time.

[@artfromtheheart5239]

Two of mine I am turning in to clocks.

[@mandamorris7934]

Oooooo late to the game....but Beneath the Surface... I must try for my rock hound husband... Love the idea for dual finishes! Uber early wakeup got me a lesson!!! Thank you Karen.... Hey have you resined any pretty sticks for sale yet? I want one!! ;0)

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

The stir sticks with resin was a bust. They were always lumpy on one side and I couldn’t scrape the sides of the cups with them very well. I gave up.

[@tinyvanadventures]

this is just amazing so beautiful. What is the resin you would put on this ?? thanks

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

ShaktiDancer Art Resin

[@tinyvanadventures]

@@WaterfallAcrylics ahh many thanks I love your videos so inspiring ive just started experimenting !!

[@rosarebada4777]

I just found your channel yesterday and have watched more than a handful with pleasure, but since you beg to be corrected on pronunciations in this one, I am prompted to note that the general rule for German words is that when two vowels come in sequence, the second is a long sound, so the paint brand Holbein, sounds like "Holbine" to rhyme with 9. Meanwhile, responding to a different video, I like your thoughts of writing down a compendium of flow-pour test results, hopefully to make a video report. A further direction could be to integrate pouring styles into parts of landscapes or abstracts that also use brush or palette knife. One question: why use heavy body paint when the goal is to pour? In closing to this hodgepodge commentary, thank you, and I wish you the best!

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Rosa Rebada Thanks for the German pronunciations! I use Liquitex heavy body as the range of colors is superior and I don’t mind the extra mixing.

[@bethbounds2873]

How did you get the appearance of the texture on the purple background on “Beneath the surface” love it, its gorgeous! Did you use paint pens?

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Beth Bounds I’m sorry, as I mentioned I’m not sharing my embellishing techniques.

[@nightmary]

I really liked the big one at first, but I really love the remodel. The small one is kind of mystical looking....I hope you realize you've created a bunch of Waterfall Acrylic/Karen addicts. We usually check KZbin once a day for a new video. Or if we're really needing a fix, perhaps twice. Then we get excited like we've gotten a personal present to open. When you ask a question, we answer. If you ask our opinion, we give it. When you get cranky with someone making an idiotic or rude comment or you have a bad pour, we sympathize. This particular addict saves your video for the end of my KZbin session - like desert. There certainly are much worst addictions, so I'm happy with mine!

[@karenmanson1782]

Mary Hemmann . Totally agree Karen is a guru and soo damn funny 😂.

[@Sfanng]

What is your medium for this beautiful painting? My husband bought me 15 gallon s of flotrol. this has really helped my depression and anxiety. You are very funny.

[@donlockhart252]

Karen one of your paintings white and grey looks awesome...it looks like the album cover of the band YES Relayer...check it out!!

[@milisaspencer6744]

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