5 Amazing things to add to acrylic paint | Life Hacks | Acrylic painting|

[@hospitalityandlifewithtafa2712]

I am not attending art classes in school so people like you are my teachers, thank you for the time you spent sharing valuable information

[@CLIVE5ART]

So many people are doing the same I’m so happy to be helping

[@marilynbarker8255]

I love your helpful hints! And I’m so happy that you have no distracting music playing. So many videos are ruined with annoying music! Thank you!

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thank you so much 😊

[@marcyclark5696]

Thank you so much for the tips and lessons. I recently took up painting in acrylics but can't afford classes. You are very appreciated!

[@popocatap]

I'm charmed by your modest tone and low-profile introduction to out-of-the-box thinking in artistic painting.

[@lawrymccarthy3292]

Just a minor word to the wise, technically tempera is made with egg yolk, egg white is used to make glair. A drop of dammar varnish helps preserve tempera mixes on the pallet and the painting. I did a lot of mixed media work with acrylics ~40 years ago I mixed in all sorts of things, and I still have some of the samples. I was a printing ink chemist / painter back then. I can tell you that using a lot of polyol eg glycerine can increase drying time to be unacceptably long and it can migrate via the substrate. PVA glue varies in quality, some I tested tended to go orange around the 2 decade mark. I found that with care you can introduce drying oils into acrylic paint and make it more compatible with oil paint; despite the old artist's rule of 'fat over lean' my oil/acrylic mixes are still looking new and flexible after 40 years! My best tip: A small amount of benzyl alcohol helps really thin acrylic paint flow from the brush to the canvas but don't over do it.

[@CLIVE5ART]

Wow 😳 20 years to wait to find that out amazing 😉 tips thank youn

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[@ReginaReRoma]

Thank you Lawry for the wonderful advice, it's wonderful to hear your experience, it sure helped me a lot.

[@sherrytelle1]

I think you are absolutely right, adding these things will most likely yellow, crack or peel over time.

[@manishabhatnagar2471]

I hv been using glycerine with rose water 50:50 with a few drops of lemon to lighten the skin tone and remove dryness. This is my mother's old recipe. Amazing that I can use it in acrylic paints too! Thank you Clive.

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thank you 😊

[@davidgianotti3594]

Hi Clive, a very interesting video, thank you. The vegetable glycerine might come in useful for glazes as a traditional egg tempera painter. Egg tempera is made from the pure yolk of an egg that has been diluted with either water or white wine. If using white wine it also serves to preserve the tempera binder. Egg white is not used in the tempera binder at all but can be used as a glaze over the top of a tempera painting or as a base when painting Cyrillic lettering over gold leaf gilding. It helps to stop the tempera on the gold from coalescing into beads which can be very frustrating. Cheers!

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thank you very interesting learning is good at all levels

[@deeann4400]

That’s interesting! Thanks for the info.

[@daewsmith]

Now that's handy to know as I usually have to seal with French polish before I can write on gold leaf

[@nancydjor9607]

What a strange coincidence! Just today I talked to a professional painter ans he suggested flow improved and there u go and give me cheaper options! Thank you!

[@CLIVE5ART]

+Nancy Djor happy to help

[@readingswithjenna9714]

8:40, right above your left shoulder (upper corner) several flying light orbs around you!! It was rather amazing to see. These videos are amazing. Love you and your channel, Clive.

[@CLIVE5ART]

I’ll check that out thank you 😊

[@salpaloz]

You are brilliant! I have not painted for 20 years and now Im inspired to start again. Thanks for your videos.

[@CLIVE5ART]

That’s so cool glad your back painting

[@happilyeverangie]

That's so awesome!

[@DreambigGabriela]

This demo was so cool. I love the glycerine oil and the egg white, the best.

[@CLIVE5ART]

All works ok

[@kellyphillips1281]

Clive...greetings from Hornbrook California. Thank you so much for inspiring me again. Just loved these awesome tips and as usual laughed and loved your wonderful sense of humor. Had back surgery 6 months ago and can finally paint again without pain. You have kept me inspired through it all. A huge thank you for all you do. Kelly

[@CLIVE5ART]

+Kelly Phillips that's good to hear thank you

[@reglindiseckhardt9777]

Clive, I truly enjoy your instruction. This clip is wonderful. What is great is that these products an be used within the same painting.

[@CLIVE5ART]

I guess so but use with caution

[@scoutxr247]

Clive, thank you. Not only is this fun and useful but I feel more relaxed and ready to work after listening to this. I'll be looking to learn more from you, especially how to lighten up and enjoy myself.

[@CLIVE5ART]

That's the hard part trying to relax after all it's only a painting

[@bariebrewer5293]

Clive you are a genius. Love your life hacks videos.

[@CLIVE5ART]

+Barie Brewer thank you

[@TayshaPalmer]

you are the bee's knees! Great tips and demos and pleasant company to boot. Thanks :-)

[@CLIVE5ART]

Buzz buzz thank you

[@mistyfly2me]

Love your beautiful smile. Learning things new

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thank you so kind glad the lessons are helping

[@trudimac4715]

Thanks for the wonderful information. Especially the egg white.

[@CLIVE5ART]

You are welcome

[@michellerobertson5235]

I've been wanting to experiment with flow improvers. Thank you for sharing these ideas to work with. You're the best!!

[@carmensalazar795]

Than you so much for sharing this wonderful tips!!! God bles YOU!

[@desireeglowa86]

Wow wow wow!! I am new to your channel and I absolutely love and appreciate your "tips"! The gesso tip was an eye opener!! I did my first big abstract painting yesterday, and struggled with blending and blending too fast. I painted with white acrylic first, I should have done with gesso. "Good to know". I have been a closet painter/ draw /sketcher because I never took lessons but never thought I was "good enough". So now I don't care, I want to be better for me. Thank you for sharing! I love your channel thank you your one of my faves! ❣❣❣

[@CLIVE5ART]

So kind thank you

[@lauriemclean1131]

This is wonderful information. I had no idea I could use these products this way. I am so thankful I don't have to spend a lot of money buying an expensive product from an art supply store. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@CLIVE5ART]

Just take care using them and have fun

[@dilipchauhan3301]

Thanks a lot for all the tips I am better informed about acrylic paints now I am a beginner.

[@lilisusan]

Just found you here! I am pleased to have my media expanded. I would have not thought of using any of these. I appreciate your hard work and research to help other painters do well. God bless! Pastor Bear

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thank you have fun learning and painting

[@sadiyashereen8691]

Very informative videos . . Great job ❤️❤️

[@Bettymixedmedia]

God bless the work of your hand!! you showed me some thing new thanks!

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thank you so much

[@terrybeeson8888]

I love the thinking outside the box. Great ideas! Now you've got ME thinking...

[@CLIVE5ART]

+Terry Beeson that's good thank you

[@pyconsable]

Looking forward to trying your very good demo with additives to acryilic

[@CLIVE5ART]

Have fun experimenting

[@anupama.sharma2350]

Thank you Clive! You have a relaxing voice too!

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thanks

[@charley408]

Wow! So cool! I have wanted to start painting for several years .....well almost my whole life, so I'll just say over 4 decades! I did do a tiny painting months ago because I've heard it can possibly help with my depression, it's been really bad for quite some time. I was pretty frustrated because my paint would dry up sooooo fast and that's not great when your a beginner trying to take my time, AND trying to get me 12 year old son to paint with me in Hope's he would like it and want to get into painting. I do feel painting helps quite a bit with depression, however my issue is just getting everything out and set up ....and clean up, lol. It's like a wall I just can't climb for some reason. I would love to get over that! These tips have given me a great feeling as I see the glycerin and KY will definitely help with the frustration thus making painting more enjoyable. I am ambidextrous so I have sooooo many crafts I like to do, even getting a lil business off the ground. I feel doing that would change my life for the better! Having debilitating depression really sucks and has put a huge "damper" on my life and I'm desperate to change that. You have given me hope with painting and I am finally looking forward to getting all my painting supplies out once again .....hopefully more then once, lol! Thank you! Wish I could share a picture of a painting or 2 afterwards!

[@CLIVE5ART]

I’m pleased that in a small way I have helped I have several videos for relaxing while painting on the channel have a look in my playlist

[@letscookncraft1901]

thank u so much Mr.Clive..i had started hating Acryalic paints bcz of its quick drying nature..but ur tricks made me Love them again..☺

[@CLIVE5ART]

Great happy to help

[@harisjabbar1790]

Let's Cook N Craft d

[@maydamcfadden3973]

Thanks for this, I kind of knew but afraid to ask as should know really. It's showing the results that makes it easier to be expressive and daring. So thanks again.

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thank you. Glad it helped

[@bru1015]

Very, very cool Clive, 🤗🙃🤗🙃🤗🙃🤗

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thank you 😊

[@jude1515]

Interesting tutorial.

[@gulbadan1000]

A good information, i never tried them before...now i will...

[@zorengrandomvideo7232]

I use also egg white ... instead of water.. nice result..great

[@bintsaeed1062]

i loved the result of glue more than others and gel too....m definitely gonna try them.thanks for such a useful information.

[@CLIVE5ART]

+bint saeed thank you please check out my playlist on kzbin.info

[@sarangsatoor2805]

Thank you Clive for the great tips. Apart from egg white all unknown and new to me!!

[@CLIVE5ART]

I glad I'm helping thank you

[@sarangsatoor2805]

In India our ancient painters used honey, gum from bark of a tree and liquid jaggery as medium too.

[@kernjames]

I use Acrylic for cartooning, Abstract artwork and some illustrative Realism, so I had to figure out how to make the colors more Opaque. I found that adding Acrylic White to the individual Acrylic colors makes the colors more Opaque. It is a bit tricky because too much white starts to change the original color. Also adding Water Color Gouaches to Acrylic helps to make the colors more opaque and less transparent. This video is very informative and I will be experimenting with some of the ingredients to see what I can do with them.

[@CLIVE5ART]

Try also using a mixing white it will make the paint more opaque but it's less lightly to change the colour

[@brendaosborne9878]

Fantastic tips thank you so much. Cheers

[@bennydelph987]

Wow never knew this about glycerine Thank you!!!! Looks amazing.

[@1981EDDIE]

Greeting from across the Pond in Florida. You, my UK friend, are very cool. Love the way you present your Hacks and Saving ideas, I am a novice painter but, you have increased my skill just by watching. Thanks a lot Clive, I try to watch every video you make. At my age I have KY left over, so now I have a use for it. Hahahahahah.(P.S. wife told me not to waste it on paint)

[@CLIVE5ART]

🤔😂😂😂😂😂 keep on painting

[@arabiangulfengineering6804]

great..great...thank you sir.

[@debbiemellor9399]

Wow Clive great money saving ideas thank you for great videos

[@CLIVE5ART]

+Debbie Mellor your welcome

[@SimmingWithSkeeter]

My mind just blew!!! Awesome!! Thank you Clive 👍

[@nancyscarpelli3687]

I just love all your tips. They are very informative. I have learned so much from you. I am new at painting and welcome your knowledge. Thank you for sharing.

[@CLIVE5ART]

Happy to be of help

[@tazeenkhan710]

Awesome video

[@leelakapel3639]

Excellent information Clive... thanks

[@deborahbublitz683]

Great tips. I had absolutely no idea and never would have thought about it. Again thanks and have a great day!

[@CLIVE5ART]

Your welcome thank you 😊

[@nicoletaguetter5594]

Super Tips. Thank you Clive 🖒👏😊

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+Nicoleta Guetter your welcome

[@5501stAveS]

Very interesting. Never heard any of these before. Will make good conversation. Hugs to you and Molly....and Boo.

[@CLIVE5ART]

+linda maula thank you

[@kayjay-kreations]

I love your frugal tips thanks

[@CLIVE5ART]

Your so welcome

[@rosilatrailera]

Thanks you are genius ....and funny too! Love your instructional videos!

[@CLIVE5ART]

That’s too king wow 😮

[@juneribbons5196]

Thank you Clive. I'm a self taught artist and appreciat every tip I can learn

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thank you 😊 happy to help

[@franlewis8906]

Thanks Clive! xx

[@galland3496]

Good video and very useful yet again. Thank you.

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thank you your somwelcome

[@condeerogers5858]

Great things to know. I'm always wanting to know amazing hacks. Thanks.

[@CLIVE5ART]

Always happy to share thank you

[@Manalu538]

So I watched this video and got the courage to touch the acrylics I bought a while ago, ahhh thanks for making this video. I never thought about any of these but hair gel worked great yesterday,

[@pamelagreen2704]

I truly enjoyed that! I would like to see you do a painting with each of those. Or at least the hair gel and egg white. That would be kool!

[@CLIVE5ART]

I’ll plan one

[@pamelagreen2704]

kool!

[@debrajol3585]

Wonderful information! Thank you very much ✌️✌️✌️

[@CLIVE5ART]

Your welcome

[@catherinegreenup7231]

Oh yes, great ideas, I have used Veg. glycerin and it does work for blending your backgrounds, gives more time for blending. You can dry it quicker using a hair dryer. Done carefully of course. Haven’t tried the others, but hair gel and glue sounds interesting. Thank you again for your advice. Smashing.

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thank you so much glad they worked for you

[@lyneqc7805]

Fun to learn these tips

[@CLIVE5ART]

+Lyne, Qc thank you

[@dorothydavis3170]

Thank you for all this information

[@jeannekelly5471]

Thanks for giving me some new tricks!!!

[@CLIVE5ART]

Your welcome

[@meghanasoni8347]

Hello sir I want to learn acrylic painting from beginning, with your guide line it's very helpful to me.Thanks 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Pinkstinkie]

Wanted to give it 5 thumbs up. One for each hint!

[@CLIVE5ART]

That's so kind thank you 😊

[@yeshuasababu2674]

Great video. I have lots of glue and vegetable glycerin. Thanks for the info.

[@PolishPrincess74]

Very good ideas.. Thank you for sharing!

[@CLIVE5ART]

+Therese Jarecki your so welcome

[@Shriasya]

Useful tips and easily available additives. Thank you so much.

[@CLIVE5ART]

Happy to help thank you

[@shrutivip3563]

Really nice and well explained!

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thank you 😊

[@rontocknell3592]

I gave up on acrylic and went back to oils a while ago. The main reason being the rapid drying, which doesn't give much time for blending. But this might be worth trying. Thanks.

[@studio-2149]

Ron Tocknell I'm trying oils at school and I'm finding I really enjoy being able to paint leisurely!

[@pollyclarke341]

Thanks Clive. I shall be experimenting!

[@CLIVE5ART]

+Polly Clarke have fun

[@rashmiberry3027]

Good ideas colour shine

[@StonewallArabians]

Very informative

[@TheBoam666]

omg I've been searching everywhere for tidy homemade mediums etc. your awesome dude xxx

[@CLIVE5ART]

Great remember that the archival properties may suffer I have to say this to ensure that I'm doing my job

[@rea6268]

Great tips!

[@CLIVE5ART]

+Andy M thank you

[@SuperExadidas]

Very useful...thank you.

[@AndresFnt]

Im excited by #5 because i feel clever for thinking to try gel as a medium after egg white was mentioned

[@CLIVE5ART]

Glad they have helped

[@loloj9700]

Mr.Clive I can't stop thinking how deep creative artist u are all ur tips and tricks makes me so shocked as much as so amazed but for a very beginner I am not yet well doing being even a painter yet Mr.Clive will u plz give me any topic advices from u to me to hold on fighting and to save my faith to keep going until I reach my point on day...Thank u for every thing u ar sharing us so generosity from ur deep heart best wishes and hats off Mr.

[@teresahernandez1059]

Great! Wondering what to do with the egg whites after cooking!🖼

[@nethanelbender8698]

Hello Clive I live in Israel but originally from the states I cannot get medium here!! I am very excited to try the hair gel! Thanks a lot!

[@CLIVE5ART]

Small amounts work well

[@thankfulart]

Clive this is genius! I would have never ever thought of using KY. Hilarious!

[@CLIVE5ART]

+Angela Anderson KY is just a Cilicia mix with water which makes for a good water based thinning medium hair gel is exactly the same stuff but with perfume added

[@thankfulart]

Never knew. Pretty cool stuff.

[@kathryncastanares525]

CLIVE5ART do you mean silica? sorry, im just having a hard time finding it when looking it up. thanks for this video! very informative!

[@CLIVE5ART]

KY lubricant or hair gel

[@maryalicejohnson8291]

CLIVE5ART i have actually started using KY and it works beautifully! makes blending allot easier, and also makes a nice sheen on things such as water :) thanks for the tips

[@sharleenwolfe9301]

Wow that was great info thank you very much

[@CLIVE5ART]

Happy to help thank you

[@kathleenwildey2757]

Awesome info! Thank you!

[@CLIVE5ART]

Your welcome thank you

[@suelovescats]

i really enjoyed this !! I was experimenting one day ... i added salt , regular table , to some paint .. i was quiet pleased when it turned out .. a bit like stucco . i painted a box with it ..i plan on using it on some flower pots but i need to waterproof them ...

[@CLIVE5ART]

As acrylic is plastic it lends itself well to additives as it’s self sealing however caution must be taken as the paint properties will change but makes for fun experience

[@jlighthouse9458]

That was awesome !

[@vizulfun]

thanks for the hair gel tip

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thank you

[@laurabadger9150]

Thanks, Clive! These hacks are amazing!

[@maldoori238]

Lots of useful and uprising information. Many thanks

[@basharatzarin4694]

just awesome..clive. i love it..... :-)

[@CLIVE5ART]

Fun easy little tips thank you

[@margaretmaupin4307]

Love to watch your videos. Thanks for the tips on saving $$. Can't wait to try KY. It will keep hubby guessing why I'm buying it! LOL

[@CLIVE5ART]

That's what my wife said to me why you buying that I Sade I can't find my hair gel

[@CindyWare]

I really enjoyed this. It's always great to learn something new. Thank you!

[@CLIVE5ART]

+Cindy Ware your welcome

[@iamgamerpk]

Very Good Tips and Ideas...will definitely try in my Next Videos..i also do Painting.

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thank you for your support

[@Miss101Beauty]

Just come across your Channel and I am enjoying your videos so much! Thank you 🙏🏻

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thank you for your support

[@KristieTaylorCreations]

Very cool ideas!!

[@CLIVE5ART]

+Kristie Taylor thank you

[@mimijordan5584]

Thank you so much from Colorado! I am learning so much from you. 1

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thank you so much for your support

[@hannahmosqueda4124]

Found your video while looking for an alternative to water (since I just learned about underbinding.) I was searching desperately for something that wouldn't cost me ten dollars a bottle, and then I found you! So, thank you! Now I don't have to go further than my kitchen for exactly what I needed!

[@CLIVE5ART]

Use these in small amounts they work well but just take care when using methods such as these

[@gilbertbeltran1562]

wonderfully helpful, thanks so much for making and sharing this video! We appreciate you!

[@CLIVE5ART]

Thank you for your support

[@Soil_Bound]

Always love seeing a new Clive video! 👍🏻😎

[@CLIVE5ART]

+0utlier thank you

[@robinmckenzie4142]

THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT TIPS !!