Absorbent Ground

[@sharonallredart]

Sandra your videos are excellent, so helpful..step by step. After taking many of your classes I need refreshers. Grateful for your generosity sharing to help us all!

[@SandraDuranWilson]

@sharonallredart thank you, Sharon. I even find it helpful to go back over all the videos and recall techniques I haven't used in a while.

[@teresajordao6634]

Thanks for sharing! I like your work tips😍😘😘

[@SandraDuranWilson]

You are so very welcome and thanks for watching.

[@SixthSun]

I LOVE your new series. You always come up with innovative techniques. I enjoyed discovering absorbent ground! Thank you. 💜🦋💜

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Thank you very much for letting me know. I love experimenting.

[@k8marlowe]

I have been wanting to give the absorbent ground a try. So glad I found your channel!

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Wonderful to see you here and let me know if there is something you would like me to explore in a future episode.

[@charlottetimmins1835]

You have such a unusually creative way of doing things to do with art techniques. I find your approach fascinating! And more to the point, your experience shows through this way. You make the basics and more, work. Thank you. Charlotte Timmins

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Wow, thank you. I love exploring and experimenting. I have always mixed things up from chemistry to bartending to mixed media.

[@dianalascruces7461]

This is an interesting and useful video. I just keep watching your KZbin videos over and enjoy all over again. Been looking for the video that has Elmers glue used on top of paint but haven’t found it yet. If it isn’t too much trouble, could you please let me know which video? Thanks with love and admiration from Las Cruces,NM 🥰🥵

[@SandraDuranWilson]

I will have a look.

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Thanks for watching. I think the video you are referring to is about using Elmer's glue prior to crackle pasts to get a larger crackle.

[@dianalascruces7461]

@@SandraDuranWilson Yes that’s correct but what video can I watch to see it again? 🥰

[@SandraDuranWilson]

@@dianalascruces7461 here it is. kzbin.info/www/bejne/en_WkpaYnsSGpNU

[@SandraDuranWilson]

It is called how to use crackle paste and glaze. If you go to the channel you can view all the videos. Here's the link. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4qrlq2wfJ6pm7s

[@julieboston5224]

Do you have a video on creating the background on the large piece behind you? The red/black with gold but I am Interested in the red/black base.

[@SandraDuranWilson]

I don't have a video on that. I mixed 3 different reds with gel and spread over the surface. Gently mix, you want the reds to show their colors. When dry use a black glaze to accentuate the texture.

[@saskiamoerenhout4990]

Did you apply the absorbent ground straight from the jar or diluted with water?

[@SandraDuranWilson]

I did both and I also mixed it with other products.

[@carolynest-onge5120]

Thanks for your great tips and ideas. 🥰 Quick question though : why not use a varnish to seal the paint on the absorbent? Is it so you can add more layers of other stuff on after?

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Exactly.

[@carolynest-onge5120]

@@SandraDuranWilson oh cool!!! Will definitely have to play with that second part then 😜😁

[@SandraDuranWilson]

@@carolynest-onge5120 I usually just seal my paintings with a gloss or matte medium. Varnish is not necessary but a seal coat is. The other advantage of a seal coat is that I can continue to build layers with more paint, collage, pastes or more. Thanks for watching.

[@samanthagallant5304]

This was a great video! You really got me with using the alcohol to create some white spaces! I had a question: why would you prefer a thick layer of absorbent ground (mixed with light moulding paste) over a thin layer? Benefits/Cons to each?

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Thank you. The thicker layer will be more absorbent and the paint will flow and move more.

[@amytc7635]

When I read the golden website about this product, it says once I have completed the painting I must then seal it with another product... GAC500 = an isolation sealant too? What do you think about this? It seems I have to buy a lot of new products

[@amytc7635]

sorry, that should be GAC100 + 500 + an isolation sealant

[@amytc7635]

also, do you have any experience with using thinned oil paint on this surface?

[@SandraDuranWilson]

@@amytc7635 I think you could simply seal it with the GAC 100. If you don't have that dilute Polymer Medium with a little water and use that. I don't have experience using oil on top but most oils can go on top of acrylics. Let me know how it goes.

[@amytc7635]

@@SandraDuranWilson I wonder if we could use thinned oil paint directly onto the absorbent ground...? Lots of things to try out, but little money to bus everything ha ha

[@amytc7635]

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