AUGUST 2023 COLOR PEARL CELL RECIPE | MUST SEE DO'S AND DON'TS | Acrylic Pour Fluid Art Tutorial

[@SFPeggy]

This is an amazing tutorial. I learned so much. Thank you for such clear instructions and examples.

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks so much! I’m glad it was helpful! ❤️☺️🙏🏻

[@ItsLaurenE]

This is amazing. It's so crazy how some things work like magic and others do nothing. Between my paint pouring journey and becoming a fish enthusiasts and selective breeder the amount of science that goes into both had really enhanced from the anti science adolescent I was in the late 90s finishing high school 😂 For both knowing rations, finding what works and knowing color theory have played huge roles in getting results.

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks so much Lauren! I totally get it! ❤️

[@lylasingh7192]

U make an awesome teacher ❤

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Aww!!! Thank you so much! ❤️

[@RaindropArtbyNikkiRainey]

Lol, the turkey! This turned out fabulously, nonetheless! I really learned a lot in this video! Thanks for sharing!! 🥰

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks Nikki! ❤️

[@brendaallender0711]

Great tips!!! Love this technique so much and appreciate you for sharing all you tips with us!!!

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks Brenda! So glad u enjoyed it! ❤️☺️🙏🏻

[@jeanettehibben4754]

Awesome !!! 👏👏👏

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks Jeanette! 🙏🏻☺️❤️

[@claudiamann7111]

Thanks so much for all the hints and tips. You always have beautiful color combinations.

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks so much Claudia! You are so sweet! ❤️☺️🙏🏻

[@ItsArtByDonna]

Thanks for all your information Tara...very informative!!! You're awesome sweetie...hope all's well!

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks Donna! U are such a darling lady! I’m glad to have met you and hope to see u again!! ❤️☺️🙏🏻

[@lylasingh7192]

Thank you doll , so helpful

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

I’m so glad you think so! ❤️

[@Artsygirl40]

Hi Tara this was a great video very informative!!!❤ thank you

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks Carla! 🙏🏻❤️

[@AugustsAcrylicArt]

Great info on this and who would have thought the two satin enamels don’t work together. I’m saving this video for my next pearl pour!

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks August! I hate that you have to live and learn sometimes!! Crazy the difference in the two products. From what I was told they were very similar and can be used interchangeably...guess not!🤦🏻‍♀️🙏❤️😊

[@Kathy-Carr]

It is amazing how paint pouring has evolved and there is now an element of science to it. This is beautiful (no surprise) and I love the Dutch pour in it. Thank you for a great tutorial! Thank you. 💙💐

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thank you so much Kathy! It is crazy the difference in these two products in this one instance. I have found that typically they can be used interchangeably.❤️🙏😀

[@deborahlofgran5636]

I just love your paintings!!!

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks so much! ❤️

[@desertrain2023]

This is amazing!!!

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thank you so much! 🙏🏻❤️☺️

[@SherryinAB]

Great informative video thanks Tara!

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks Sherry! 🙏🏻☺️❤️

[@thislittlepiggy3349]

so love this color combo Tara!! So pretty thanks for sharing

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks Piggy! ❤️☺️🙏🏻

[@leonardcain]

Txz for such good clarification! Jeanne

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

You are so welcome Jeanne! 🙏🏻☺️

[@gratefulcreations]

Very cool 😎 video my friend! And gorgeous piece. Love that color combo

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks Michelle! I have loved seeing what you have been working on lately! ❤️☺️🙏🏻

[@ckingartdesign2959]

This video was so helpful! Thank you so much!

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

I’m so glad it was helpful! You are so welcome! 🙏🏻☺️❤️

[@hanatekaste6449]

Thanks! ❤

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Your welcome Hana! Hope this is a good follow up for the class!❤️

[@johannebrun3409]

Perfect explanation!!! Thank you!!!

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks Johanne! I was hoping that I was making sense...🤣❤️🙏😀

[@johannebrun3409]

@@PiecesofTaraArtistry if I understood it, ANYONE can lol

[@joanabraham2780]

It was great to get all the reminders from PourCon in this video. Loved your class and looking forward to more!

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks so much Joan! It was really great to meet you. Glad this was a good reminder! ❤️☺️🙏🏻

[@ambergoodwinart]

GREAT VIDEO!!! It’s a great refresher from FAE!!! And I LOVE the white Dutch pour part and thanks for the SHOUT OUT ❤❤❤❤

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks Amber! 🙏🏻☺️❤️

[@judymcgrath1566]

Beautiful Tara!! Great video & information!! Thanks for sharing & have a great day. 😊💖

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks so much Judy!❤️🙏😀

[@4getnit]

Thanks so much Tara. Really helpful, I’ll mix some up and give it a try. I’ve been using all kinds of recipes and getting so many fun results! Maybe not so fun ones as well 😝

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Lol! Yea I hear you! Little changes can make a huge difference in results. 😆 Hope you are successful! ❤️☺️🙏🏻

[@tomasinaconti4140]

Beautiful. And yes, you explained this gloss on gloss very well 🥰

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Oh good Tomasina! Sometimes I get a little wordy! 😂❤️☺️🙏🏻

[@domimassou5457]

Wouah absolutely stunning change thank you for sharing this video 👏 👏 👏

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks so much Domi!!❤️🙏😊

[@teraperry1008]

So so beautiful! Love your peacock pearls! And the very dimensional lacing in the white! This reminds me of the white sand beaches were at certain tides a sand bar pops up. Wow! I'm so glad you made this video! BTW super clear and helpful instructions Tara! I'm pretty sure that I have done exactly what you did with the Goldens gloss pouring medium. I did it because the two are supposed to be the same thing. So naturally, I just grabbed what ever was in reach.😏 I measure but I keep large batches of base coat colors on hand. Do you think I should only mix up enough for the pour I'm doing that day? You sound better, I hope you feel a lot better too! Great to see your video! But, please take extra good care of yourself!😊🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@Gennytrot]

Tks so much for sharing all these info, I really appreciate you art and I always learn a lot in watching your videos. I have one question: does this paint over recipe you just shared work only with white? Can we use this paint over recipe with a fluid or tube paint of any color (good quality paint such as Amsterdam or Golden)?

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

@@Gennytrot Your welcome Genny! Yes you can use it with good quality paints. When you do it as a pour over color you want to make sure the density of the paint is heavy. That’s why white or anything g with titanium works, also why lamp black or Payne’s grey works. They are all heavier…density wise than other paints. ☺️🙏🏻❤️

[@firelight-89]

Hi there, First of all I just wanted to thank you so very much for all you do to help new artist like me.. Just had a question. Can I use some gloss medium in my base paint if Im using gac 800? Ive never used the Goldens color medium before. Just checking to see because Im just fine using the recipes as you said. Just popped in my head because I heard you say it was gloss. Im gonna mix my paints tonight and was just curious. I surely dont want to mess my paints up. God knows Ive done that alot. I guess I have 2 questions now, I apologize. I wanted to try and practice with just paint and water for a flower bloom so I dint waste a bunch of stuff. Can you by chance tell me the ratio of paint to water. Again I want to say thank you so very much for all you do.. Have a very nice day..

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Hello! To answer your first question - no need to add the gloss. Just use the GAC 800. It works just fine on its own. 2. With water and paint it honestly isn’t cheaper to use just water because you have to use so much. Even adding extender like water. You are better off adding floetrol and water to your mix. Kinella Ciraco has good mix for her Dutch pour paints that is just floetrol and water. I use my pouring medium of GAC800 and floetrol mixed 50/50. That being said you can use about 40-50% water with highly pigmented paints like Amsterdam. I would not use just water with craft paints like DecoArt and equivalent. There’s not enough binder in those paints so the pigments will break up if you add too much water. I I hope this helps! ☺️🙏🏻❤️

[@1ashlybruc1]

Uggh..I missed this video and I swear i spent the last year with barely any pearls. I quit painting for a while because i couldn't figure out what i was doing wrong.

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Oh no! Sorry Ashly! I hope you are able to get them after watching this video. ☺️

[@marthaburge5209]

Thank you for this information! I am wondering if I can use anything else that would work rather than GAC 800 for the pour over d/t cost?

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Thanks Martha! You can try omitting it but it really does help with the binders to keep all the pigments together. When you are using that much water it really starts to break down the binders in the paint and then you get broken pigments and it look yucky. But you can give it a whirl!

[@Andrea-Rae]

Do you know WHY the GAC color pouring medium doesn’t work in both the base and colors? I had heard that Golden was telling people that the color PM and GAC 800 are basically the same thing. And can you use GAC 800 in both the base and colors? How about Liquitex PM? (Gray label)

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

I had heard the same thing and it is not true. If you open the bottles and even look at it side by side you see that the golden color pouring medium has a much more distinct gloss medium…which is totally fine. They are not and do not need to be the same. That being said…in this technique the gloss on gloss doesn’t work. One one gloss can happen in this equation. I’m not exactly sure if the science but if you check out Gina Deluca’s channel she has lots to say about the hydrophobic effect from gloss vs matte mediums. 🙏🏻☺️❤️

[@Andrea-Rae]

@@PiecesofTaraArtistrythanks for the response! I’ll have to give the color pouring medium a try now that I know it’s different. I actually made a batch of your colored Pearl base a couple of days ago and I used a mix of GAC 800 and Liquitex PM in place of the Golden Color Pouring Medium that I didn’t have. I’m going to try it today so hopefully it still works.

[@ZoeFluidArt]

Hey Tara. Where can i get your straw that you use? I msy be taking a lesson soon. ❤️

[@ZoeFluidArt]

Its Zoë

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Hi Zoë! I got my straw from paintpourstore.com. 🙏🏻☺️❤️

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

❤️

[@susanbrocksmith4255]

Can you use GAC 800 in the base & pour over

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Yup! That works just fine!

[@jeannecain9541]

Sooooo! If one used GAC800 in base color formula ( you said it could be substituted for Golden Gloss PM) and then GAC 800 in the pour over colors will the pearling still happen ?!? Txz jeanne

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Hi Jeanne! So gac800 in the base and in the pour over is fine…you will still get pearls. You can use golden color pouring medium in the base and Gac 800 in the pour over colors and you will get pearling. You CANNOT use golden color pouring medium in the base and in the pour over colors and get pearling. For some reason that does not work. I hope this helps! ☺️

[@jeannecain9541]

Don’t think my question must be clear but is it a problem to use only GAC 800 in base and colors and still get pearls ( since there wouldn’t be the contrast of gloss and no gloss , so to speak…?!?). Also is Behr 7300 still being made? Txz!

[@lindajakub624]

Can you use gak800 in satin base and gak800 in our over or would you get the no pearls?

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Yes you can! You just can't used Golden Color Pouring Medium Gloss in both.🙏❤️😊

[@marthaburge5209]

Can I use Deco Art Satin enamels instead of the Behr?

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Yes you can!

[@TobeyFranco]

If you use GAC 800 in the base colors can you use GAC 800 in the pour over?

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Hi Tobey! Yes you can use gac 800 in both you just can’t use golden Color pouring medium in both! Crazy but true! 🙏🏻❤️☺️

[@TobeyFranco]

Thanks

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

@TobeyFranco Your welcome! ☺️

[@tinasusanneeriksen6027]

I just saw this video reg the Golden colour pouring medium (gloss). I live in DK and cannot get the GAC 800, so I bought the colour pouring medicin (gloss), as I read somewhere that it was the same as the GAC 800. Now I know that it’s not the case. I’m also having problems with cells … I get some, but not enough. In the base I normally use floetrol, Golden colour pouring medium and a bit of Liquitex PM and water of course. I actually add the same in my colours. Could I just leave out the Golden colour pouring medium in the colours and just use the floetrol and liquitex pouring medium, do you think ?

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

This is a loaded question! If you are not trying to create pearls the pouring mediums shouldn’t matter too much. Cells come from different paint densities. And how they are layered. Like a DecoArt metallic gold is very very light so when layered under a heavier (more dense) color like a titanium white the lighter color will pop up through that heavier titanium white in bubbles and make cells. You may want to look up paint densities and their ability to make cells in fluid art. There is a wonderful- technical article on Golden’s website that even has a pigment density chart. I hope this helps.

[@tinasusanneeriksen6027]

@@PiecesofTaraArtistry oh sorry, I meant pearls (language barriers :-) )

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

What type of Satin Enamel are you using in your base coat? I’m thinking that it’s the gloss in the color pouring medium is part of the problem and I feel like the gloss in the Liquitex might hinder the pearls as well. You could try it. You could also try eliminating the pouring medium in your pour over colors and just use floetrol and water if you would like and see what happens.

[@tinasusanneeriksen6027]

@ I’m using the decoart satin enamel white (couldn’t get the pure white). I am just mixing up some colours right now. I will try to leave out the colour pouring medium in the colours (but keep it in the base) at first. If I’m still experiencing problems, I will mix some new colours and leave out the Liquitex PM. I’m using Liquitex basic colours. I also got Amsterdam and System 3. Artist loft is not available in DK, sadly. Neither is charvin, decoart, modern masters etc …. I just ordered some some pigments from Colourarte, but it takes a while before I get them :-) there’s a long way from th States to small Denmark 😂

[@tinasusanneeriksen6027]

@ by the way … I’m very grateful that you’re taking the time to help me ;-) It’s impossible to find some Danish videos on this subject.

[@TripleG69]

If you say base paint , do you mean pillow paint?

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Hello! This is different than a shelee bloom. In that technique it is called a pillow paint (which is very thick)... In this technique it is a base coat that is underneath the rest of your colors and it is very thin. It helps the paint on top move smoothly and it allow the reaction from the satin enamel to pop up through the other colors to get these pearly looking cells. Hope that helps!

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Love this Tara!! ❤❤ really great tutorial. Edited because tit-torial is not tutorial! 😂😂😂

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Lol! Yea that’s a little different. 🤣 Thanks so much Karen!

[@deborahlofgran5636]

I am so confused. Can you just give the recipe for the the one you prefer. Do you mix your base coat into the colors as well as on the canvas?

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

I believe the preferred recipe is for this technique is in the description box. ❤️

[@brenda33181bs]

You never stated what your weights were. You say parts but we dont know how many ounces you are measuring.

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Hi Brenda! I say parts because you can add any amounts you want. Some people like to measure up large batches. Some like to measure small. Some are in the metric system some are in the imperial system. When you work in parts it is easier to convert to whichever way you like to measure best. Here’s an example: 3 parts floetrol = 3 oz, or 3 cups, or 3 teaspoons 2 parts paint = 2 oz, or 2 cups, or 2 teaspoons You could use cups, ounces, teaspoons, milliliters to make that recipe into any amount you like. Parts is just a more general way to measure which allows you to decide how much you want to make. The key is keeping consistent with your measurements. For example only use ounces or only use cups or only use teaspoons and use the precise parts that are in the recipe. I hope this helps!

[@brenda33181bs]

@@PiecesofTaraArtistry thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

You’re welcome Brenda!

[@brenda33181bs]

@PiecesofTaraArtistry I have another question. Right after you've finished a painting ,where and how do you store them to dry without it getting stuck to the surface ?

[@laurienye7514]

You have me so confused I don't know. Why would start out with the Old one and then the New one, and all that pour over stuff is really confusing. So sorry Tara, I love your work.

[@PiecesofTaraArtistry]

Hi Laurie! So…I’m not sure where the confusion is. I feel like I am very specific in my instructions. I show you the wrong because in previous videos I share the wrong recipe and people were having trouble with it so for demonstration purposes I show you the wrong way to do it so that you understand the results of doing it incorrectly. If you had seen those videos and tried the recipe you would have see that was the case. As far as the pour over colors…I’m not sure where the confusion is on this either. This is an advanced technique and there are many components that make it successful. The two very specific components are 1. The Satin Enamel Basecoat recipe & 2. The Pour Over Colors (pour over color recipe without satin enamel). These are the basics of this technique. Without these you will not have successful pearl pours. I totally understand this is a harder technique to get. If you would like one on one instruction I do offer zoom classes as well as I will be teaching this technique at FAE in Asheville, NC May 24, 2024. You can check out www.fluidartexperience.com for details! Hope this helps! ☺️