Dragon of the Clouds 🐲 Gorgeous 24x36 Wandering Straight Pour Collab with Candace White! MUST SEE!

[@chrissyfrancis8952]

Absolutely gorgeous palette! Right up my alley, I have every single one of those paints in my studio. What I’ve learned the most from you is what colors to layer together & how to manipulate the weight of the paint to push things off & stretch the heck out of it without it going wonky. My very fav pour I’ve ever done just days ago was all inspired by you (Aquarius). Thank you (HoA & Zen, of course)

[@MinaVillegasArt]

Thank you so much Chrissy! I really appreciate all of your enthusiasm and your support ❤️ I loved your pours btw, awesome!!

[@chrissyfrancis8952]

Mina Villegas Art Thanks to u! I should’ve fiddled with the center’s “fingers”, but didn’t want to ruin them. I needed a huge canvas to pour what I really wanted I guess.

[@MinaVillegasArt]

@@chrissyfrancis8952 big canvas means more room to play! 😉

[@chrissyfrancis8952]

Mina Villegas Art That’s right. I actually have a harder time with composition the smaller the canvas.

[@kayakiranana6059]

Gorgeous!!!!! Terrific!! Beautiful!!! And any other superlatives I can come up with!!!🥰🥰🥰

[@dawnvavra5992]

These colours just pop off the canvas. (but they go back...) It is so vibrant and alive. I was a little (well screaming) when you were pouring off the crackelish corner with the short brown piece. As always yoda you are right. Love this very much.

[@MinaVillegasArt]

Hmmm smart you are lol 😂 Yoda??? Thank you so much for watching Dawn, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! ❤️

[@carolchurchill6738]

Lovely color combination. Love that you go for large canvas. It allows your followers to see how paint moves and creates unexpected results.

[@trudigowanlock4856]

Just mesmerizing to watch you work, when you asked your videographer to get closer I pulled my iPad closer🤦🏼. Love your work so much!

[@sandraaitken7869]

Absolutely wonderful. The colours are fantastic xxx

[@garyinsalaco9530]

Mina .please don’t ever,ever change a thing about your videos ! They are perfect,especially your amazing laugh and natural manner !

[@kimberlychaney752]

Goodness, the color palette is luscious. Both paintings came out gorgeous. Once again, Mina, you knocked it out of the park!

[@virginiasetlock9670]

Love those colors give me a desert sunset feel. So pretty, nice colab with you and Candace. 💕👍🏻🤗

[@Dove96]

So many areas to love.

[@lisagerald4615]

Absolutely gorgeous painting thanks Mina

[@janreed3338]

Beautiful! Bird's eye view over Grand Canyon.

[@chrissyfrancis8952]

Yes, perfect description.

[@sandrabarrett-hoomani4822]

A hawk specifically.

[@ArtistPennyFireHorse]

This is amazing

[@santababy1952]

I love just about every single painting that you've done. I am one who started about 6 weeks ago and am having a hell of a time getting a painting that is remotely acceptable. I've painted over about 8 canvases, thrown 4 away, scraped more than I can remember and have saved only 7 little tiny ones. It's been a nightmare, truly it has and I thought it was going to be such a great hobby to take me out of feeling sorry for myself and staying in bed all day due to my disability, walking only with the assistance of a walker (I'm only 67) thinking, "I can do this". Well, for those who are reading this, it is NOT as easy as it looks! The first time I used silicone and then after watching many artists who never use it, I decided I would no longer use it. I 'm here to tell you, neither way worked for me but I'll say, having the thicker than water paint was better than having it so watery it flew off the canvas and mixed to get muddy. I've tried it Gina DeLuca's way having my paint very thin and having it like you and Sarah be a bit on the thicker side. I will say, that I get no cells at all when it's too thick and my paint separated from the other paint down to the canvas when I made it thinner. I bought the Liquitex PM and Varnish like you use but you never say how much Floetrol you use and I do think it makes a difference. I'm willing to buy though the Liquitex PM Gloss and Varnish but it is very expensive. I just really need to know how much Floetrol to add. It is so much cheaper than the other I'd rather use more of that than the Liquitex brand but if it helps me get better at what I'm doing I'm willing to go for it. I only bought 32 oz for starters and realize that if its a success my $$$$$ will up, up, up and that's the part that scares me. I am spending so much money on paint. You can reach me at my email address [e-mail] or reach me on Facebook. I am on a Pouring group there that is Gina DeLucas pouring group and on another but can't remember that name and Sarah is one of my mentors. I had to take a day off today because I have a serious back injury and though I sit until I have to stand up it is still very painful for me to even do this hobby. So today was a rest day even though I seriously wanted to get to painting. I used to make beautiful jewelry with all the good stones and real crystals and sterling. I couldn't afford 14 K unless someone ordered it that way but I used the real stones and like all hobbies I start, I go all in. Arthritis in my hands was the downfall. On a truly low hard fixed income, I truly do not have the money to do this but it keeps me sane. I live a life of pain and thought this would be the hobby that I could do. I am beginning to wonder if I've lost brain cells or had a head injury from the motorcycle accident that was the beginning of my downfall. I live alone and just know how lucky you are to have a supportive husband who films you and is very much a part of what you do. I am asking you to contact me about the amount of your Floetrol. The largest canvas I have done is a 16"X20" and there it sits in its abysmal appearance waiting for me to do a pour over. Oh, that makes me think. How often can you pour over a single canvas?

[@MinaVillegasArt]

Hi Laura 🌷 I'm sorry you're having a hard time, it sounds like you have a lot going on right now To answer your question about how much Floetrol.. I can give you the recipe that I used for months and months, until I got a few bottles of very thin Floetrol and everything changed. I start with a 16 ounce cup. I put 2 ounces of Liquitex Gloss Medium & Varnish in, then approximately 1 ounce of paint. I stir that up until its well combined. If it's very thick and not stirring easily I add a little water, maybe a teaspoon or two at a time. At this point I have about 3.5 ounces of mixed paint in my cup. I usually add between 8 to 10 ounces of Floetrol, and end up with about 13 ounces of mixed paint. If it's still very thick, I will add a little water at a time until it flows easily off the end of the stick, leaving a mound on a mound. As I have mentioned in several of the last videos, the Floetrol I have had recently has been very thin, like water. It should normally be like melted ice cream or like marshmallows..fluffy like heavy cream almost. The first few times I mixed paints with the thin Floetrol I followed the recipe above, and got terrible results, the paint was very thin and watery. I added more paint to my cups the next time I mixed, to combat the thin Floetrol. Then I realized that I can just add a little bit at a time and not worry about the exact number in the recipe, but focus instead on getting the mix to the correct Consistency. I didn't end up with 13 ounces, I was ending up with 7 or 8 ounces total, but it was the right consistency. In a nutshell, the exact number does not matter. Mix your pouring medium and paint 2:1 and then add the Floetrol an ounce at a time until it's where you want it. I love Gina's work,she has a great video on consistency that you should definitely check out. On her scale, I like my paint at a 3 or 4. If you have your paint this thick you need to make sure that you tilt a lot to get most of it off. The pouring Medium you are using is giving your paint the ability to stretch.. go slow and be patient and let the paint stretch over the canvas. If you leave too much paint on your canvas it will crack. My test is to tilt it almost vertically, the paint should barely move, or move very slowly if it moves at all. To that end you want to estimate how much paint you will need per what size canvas. The formula for that is multiplying the length by the width, then dividing by 28. LxW, then divide by 28. That gives you how many ounces of paint you need to cover a canvas. ( For a 12x12 you multiply 12x12=144 Then 144÷28 = 5.14 ounces needed to cover a 12x12.) You can get away with a few ounces extra, but you really do want to stretch and open up the design. If you have too much paint on your canvas you end up tipping most of it off and it's more difficult to keep the parts you want. I really hope that this information helps you, I know how frustrating and expensive a bad pour can be. Rest assured tho that you are not alone in that, everyone has pours that don't work sometimes. Try to figure out why it didn't work, and correct the mistake. This is how you will grow as an artist. Also, forgive yourself if the pour isn't perfect. This may look easy but there are a ton of things to take into account. Also, don't scrape everything. Things change as they dry, and sometimes you like it better after a day or two. Give it a chance. As to how many times you can pour over a canvas.. I frequently repour over test canvases, and over big ones too. After two pours you run the risk of the paint cracking, in my experience. If you are having problems I would suggest a limited color palette and going back to a tried and true technique. What technique are you using and what's happening that's making you scrape it? A thicker consistency will hold the shape of your design better. You don't need silicone to get cells. You can get them with a straight pour. The secret to good cells is being patient. Wait a few minutes for them to develop.. then most importantly, don't tilt them all off. This is part of the how much paint do you need equation.. you want to be able to get cells and not tilt them all off. I wish you the best of luck.. I would advise you to relax and experiment with the Floetrol a little at a time. You can also use the regular Liquitex Pouring Medium if you are are not planning on selling it. Practice getting to know the right consistency.. it will serve you well. I wish you the best of luck.. you will get there sooner than you think. Let me know how it goes with the Floetrol

[@santababy1952]

@@MinaVillegasArt Mina, it was a wonderful seeing that you responded and you gave me so much good information. I bought the medium you use and opened it tonight. I mixed my paints since I didn't have the colors I wanted. One thing that I have had to learn along with mixing and mediums is the parity of transparency of each paint. It has been a task and have done the the research. I discovered that mixing that one different color in with the same recipe Gina used made a mess of things because it was transparent and indeed it looked transparent. There was a pink film over the entire painting and indeed it looked like pink slime had been spilled on top of it. Now, I have not heard a single artist but Gina talk about that aspect of paints. I was in Junior High when I took art lessons and I don't recall this issue being brought up. It was a long, long time ago. But I'm not giving up and in fact, I hope you got to your local Michael's today because their canvases were half off. And of course any time I want to use the same pallet as you or another artist uses, I don't have those colors. I feel like I have them all, but lo and behold, I got on a site tonight where I wanted to try to color combos out (I have most of your videos logged onto my computer with your pallets too and how you layer your cup). I haven't gotten all of them yet but I'm working on it. I love that you make your colors available. Thank you so much for your inspirations and your advice. My daughter lives in Burbank, as I believe you stated that you live in Southern CA. Her son is in a TV series called Manifest on NBC at 9pm on Mondays. His character name is TJ and his real name is Garrett Wareing. Its too early to know if there will be a Season 2 but of course he is hoping so. He's all of 18 yrs old and VERY tall. His brother is even taller and 16. My granddaughter goes to UC Riverside and is 20. My daughter started her family at 21 in such a big hurry to have children but soon her nest will be empty and she will still be very young. I love this painting and think about it day and night. I have to pace myself though because I've suffered some terrible injuries from a motorcycle accident almost 20 years ago and it hurts my back terribly if I do too much. I'd do it all day long but when I scrape two canvases in one night I get high anxiety because, as you can imagine, my purse strings got cut significantly when I got hurt. I was able to go back to work as a NICU nurse but only when I finally amputated my left leg. Had I done that right away, I might have been able to save my back, but I will never know. I just want to do this and I will heed your advice and also use your recipe for mixing and thanks again so much for your willingness to help. I think I told you I've been in touch with Sarah Mack and she is also willing to mentor me. You guys are the very best. So Howdy form The Great Lone Star State, the Great State of Texas!

[@MinaVillegasArt]

@@santababy1952 please take good care of yourself ❤️ much love to you

[@santababy1952]

@@MinaVillegasArt You are so kind. Thanks so much for your help. I finally had a successful flip and drag tonight!

[@MinaVillegasArt]

@@santababy1952 you're very welcome, my dear ❤️ I just did a flip and drag and tilt 😂 they are so much fun!

[@kellybstutts9190]

,What a great pour this was! Incredible colors that draw you in. I have to laugh when HoA has sped up the video for editing & you're talking...sounds like you took a shot of helium & you're speed talking & laughing at your dear camera man who's calling to the hawks🐥 & shooing away the squirrels🐿! You guys are so much fun to watch & listen to while watching the evolution of a new painting. 😉🙌💕

[@masunshine2970]

That would be very stunning on the wall in the house. Great work. Have a Great Week!🌞

[@chrissyfrancis8952]

SQUIRREL 🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺 (Paisley & Patriot) go nuts...& back to watchin

[@carolbeckett9712]

Really pretty with lots of detail. ❤️

[@kathyjohnson5097]

Awesome color palette!! In the first pour, it looked like a Navajo blanket, then as you added to it, it reminded me of the desert, where the Navajo got their blanket inspiration!

[@terilechner]

Love the colors and your Composition!👍🏼👏🥰💯

[@christinabalderrama380]

I have know idea why you don't have 100k subscribed yet, you are amazing!!

[@gabyma8820]

Nice and wonderful as always Mina! Love your work so much.😊💯🥰

[@xanthidinefelis8430]

My cat was fascinated by your husband's hawk sounds!

[@curioustruths0118]

Love, love, love this picture. It reminds me of Indian culture. The colors work so well together. Stunning 😍 😍 😍

[@MinaVillegasArt]

Thanks Kim! This one hangs on the wall as I enter my bedroom.. I love it! ❤️ thank you for your support 🙏

[@marthabturner456]

Your colors stay pretty and bright and not all washed out. That was beautiful!

[@AngelasMixedMediaArtist]

So beautiful love these colors gorgeous ❤️

[@lindamoore1613]

Another beauty! Go Girl!

[@msarts4161]

Beautiful!! 🙌 Love your channel. Thank you!

[@lulugregory3246]

Oh my goodness I just love this one! And it’s so exciting to witness the birth of this dragon!

[@sjnetzel]

Turned out amazing!

[@lorrainefortin4446]

Amazing a master piece

[@roslynhamilton2515]

Hi Mina this is amazing love it xx Australia xx

[@tinaprocaccini4351]

Very beautiful

[@IggyCotton]

With your pallet it's amazing how warm your painting finished. Lovin' the Turquoise cells too! Outstanding! Squirrel!! I seen that Ninja Siamese .. All stealthy with the black hood! Let The Dragon Fly!

[@lindabrown2699]

The colors have a very New Mexico feel to it . I just love watching you do your tilt work. Your enthusiasm is so infectious. Love your work.

[@Coilylox]

I also thought the colors look Southwestern.

[@JuleeChristensen]

Yes a very lovely New Mexico feel. 💖💖💖

[@terikendallart5113]

Very pretty Mina gorgeous colors

[@louisestubois9241]

Awesome, Mina.

[@naptimecreations]

Beautiful, very southwestern vibes on this one. I love the colors 😍😍😍

[@LindaCohen]

Just beautiful.

[@gloriasgallery820]

Beautiful! I love your work! You have me hooked on red ochre!!!

[@annemiekebelgraver7400]

WOW! This is really so beautiful! Thanks😘

[@pamybendayan49]

Me encanta tu trabajo y tu simpatía, eres una referente para mi

[@spgard29]

The cells are gorgeous in this one, Mina. I love the pale yellow-beiges play against the turquoise and browns. You handle these large canvases masterfully!

[@descampsmarie3114]

Amazing colors and great design as usual . I love it !

[@dianagilbert8690]

"Stop DRAGON my heart around" :-) This is a great pour, Mina! Thank you for stressing the importance of stretching that paint! I had a tough pour today, finally made it work and now watching you has lifted my spirits. You NEVER fail to inspire and entertain. Thank you!!!!

[@JuleeChristensen]

Wow I love this piece. It has a decadent feel. I see dragons 🐲! The red and turquoise really pop with the gold. You should reminds HOA you said squirrel not chipmunk 😂😂😂. Thank you

[@MsLaurasvideos]

Great colors and I love the way you move the canvas around to obtain the perfect abstract design.

[@autumnmoon4460]

I love that second one you showed us! The diagonal lines are great!!! It’s so interesting!!! And I really love the way your painting turned out! I like the way that champagne gold looks...have you ever thought of doing a painting with just metallic looking paints? Have you done that yet? I’ll have to look back through your videos again! Candace’s painting is beautiful, I love the blue! And yours dried so pretty! It’s like fire!!!!

[@ingecrause4734]

Gorgeous Mina ❤️❤️❤️ I love that red ochre colour ... one of my faves .... much love

[@deborahvp]

I love this painting. But I know it’s too late now! Mina, you have inspired me to try and I thank you 😊

[@lisaramsey6036]

I really Love the Champaign gold and how the shimmer disperses throughout the other colors. I feel like it’s under appreciated and under used. Love your videos!

[@susansilver2000]

Absolutely beautiful

[@sophiainoregon8768]

This might be one of my favs by you. Love the wonderful choice of colors you picked. So beautiful! Enjoy your week.

[@svg7335]

Really pretty

[@SMessai]

Really love your painting and how the colours blended so beautifully. ❤❤❤🌹🌹🌹 I am still too afraid to stretch the paint. God bless.

[@marthakeller2602]

I love the color combo and the wide expanse of this piece!

[@sherryellis5596]

This is amazing!!

[@liettefortin3423]

Wowwww

[@floratious]

Yeah, you’re right about the stretching...even with the dreaded zigzags I think many of my paintings would have benefited by more stretching. Thanks for reminding us again! This painting is wonderful-so earthy and geological! Just awesome! One of my faves! HOA sounds exactly like a hawk!😍

[@inspirationtocreationbycan3411]

Mina what a great video! My grandkids and I were just yelling SQUIRREL yesterday at the cubscout party lol. I love watching the Dragon form and fall in to place. He is so cool! I so enjoyed doing this colab with you. You have taught me so much...like if you dont like whats on the canvas, just pour over it lol. Your painting came out amazing! I love how your red ocher inter twined with the gold and is accented by the contrast of the turqoise and vandyke brown. Most of all I'm thankful we met and I now have a wonderful friend. Thank you for doing this colab with me, I had so much fun. Great job HoA with the shooting and editing. Your right Mina the music is so pretty and relaxing. I hope we can do this again one day soon. Much love to you both.

[@TheArtistsHaven]

I had to stop & rewind this a couple of times... I''m trying to place the painting in the background by the steps but can't! HELP! LoL Wonderful paintings by both of you! ✌🏻💜😁 Tish

[@MinaVillegasArt]

Hi Tish! 😁 That painting is Hot Rod 🔥 Husband's Choice lol I was supposed to take it upstairs before we started shooting but I forgot lol I'm so glad you enjoyed this one ❤️

[@TheArtistsHaven]

@@MinaVillegasArt ACK! I've missed some! 😫😉 That's what I get for relying on KZbin notifications! 🤦🏼 I'm going to go catch up! ✌🏻💜😃

[@josiecapps2555]

Is that a new shirt not yet chrisend? Love the color choices, I wouldn’t have picked them but they play great together. What a wonderful addition we have!

[@redqueen7510]

Love all of it, the red ochre and turquoise is such a beautiful combo. Looks like a firebird 💕

[@deborahnorthover5304]

Such a very beautiful dragon in the sky, it’s a really wonderful piece.

[@ellenbarnett5199]

Yes, the palette is beautiful. I will try it on the same size canvas, with lots of stretching . Thank you for being youl.

[@analebartels6272]

Mina I love this painting it is Beautiful and dramatic. I found it amusing how your hubby speeds up the video and makes you sound like a chipmunk 🐿🤣🤣. Thank you both for making your videos so interesting 👌🏻

[@sandrabarrett-hoomani4822]

Beautiful and the music choice was perfect for this piece.

[@michellenead9286]

looks like the canyon lands in Utah, Beautiful. I love your choice of music.

[@bobbiwillmer7491]

Beautiful!!🤗🤩

[@777djjones]

I love your pour a lot more than Candace White. You brighten my day everyday, especially your laugh. I am an old hippie and I can feel your aura and I wish we could have met when I lived in California. I was wondering do you live in the Temecula area? Have a groovy day. Peace/Love✌❤❤✌

[@MelFirestone]

Amazing pours from you and Candace. Awesome job ladies👏

[@MinaVillegasArt]

Thank you so much! She did a great job! And she picked the most amazing color palette.. I think I'm getting addicted to the red ochre 😁 thank you so much for watching ❤️

[@inspirationtocreationbycan3411]

Thank you so much MelFirestone...I love Mina's painting. The dragon and the way all the colors cane together is just beautiful!

[@svg7335]

Not to be ugly to Candace, but yours is AMAZING!!!

[@ellenproctor1502]

Super pretty Mina! ❤️🧡 Thank you dear woman and HoA! 😘

[@MinaVillegasArt]

Thank you Ellen 🥰

[@wilhat]

We love watching you hope you are well and not panic buying to much except paint of course.

[@s.arthurmurray3758]

Have you tried the Owetrol which is like the European Floetrol-ish but seems to not have the 'floogers" and a more consistent mix. It's on Amazon and is sold in liters, I think.

[@lauriekrauss8114]

Beautiful pour, Mina. Your work inspires me to let go of my comfort zone and try bigger and bolder! Such a joy to watch! Laurie

[@beashsimmons1541]

😀😀😀😀😍😍😍😍😍

[@laurienye7514]

OK Donald Duck, I Love it.

[@MaimsyCreates]

I’m so inspired by these colors! I have a big canvas I want to pour over and think this might do it ❤️ Beautiful work as always!

[@l.b.4063]

Hello Mina, what an intense picture! It radiates warmth. Evening sun hitting rocks. Wonderful! I have a problem that I have never been able to read. Some of my pictures have become really nice, but when they are dry you can clearly see the structure of the canvas. When wet: smooth, shiny and rich in color. Dried: the structure of the canvas, dull and matt colors. I don't think that's so nice. What can you do about it? Should you prime the canvas beforehand so that it is "saturated" and so the colors sink less? If so, with what? I dont know. Maybe you have a tip. That would be great. Colorful greetings from Luna

[@MartianPlanetArt]

Watching the video, I had forgotten the title.. when you show the dried result, I thought wow, there is a vandyke brown 🐉 dragon. .. it's immediately. There in all his or her glory!

[@lilianshelton4290]

Beautiful like you Mina!

[@brenh8786]

Absolutely beautiful!! I just love your talent. Want to know something kind of funny..... When you layer your colors, your gloves and the plastic cup sqeaks.. My teeth to crazy😬😕😅😂😂😂 but I love your painting and I grit my teeth and still can't wait till your next painting comes out.. Love your art dear! Still enjoy watching every minute..😍😍😍😍

[@MinaVillegasArt]

Isn't it funny what can drive us crazy lol 😂 I actually like the squeak, it's grown on me.. this video seemed to be squeakier than usual tho 😁 thank you for gritting your teeth and hanging in there! Maybe you could mute that part? Thank you so much for watching ❤️

[@sandrabarrett-hoomani4822]

Did you know that Blue Jays will at times sound just like a hawk? They do this as a warning to other Jays of lurking hawks. Aren't creatures of nature wonderful 💙. I wish all humans would be as compassionate and thoughtful toward other humans.

[@joycegossett9981]

I like yours better

[@dolorescamarda5962]

I like your work...I'm not crazy about your stories...Sorry 👎