How Do You Make Cells? - The EASIEST Method

[@GeePours]

You can find my full Acrylic Pouring For Beginners Online Course here www.geepours.com/product-page/acrylic-pouring-for-beginners-online-course

[@EC-lq3qw]

If you forget to clean your brush and the acrylic is hardened, cheap way to revive your brush is to soak in hand sanitizer until the paint loosens, wash with dish soap (fairy liquid, etc.) - repeat if necessary. Use a bit of hair conditioner when finished, will even help bristle brushes. Hope this helps ☺

[@bonafide2811]

Probably the clearest, most straightforward video tutorial I have seen on cell pouring. Great results! Some other people's videos are soooo tedious! Thank you for sharing.

[@TuneYourAntenna]

I agree! Thank you for the video!

[@Quais32]

I agree as well, this was good and the painting turned out awesome.

[@marilynzamot759]

❤❤❤love

[@jasonhollingsworth9775]

thank you so very much

[@GeePours]

@jasonhollingsworth9775 my pleasure!😊

[@amywike1196]

This type of art is really addictive 😍

[@KC-fd3lt]

So many people make these cells videos but just say percentages of this and that, but when I tried them they failed. Thank you for this detailed recipe. I will try your method. 👍🏻

[@simon-515]

He actually is explaining everything. Refreshing.

[@Artist-Oranit]

I love this man and his beautiful works and tutorials. Thank you so much for all you do. And your voice is so soothing.

[@Durga695]

Thanks Gee, glad to see the evolution of your art, your friendly neightbour from Israel - Peace.

[@Omegawerewolfx]

Ok. I am starting to understand. I have a few days this week to play with pouring. But after the holidays I am going to jump into your course and put in some real effort.

[@GeePours]

Cant wait to see what you come up with!

[@damiandossantos5077]

dude, thank you for being so forth right on your recipe, been watching weeks of videos trying to figure out what colours need the cell activator for a swipe using black on top

[@GeePours]

Its my pleasure! So, this is actually a common misconception and possibly why you might be having problems, but this technically is not a cell activator. Thats a specific term for the paint and australian floetrol recipe that goes in the bloom technique (and sometimes swipes too) What ive used here is a cell additive, in my case silicone oil. This is used very differently to a cell activator. I know its confusing that both terms seem generic but often if people use one like the other it doesn’t quite work correctly 😊 hope this helps!

[@craftitkiwi]

Great tutorial😍👌....simple, clear and precise, just what is needed for a beginner like me!

[@LowerMichigan248]

Very good explanation and great job!

[@patriciadart-davis7452]

Thank you for these instructions. I've been struggling with cells and didn't know why. My paint has been to thin. I look forward to trying once again again. I'm inspired.

[@RandyNoel-go9pk]

That was a great way to explain a frugal way a beginner can learn, I would imagine white glue can also be used as a thinner with added water then flick the scylicon

[@M1Ke70]

Thanks for that. I've been trying for a couple of weeks now with only slight success. A great help.

[@denisemiller8474]

Looks like trees with flying fireflies. Beautiful

[@SuperRocketdog1]

Like you I stir with brush..I find it’s easier for me! Very informative video well presented. Have subscribed today!💕😍👏🏼👏🏼🇬🇧🇬🇧🐶🐶

[@joleneholcombe7822]

Love this!! I have been struggling also trying to get cells. This looks so easy!! Thank you!!

[@janeandy6351]

This was the video I needed...thank you!!!!!

[@ellenfogarty1265]

Awesome video Gee Pours!!!

[@GeePours]

Thanks Ellen!🥰

[@angelinagargano3940]

Hi, can you do everything you just did except add silicone and then, after swiping, do your chameleon silicon poking technique? Love your videos. 😊🎉

[@GeePours]

Yup you absolutely can!😄

[@angelinagargano3940]

@@GeePours... wow that was quick...thanks bunches ...have you tried the coconut oil serum instead of silicone...if so what do you 🤔 think. Blessings 🙌

[@GeePours]

@@angelinagargano3940 some people prefer it - its also a silicone compound so i find it’s essentially the same thing.

[@angelinagargano3940]

@@GeePours ...great ...thanks again! I will try both and see just for fun. Have a wonderful week. 😊 I look forward to your videos... they are all very helpful and inspiring ✨️ too.

[@annmarieschantz9724]

Thanks a bunch for this tutorial!! Its very easy to understand how the cells appear.😊❤❤❤

[@GeePours]

You’re welcome my friend!☺️☺️ happy pouring!

[@barbaramoss7982]

Wonderful 😊 thankyou for your time.x

[@GeePours]

Thank you Barbara!😄

[@lynderherberts2828]

Thank you so much Gee. Love your videos.

[@GoyoMerkier]

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE. YOU ARE A GOOD TEACHER. YOU USE A THICKER OR THINNER BASE COAT.

[@GeePours]

Same recipe just leave out the oil

[@PINACI]

My poring medium is a mix of 60% PVA glue 40% water and I use the cheapest Acrylic craft paints I can get with 2 drops of machine oil in each. My base is just white acrylic mixed with my poring medium. Cheap, cheap, cheap !!!

[@GeePours]

Love it!! I started out exactly the same

[@kathleenenright5600]

Thank u Gee i was not sure of how much pouring medium to use thank u so much.xx

[@PamelaTitterington]

Love this, thankyou for your ideas,wonderful picture

[@cat6022]

Murphys oil soap removes dried paint from brushes. Let brush soak for a while, then massage brush hairs gently to remove paint. Rinse well.

[@pattymullin8515]

Ah! I am going to try this today. It looks gorgeous! I was wondering if you still suggest using white all-glue and varnish for an inexpensive mixing medium? I want to experiment using the least expensive mediums that work the best. Thanks so much for this and for all of your videos.

[@GeePours]

Yeah they still work as inexpensive mediums ☺️ you may need to go a little thinner to account for the different surface tension in them compared to floetrol

[@Nothigbuttruth]

Thank you so much Gee❤

[@brigitte5092]

Thank you, you explin very clearly

[@thomasthorn5023]

Excellent explication, Thank you very much !

[@GeePours]

You’re welcome Thomas!

[@amycus2129]

Thanks! ❤

[@afterthedash9784]

when and how much silicone did you put in? I saw Flotrol and paint but missed silicone. Yes, I am a newbie.

[@GeePours]

Just one drop on the black I swiped with ☺️

[@ccreese9241]

@@GeePours But in the video you said the opposite, I believe. Didn't you say that you put a drop into all of the colors EXCEPT the black and the white?

[@GeePours]

Sorry i mustve confused this with another video. It never goes in the base, so thats the white. From there, its really your choice. Just the swipe color or everything but the swipe color are somewhat similar in look to be honest

[@nedragafsi]

Very nice❤

[@GeePours]

Thank you my friend!

[@denisemiller8474]

How do you clean your silicone oil off after it dries??

[@lorrainecouch348]

Some people use a baby wipe. I've noticed some baby wipes can leave copious amounts of fluffy bits... so check first. A lint free glass cleaning cloth wrung out with mild soapy water should be fine. Leaving it shouldn't make much difference unless it attracts dust or your wish to add a varnish on top. I'm no expert... just watched stacks of videos 😃

[@O.oTimeTravelerO.o]

Windex glass cleaner works great. Just make sure it's completely "dry." Spray the cleaner on a paper towel and test a small corner and make sure no paint comes up. If paint comes up, wait a few more days and try again.

[@GeePours]

Im sorry i couldve sworn i replied to this - I use dawn dish soap personally. Its crucial you dont overuse silicone in the first place because it gets so deeply ingrained in the paint when you do. You’ll clean a layer and then it’ll get greasy again. If you stick to as little as you can possibly get away with, dawn dish soap or other alcohol or stain remover based cleaners generally do the trick. Do check whatever you use isnt so potent it reactivates the paint though (like 90% alcohol is too strong)

[@michellemcdermott110]

Looks Great!

[@terriiiii]

Thank you sir!

[@michellemcdermott110]

Gee, I hope this does not seem like a silly question, but what does a pouring medium do for the paint? Thank you very much for this tutorial. 🇨🇦

[@GeePours]

Hey Michelle - no such thing! A pouring medium can be thought of as colorless paint in fluid form. It enables you to take acrylic paint, which is typically like a paste, and turn it into a fluid without compromising the binders that allow paint to dry as one cohesive film. Pouring medium can be retail manufactured - these are the most expensive but have the most longevity, but it can also be homemade from other water based materials that dry clear such as pva glue and water, paint conditioners like floetrol, and varnish, and while these are cheaper, they are also non-archival

[@lindaed3594]

Gee, how do you clean off or wipe away the silicone oil once the paint has dried? Does the oil affect the surrounding paint negatively eg. the paint takes a very long time to dry out? What happens if you don’t torch?

[@GeePours]

I clean mine with dish soap and water. Silicone oil can leave some texture and divots sometimes if you use too much. It doesn’t affect drying no. Torching is meant to bring it to the surface (thats what you see as a cell) if you dont bring it to the surface while its wet it’ll still get to the surface while its dry

[@lindaed3594]

@@GeePours Thank you for such a quick reply. Much appreciated 😊 So do you wait for the paint to dry then lightly wipe over the whole painting (cell areas) with a cloth dipped/wet with dishwashing liquid & water?

[@artbyamra]

I have a pouring medium wich is very thick. So i mixed it with water but than when i put the oil later to make cells....the cell just openes too big and you can see the canvas down below wich than looks awful. Any advise for me?

[@GeePours]

Dont thin it as much

[@Snapsta123]

So if i already have pouring paint then I wouldn't need the pouring medium? Im confused

[@GeePours]

@@Snapsta123 yes. Premixed paint are already fluid. You use them as is. When you learn, you move away from premixed and mix your own to have better control

[@Snapsta123]

Oh right ! Thank you ! ​@GeePours

[@zgoalscorer10]

do you have to paint the canvas first like you did white or its not needed

[@GeePours]

@@zgoalscorer10 you need a wet base first (poured on not brushed) - or you risk the oil touching bare canvas and creating pits where paint wont stick

[@zgoalscorer10]

@@GeePours Thank you! So if using oil silicone etc to create cells always coat the canvas or anything first if im just using pour paint then its not necessary to coat it. Is that correct? im a newbie here lol

[@GeePours]

Yes pretty much ☺️

[@zgoalscorer10]

@@GeePoursthank you !!! just trying some ceramic and plastic pumpkin pours over a canvas with my daughter.

[@GeePours]

Good luck my friend! I would skip the cells on anything that isnt flat, they’re going to deform pretty easily

[@endscreen1shorts478]

Hi, I've never used it, I thought I'd give it a try, I see you have a lot of experience, I'm looking for something for acrylic paints that will protect them from water, I want to paint rubber silicone fish with acrylic paints, those silicone fish are flexible, is there any product that liquid like water which i could use with an airbrush and with them sticking to the silicone fish any advice is welcome thanks

[@GeePours]

Thats a really tough one everything peels easily off silicone. You probably want to use an oil paint and silicone caulking but im just guessing

[@endscreen1shorts478]

@@GeePours Some paint rubber fish with acrylic paints, and I read on google that the best paints are oil-based, just like you wrote, very good answer, I have to try both, thank you very much for the answer

[@nagmasahi8043]

Hi Gee😊 Beautiful piece..😊 I have a doubt, what can be the reason of failed swipe technique? I have tried using pouring medium made with glue plus water (50:50). And then pouring medium:paint = 2:1. It doesn't form cells even though i have used silicone oil. It would be great if you could guide me with this. Thank you😊

[@GeePours]

Glue is generally a material that prohibits cells because its elastic. The best way to deal with it is to torch so you can help the silicone get to the surface. Glues are not all created equal so this one could be thicker than others. Try making it thinner and using a torch and hopefully this will help😄

[@nagmasahi8043]

Thank you so much..😊 will try as per your advice.. hopefully it works this time.. thank you once again😊

[@ShriyaAnupam]

Very well explained. I have one doubt though. If I use Isopropyl alcohol for creating cells, do I still need to clean the painting as we need to clean after using silicone oil?

[@GeePours]

No you dont 😊

[@ShriyaAnupam]

@@GeePours Thank you for your response. So why do you prefer using silicone instead of Isopropyl alcohol? I have seen you using silicone in most of the videos I watched. Amy specific reason for that?

[@GeePours]

I prefer how they look over isopropyl alcohol. I also do the poking with the oil trick a lot, and that only works with oil not alcohol

[@ShriyaAnupam]

@@GeePours Okay. Thank you so much for clearing all my doubts 😊

[@suzanneensslen9736]

Why swipe? Is that a "look" aka:one of many ways to do a pour? Ex. Flip cup vs. Funnel vs. Etc.? If so how do i get great cells say with flip cup or pouring in a cylinder?

[@suzanneensslen9736]

Also 😅i watched your video when pouring on a cd disk and flicking alcohol, silicone oil, and swiping. Does " flicking" the first two do well with , lets say a 12x12 canvas? Is there a way to know when you have flicked "enough" oil, alcohol and/or water? Your videos are awesome; most informative, succinct!

[@GeePours]

Yeah you pretty much got it right the first time - a swipe is just one of several techniques. The explanation is that swiping spreads a shallow layer over the rest of colors - a perfect environment for your cells to pop through. Both techniques you mentioned would use exactly the same recipe here and the same theory (could also go a little thinner) this is a whats known as a medium consistency - the majority of pouring exists in this realm. Theres a few popular techniques that are thin and a couple that are thick, but the majority are a medium

[@GeePours]

@@suzanneensslen9736 okay so the flick - the thing you wanna keep in mind is that flicks make pretty small cells. You actually wouldnt want large drops of silicone anyway because you would risk it causing pits. What makes cells small is that they get sandwiched between other cells, and its practically impossible to avoid. If you’re happy with that, you’ll pretty much see it on the painting immediately - silicone is extremely efficient. What I would also recommend you try is poking in individual cells with a pin. If you dont smush them together, they can get impressively big this way, with much less risk of pits because a pin picks up a tiny droplet

[@yefaircity]

You did not explain the base white . was it mixed with the same recipe ? or what paint it was show how you applied it ? Brush ? so am lost from the start ..

[@GeePours]

Why did you assume it was different?

[@yefaircity]

@@GeePours I didn't assume . I saw it already painted I asked how it was done because I didn't see the base colour being applied . It appeared on screen already done , Was it poured on or brushed on , I would assume that if it was poured on it would be thick , and if brushed on , would ne a thin coating . . . I don't know .

[@GeePours]

@@yefaircity okay let me back up then - any time you see a base in acrylic pouring, its going to be using the exact same recipe as the colors. Its not any different from them. If the recipe is 3:1, so is the base. If a recipe is 2:1, so is the base. The ONLY time this is different is when that base is called a “pillow” - that is made with house paint and its somewhat exclusive to a technique called the bloom. Everything is always wet and poured. If the base was dry it wouldnt make much of a difference to just painting on the dry surface. The point of a base is to help whatever’s on top glide easily.

[@lorriebarrows4199]

What ingredients are in the black paint

[@GeePours]

2 parts pouring medium and 1 of paint 😊

[@soulsearching-experiences]

Can we use a hair dryer to create the cells?

[@GeePours]

A hair dryer by itself has nothing to do with cells - but its frequently used in techniques where something else is creating cells

[@charismawashere1880]

I'm brand new at this. I got my metallic acrylic paint with silicone oil. If silicone oil isn't recommended can I use Elmer glue? O really want to do this, I'm really excited but I don't want to ruin it. If you can tell me what i can use if silicone oil isn't good, i have Elmer glue. Please someone please help me i want to give this to my father for one of his birthday presents and I don't want to mess it up. Any help would be great.

[@GeePours]

So a genuinely useful piece of advice is to NOT make your very first attempt the one you want to use as a gift. Try the technique you want on a smaller canvas/tile first so you can practice. Dont attempt several techniques for cells in the same painting - it doesnt quite work like that. You only need one method at a time because each method requires either specific materials or recipes.

[@marymikehawkins6682]

Very cool! Ty 🌻

[@denisemiller8474]

I use the brush to mix my mica powder paints

[@kathybray7156]

Awesome❤

[@jasonhollingsworth9775]

hi, i want to know how to avoid cells .

[@GeePours]

Dont use silicone oil, dont use australian floetrol, dont thin your paints with just water, use a pouring medium

[@GaryMcKinnonUFO]

You can even us water for this effect.

[@dollbaby9017]

Ya thnx this is great info

[@simongross3122]

I love your camel lighter :)

[@GeePours]

Haha thanks!

[@simongross3122]

@@GeePours According to a friend who used to smoke camel, it's the only cigarette with a picture of it's producer on the packet :)

[@GeePours]

@simongross3122 hahahaha i dont actually like the smokes to be honest, i much prefer the band!

[@simongross3122]

@@GeePours To be fair, only someone who has lost their sense of taste and smell would like the smokes :) Which is in fact what happened to my friend. I didn't know there was a band. I'll look it up.

[@GeePours]

Oh the band is excellent! They’re like 70s prog rock if you’re into that sort of thing

[@gianninabroggi1293]

Io guardo dall' Italia ciao

[@tinacarell2462]

Spännande

[@dustermcclean2517]

Dude! You call the easiest way? I don't have any of that stuff except the acrylic paint at home.

[@GeePours]

Have you tried the other methods?😄😄 its really relative to its own field right? There’s not many things you can do in fluid art with just acrylic paint. Everything else in this video are standard fluid art tools like a pouring medium and a torch for bubbles.

[@Dogs538]

Never EVER use Silicone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@GeePours]

Why exactly?

[@NabiOh-j3d]

Yo why do you not show everything in the video you just skip the part where u mix in the silicone and assume that it is known ...very bad video for helping people

[@GeePours]

1:22

[@GeePours]

Literally told you add 1-2 drops - whats difficult about that?