7 Easy Hacks for Perfect Acrylic Blending in Your Abstract Masterpieces

[@IndieRu]

What do you listen to when you create artwork?

[@WilmaVoermans]

Audiobooks, Podcasts, music .. Depends on my mood and what I want to paint

[@piera8207]

Dear Indie, your work is truly wonderful. When I paint, I prefer silence, because I'm like in a trance. I don't feel thirsty, hungry, and I don't even feel back pain from all the hours I spent on my feet. I don't speak English well, I hope you understand. Hugs and kisses. Merry Christmas

[@IndieRu]

Thank you so much for your heartfelt message! I completely understand you and the beauty of finding that creative trance while painting. It's incredible how art can transport us. I appreciate your comment. Sending hugs and kisses your way! 💋❤ Merry Christmas to you 🎄✨

[@stephanieslg]

Love your work - and your tutorials. Thank you for sharing!

[@IndieRu]

Thank you so much for your kind words! 💕

[@dianecharest8365]

That is beautiful! You are soooo good at blending. I am trying to learn how to blend. Thank you for sharing.

[@deborahapostolou8078]

Your work is absolutely stunning, and your tutorials are incredible. Thank you for all the tutorials that you've done. To say that you're creativity is inspiring would be an understatement. I hope that you have a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!! Thank you for all that you do. Continued success love!! ❤❤

[@IndieRu]

Thank you so much for your incredibly kind words! 🥰 Your support means a lot. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with joy and memorable moments, may the upcoming year bring you exciting opportunities and fulfillment 💕

[@samirjafari7074]

Hi Indie! Welcome back! Merry Christmas! I wish you the best from the bottom of my heart, I hope you and your family will always be healthy and successful. Samir🙏

[@IndieRu]

Hi Samir! Thanks for the warm welcome! Wishing you a Christmas full of festive cheer. May the upcoming year be all-around awesomeness for you and your loved ones❤🎄

[@RajPereira-tt5ku]

Awesome touch

[@IndieRu]

Thank you 💕

[@davidwilshusen4332]

I like listening to western movies in the back ground Hoves of horses pounding, guns shooting, young damsels crying for help.movies I've seen a hundred times. All while watching and learning about new ways to create my art works. Enjoying your shorts and videos. Thanks for sharing your soft voice and artful eyes, and hands

[@IndieRu]

The most unusual answer. Thank you 💕

[@VP47212]

I love your videos ❤️ they are so relaxing to watch. You work so hard at your paintings and there absolutely beautiful ❤️

[@IndieRu]

Thank you so much 💕

[@Amselart]

Beautiful

[@IndieRu]

Thank you 💕

[@southerngirlchef5886]

You are absolutely amazing! Love your abstract paintings. 🫶 I love , love, love your abstract paintings! 😍 I’m in the process of creating my very own first canvas abstract paintings, getting them ready for all the rooms in my new home! Yay! I’m so excited!. I’ve been watching several tutorials but yours is by far the best! I can’t stay away! 😍 Btw, new subbie! 🤝 I hv a few question. If you will be so kind to answer? Do you paint your entire canvas before you start painting your artwork? Also, what advice can you give me for a beginner? I’m so excited I hv my canvas paint and ready! 🤞🤩

[@IndieRu]

Thank you so much; it means a lot to me. ❤ Happy to hear it was helpful 🥰 Are you asking if I apply some gesso or primer? I don't, as I buy pre-primed canvases. Sometimes, when the results are not as expected, it can be very frustrating, and you may feel like giving up. However, keep painting, and after some time, you will look back and be amazed at your progress. Happy painting! 💋

[@southerngirlchef5886]

@@IndieRu yes, that was the question, that’s exactly what I wanted to know if you use a primer or a gesso before applying your acrylic paint on the canvas to create your beautiful abstract art. Didn’t know they had pre painted canvas. Either way this is my last question.. Since I’ve already purchased my canvases, do you suggest I use a gesso before creating my painting? Thank you in advance for your help. 🫶

[@IndieRu]

@@southerngirlchef5886 You're very welcome You should apply gesso otherwise the raw canvas will absorb the paint and and it will be faded

[@southerngirlchef5886]

@@IndieRu thankkkkk youuuu!

[@giuseppeprovenzano9504]

Bravissima ❤❤❤

[@IndieRu]

Grazie mille 💕

[@laurencerebillard2939]

Gratitude infinie pour ce magnifique moment de partage. Merci, Merci, Merci 🙏🙏🙏💖💕

[@IndieRu]

Je suis vraiment touché par votre gratitude! C'est un plaisir de partager ce moment avec vous. Merci à vous! 💕

[@Бланш-512]

Ваши картины прекрасны❤

[@IndieRu]

Спасибо 💕

[@CozzyKorner]

Thank you!

[@alexch.6476]

Как всегда замечательная работа. Ваша строго выверенная горизонально подпись - супер! Привет из Москвы! С наступающим Новым годом!

[@IndieRu]

Спасибо 🥰💕 С Новым годом 🎄🌟

[@yurii2749]

Замечательно!!!

[@IndieRu]

Спасибо

[@xLarue]

How many paint brushes do you use over the course of one painting like this?

[@IndieRu]

Usually, I use two brushes: one for applying paint and another for blending it.

[@xLarue]

Thank you for the reply. I thought perhaps the Hake brush would need to be swapped out at times. Love the painting and your videos teaching us your process.

[@alexcarballido]

a mi personalmente me gusta pintar con mi playlist favorita, pero también en silencio. dependiendo del ruido exterior, siendo los que tenemos sensibilidad por la creatividad más delicados que el resto. me gustó el cuadro los colores pastel ♥ aunque soy un poco grinch, te deseo feliz navidad, saludos!!

[@IndieRu]

Gracias 💕 No te preocupes, todos los artistas están un poco grinch. Feliz Navidad 🥂

[@johnnylauritsen3556]

Hi Indie Ru I wonder what kind of brushes you have that you are blending out with. Where can I buy these. Do you have any advice

[@IndieRu]

Hi, it’s a hake brush. You can buy it at your local art store or on the product shelf overlaying this video

[@johnnylauritsen3556]

@@IndieRu thanks for the reply. find these difficult to find. Have searched on Amazon but they are more for watercolor painting. Do you have any good tips where I can buy the same one you have .😊

[@IndieRu]

@@johnnylauritsen3556 right, they are for watercolors

[@Jones_Artistry]

I LOVE your work.. but you do not explain in enough detail. Are you using multiple hake brushes so that your colors don’t mix and become muddy?Do you apply just straight paint to the canvas or is it watered down? Or do you mix with medium? SO MANY QUESTIONS😫

[@IndieRu]

Thank you so much and sorry to hear about your struggles! You can check out my Patreon, I explain in more detail there: www.patreon.com/user?u=86770402

[@germanacarlesi1396]

Hi Indie Ru, I usually have my Bach or Renaissance music play list, however even breaking news is ok, depending on the mood... I have a question for you: in the art supplies used it seems to me that the label of nylon brush (the dark wood handle one) and the hake brush (the light wood handle one) are inverted; moreover in the video it seems that at a certain point you change them. what is the rule/scope behind this?.. as it seems that both of them are suitable for blending... I'm confused a little bit.. :-) thanks!

[@IndieRu]

Hi, thank you for your answer 💕 No, they are not inverted. The hake brush (the dark wood handle one) is for blending colors, and the nylon brush (the light wood handle one) is for applying paint. It seems that both of them are suitable for blending because I can blend paint even with a scraper 😁 but don’t pay attention to this since you don’t want to make your painting process harder 🙂

[@_wafa_wj3941]

جميل جدا 😍🌼

[@IndieRu]

❤شكرًا لك

[@williammottareyes4525]

saludos desde Bogotá Colombia ... cuando vienes por aquí , es un lindo pais y seguro te inspirara bellos cuadros ...

[@JRP_ART]

I like this work😁❤

[@valentintkachenko7349]

Привет! Чудесная работа, впрочем как всегда! " Enigma" , возможна замена на что нибудь похожее в медитационном стиле. Благодарю за новое видео!!!

[@IndieRu]

Спасибо 💖

[@lilianeroucher3900]

Merci joyeux Noël de France 😊

[@IndieRu]

Je vous en prie Joyeux Noël du Monténégro 💕

[@chrisrios1709]

If it's okay would you be able to tell us what flavor water you use? Legally?

[@Amselart]

I think she used normal water

[@Laura_Stern]

What I don't understand is why you didn't straighten or patch the crease/irregularity on the side of the canvas? It looks like you left a brush hair in the painting.

[@IndieRu]

The canvas is perfectly stretched. There are no crease or irregularity.

[@Laura_Stern]

​@@IndieRu No, it has a fold or irregularity or brush hair on the side, in the beige area on one side of the canvas, before it goes over to the darker black and blue area. If I could, I would post a photo to illustrate what I mean.

[@CozzyKorner]

Beautiful, thank you!

[@IndieRu]

@@CozzyKorner you are very welcome 💕

[@mariedunn3774]

I see it too, at 10:00 minutes into the video it’s right in front of you, IndieRu. It does look like a hair stuck in the paint. A bit distracting from your lovely painting!