Mica Powders Hacks - Live on FB with Finnabair

FB Live show with Finnabair showing some fun and inspiring techniques including Art Ingredients Mica Powders:
- making your own metallic gesso
- mica powders with Soft Gel to create paints... and more!

[@joycegandy7305]

I enjoy watching you and how you mix things. The colors are so pretty!!

[@Lklkpoi]

Your products are wonderful! So vibrant and beautiful, I'm hooked ❣️

[@tonosakiphoebe]

I love this video !! our local store only has the orange mica powder so I need to go treasure hunting for the gold. The altered box turned into a magic literally in your hands. Thank you for the tutorial.

[@craftytalkie]

I certainly came to the right place. I just bought some of your products and I’m trying to educate myself as much as I can before I get to use them. So excited!

[@jeffclarkofclarklesparkle3103]

Do you ever work with mica flakes? I have a bunch of it i want to put in paint and was wondering if it should be totally powder first?

[@cathywatson7276]

Fabulous ideas!

[@michellewan2dance]

Thanks for these great tips! 🙂

[@norinemueller4588]

Thank you great ideas

[@titony77]

very cool ! thanks Anna. :-)

[@louisescherbain312]

Wonderful

[@melissaedwards7431]

If you use your clear gesso on top of the metallic paint will it work the same?

[@sylviacostello2160]

did hear your in Ireland so am I .Can you tell me where you get your cogs from.I managed to get micra powdersLove your work

[@lisac2989]

Can you mix the mica powder in white gesso?

[@FinnabairArtStudio]

yes you can, however gesso will take away a bit of the sparkle!

[@julieseymour6452]

Fantastic

[@jeffclarkofclarklesparkle3103]

...i will be painting a set of machines that run wet so you say a metallic base paint works best? I want black with gold pearl and maybe a bit of flakes

[@FinnabairArtStudio]

Jeff Clark of Clarkle Sparkle do you mean the object you are trying to paint is going wet often? I’m trying to understand so I can answer :)

[@jeffclarkofclarklesparkle3103]

@@FinnabairArtStudio yes, a set old lapidary machines. I tested a bit of mica powder in glossy black rust paint hahahaha. i think i know now that the mica needs to be in a clear coat applied on top of the black undercoat? Sound correct? I want to try both powder for the pearlescent look and a bit of flake for the glittery sparkle ✨ do you see this working in a clear coat on top of black?

[@FinnabairArtStudio]

@@jeffclarkofclarklesparkle3103 to get the best, most visible metallic coat is in fact art with a black undercoat - black gesso is perfect and when it is dry brush the metallic paint on it (dry brushing will give you nice detail with a Bit of black visible) or fully cover with paint. If you'd like to use mica powders or flakes I suggest mixing them into sticky gel medium and apply :)

[@CuadritosDeColores]

Great!

[@blendasuarez2298]

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[@filsdedieu100]

Merci :-)

[@laclaudelscrap9511]

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