Mixing Mica Powders With Gloss Gel Medium ✨ DIY Metallic Paints! ✨ Acrylic Pouring Tutorial

[@michelleelle4622]

I have an entire box of “Let’s Resin” mica powders and was winding how to use it in paint versus resin. Thanks for the tutorial! 👏🏼👏🏼🙂

[@AnnaBlountArt]

You’re welcome! I’m glad it was helpful and timely!

[@vegasmainiac7745]

I liquefy my liquitex brand gloss gel and use it to blend my pigments for pouring and swiping. I also use the gloss gel full strength for mixing pigments to stencil and embellish pours that have dried not so nice. Just an FYI, using gloss gel means you should use these right up because they tend to get chunky

[@AnnaBlountArt]

Nice! Thanks for the tip…

[@cherylalikhani5957]

Thank you for the video showing what can be made with those gorgeous powders.❤👍👍 I'm definitely going to buy some and make your recipe into acrylic ink by adding something to thin them to the right consistency. I haven't decided between alcohol, water, or air brush medium.

[@AnnaBlountArt]

Thank you! I’m not sure how the powders would work in a thin medium like water or alcohol, but good luck!

[@KathrynHawkBond]

very helpful and informative! I'm going to be working on natural homemade acrylic paint and we're going to use mica powder as the color! This gave me hope it's going to look stunning!

[@AnnaBlountArt]

Thanks!

[@DorisAtDFDesigns]

Great information Anna 👍

[@AnnaBlountArt]

Thank you!

[@andreaengelsart8215]

Will try this at my next canvas

[@AnnaBlountArt]

Great!

[@GarbauxM]

First of al thanks for making this video. I feel a little more comfortable and confident on how to do it now. 1 question: since the paint is white in the containers and turn transparent/clear on canvas - does it affect the color of the paint? Does the paint look different on canvas since it turned see-through or does it stay the same color? It feels like it should turn a bit darker but maybe it doesn’t? Also, I want to see a video where the same mica powder is first mixed into a matte medium and then mixed into a glossy medium so we se the difference it makes. Have you tried putting a little bit of the paint in a new container and put some black in it? To see How it reacts? Cause it is interesting to know if it will react like a normal paint and just turn a bit darker or if the Interference-part of the color will be somewhat activated? Maybe it takes a little more black paint for it to really show the color it would get if it was a Chameleon-paint om black paper? I would really like to see you do a video like that!! And just for curiousity if you put the mica powder directly into black paint, (i am talking about small amounts cause i/we dont wanna waste a whole lot if it doesn’t go like we expect it to 😂) so put some powder directly into black paint - will 1. Nothing happen? 2. Will it give a nice shimmer to the black? Will it give the black a second color a i mean Will it turn the black into a colorshift-paint? Take care.

[@AnnaBlountArt]

Thank you! I’m glad it was helpful. The dried paint will be its true color, though while mixed and wet it may appear slightly lighter or milkier. Mixing a metallic paint or mica with an opaque paint will end up semi-shimmery. I like to lighten or darken my metallics with a light or dark metallic, so that the paint doesn’t hide the shimmer. Adding an interference pigment to a dark colored paint is an interesting idea! I think you’d want to pick a transparent or semi-transparent paint, or it might hide all the shimmer though…

[@karenmusa3052]

So very helpful Anna thanku, so what do we do if we don't have the Liquitex basic gloss gel medium😮?

[@AnnaBlountArt]

You buy some? 😆 Any brand of gloss gel medium should work, it wouldn’t have to be Liquitex. Pebeo Bindex would probably work equally well! I just haven’t tried it yet.

[@lovensnugs2385]

Hi Anna, is this the video to learn how and what to mix for the paint you use for the seahorse, butterfly, stuff I love love love those!!!!!

[@AnnaBlountArt]

Yes, this is exactly what I do for them! I usually do 1 part paint to 2-3 parts of floetrol for micro swipes, depending on how thick the paint is.

[@lovensnugs2385]

@Anna Blount Art thank you so much. I love your work it is so cool. Cheers and be well!

[@AnnaBlountArt]

@@lovensnugs2385 Thank YOU!

[@AnnaBlountArt]

@@lovensnugs2385 Oh goodness, I didn’t look close enough at the thumbnail and title. This is NOT how I mix paint, it’s just how I mix mica powders. For my regular paint-mixing video, click this link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3i7gYamgb2DhMk

[@lovensnugs2385]

@@AnnaBlountArt ok, lol, ill watch after work, thank you

[@Brightsupernova]

The instructor: “add this and this and etc.” My brains hears: “And then we will add the second scoop.. and then we will add dessert” LOL❤ (and thank you so much for the exact information I was looking for)

[@AnnaBlountArt]

Bahaha! I’m glad it was helpful!

[@CarolineThibault-u7e]

Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo. Pour la poudre de mica, est-ce qu’on peut utiliser la poudre vendu pour les ongles résine ?

[@AnnaBlountArt]

Probably! Try it out and see how it goes!

[@leilakirkdietzolsen6741]

Thanks ❤️😍🇩🇰

[@AnnaBlountArt]

Yes indeed! 😊

[@traceymorris511]

Can you do the same with micro flakes?

[@AnnaBlountArt]

Hm, possibly! It would be a chunkier finished mixture, but it might work!

[@andreazanuccoli2684]

if I wanted to use the liquitex gel with Amsterdam what proportions should I do? 1 acrylic Amsterdam 1 floetrol 1 gel + water?

[@AnnaBlountArt]

There’s no need to add gloss gel to Amsterdam paint because it’s already paint. You can mix it with floetrol and water or just with water (depending on the type of pour you want to do)! Gloss gel is a way of turning mica pigment into a “paint” that can then be thinned for whatever application you need.

[@andreazanuccoli2684]

@@AnnaBlountArt thank you

[@sylketerwedow3776]

Hello from Germany :-), thanks for your Video! What kind of Floetrol do you use? I have only Floetrol from australien and Qwatrol. Thanks in advance!

[@AnnaBlountArt]

Hello Sylke! I use American floetrol because it is inexpensive here. I believe most floetrol/owatrol varieties would work as a basic pouring medium because I’m not using it to achieve a specific effect (such as a cell activator from Australian floetrol).

[@sylketerwedow3776]

@@AnnaBlountArt Thanks for the fast responce, cut I use Liquitex pouring medium as well? Sorry, my english is not the best :-)

[@AnnaBlountArt]

@@sylketerwedow3776 absolutely Liquitex pouring medium is great! I don’t use it much because it is more expensive for me, but certainly you can use it in pouring and you can use it to thin a paint or mica powder mix!

[@sylketerwedow3776]

Thanks 😀 Tomorrow I'll mix and practice, if something sensible comes up I'll show you. Many thanks for your help! I think your videos are great 🤩

[@pamelawegman7461]

Is Tbs and tsp measurements possible. I don't have scales yet and may be awhile. Thank you.

[@AnnaBlountArt]

I’m afraid I mostly use a scale because it’s much less mess. I’m sure you can find someone else who measures by volume though!

[@pamelawegman7461]

The link above doesn't take me to your fb profile. It takes me to someone else by the name of Nisha. ??? I'm from Weston. But in Illinois at the present.

[@AnnaBlountArt]

That is so weird, I’ll have to check on it!

[@bambamquiescence]

The pacing of this video is too slow for my tastes. I've got you on 2x speed and it's still too slow. I'm here for answers not a ten minute intro and a fireside chat.

[@AnnaBlountArt]

Sorry it wasn’t to your liking! I know a lot of people find it helpful to have a real-speed demo and explanation, but if you don’t need that, I hope you can find your answers elsewhere.

[@bambamquiescence]

@@AnnaBlountArt the content was great and helped in the end. Thank you!

[@kathyhowlett]

Agree