5 things I Wish I Knew as a Beginner Fluid Artist

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- Things I wish I knew as a Beginner Artist. I really hope this will help your painting journey! And if you have other things you wish you knew, let me know!
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 intro
0:23 No. 1 Acrylic Paint
3:30 No. 2 Wet to Dry
5:10 No. 3 Your Plan
6:29 No. 4 Transparant/Opague
7:46 No. 5 Complemantary Colors
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I am an acrylic pouring addict, without a doubt. Playing with colors, testing out new fluid art techniques, brands, sizes & collaborating with other abstract fluid artists; is the best. Since I started this journey I feel more balanced in my work and passion. If you see these fluid painting tutorials and feel like, this is something for me: go for it! The fun thing about fluid painting is, that even though you do exactly the same, the outcome is different everytime. Also everybody has a different view of composition, colorcombinations and the way of doing a technique, what makes and keeps it so interesting to watch. Thank you for watching and following me in my modern art journey!
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[@RinskeDouna]

In our acrylic A to Z course we go in so much more depth. We have over 8 hours of footage and really take you by the hand from beginning till end. Want to know more? Check out: www.smartartcourses.com

[@maartenhimself]

Hey Renske, where do you buy the canvas? And what quality checks do you use to buy the canvas? (And just between us Dutchies: Are canvasses of Hornbach or Bauhaus okay? Because they tend to be a bit cheaper than the artstore canvasses)

[@cheryljones5454]

Thank you. I am a follower. Love you

[@kellygould9706]

I have found the A to Z course to be incredibly helpful! Totally worth the investment!

[@sherryroberson446]

Enjoyed this video. I have a tendency to over blow my Dutch pour and Inslso have tried to gently blow mine as you. Do but I cannot seem to get it right. I may need my paint thinner, it blows with a dryer but I jus seem to don’t know when to stop but have learned from you I can scrape off partsI don’t like. Love all your videos.

[@TheRowlettmom]

I would love to take your course. Can you give me a coupon code?

[@sandiguinnartescape]

I wish I had seen this a couple years ago before I got started. So thank you. One tip for beginners is don’t start out learning on the most expensive canvases. Practice and learn consistency or you could run out of money before you get to the really good art pieces.

[@palwashafineart4839]

Exactly but they should also sell it cheaper! Because some use not good quality products and they sell very expensive.

[@liddybird3608]

In art school I painted on water color paper. Tear or cut it into smaller pieces, tape to a drawing board or onto the wall. You can do this with oils as well. Just gesso the paper first.

[@maritagoheen2590]

I struggle with how the turn and moved the hair dryer in the right way. How close or what is the right angle ?

[@klgm63]

Dollar store sells canvases

[@iolandalessa3158]

You look so happy ❤ definitely has the pregnancy glow into your eyes 🤗 love the video 😘😘

[@mgartbycindi]

♥️

[@NicholeFraserSicNic]

Right? I was thinking the same thing. Such a beautiful lady you are @rinskedouna

[@NicholeFraserSicNic]

I loved this video. Clear, concise, direct & to the point while being fun & friendly. Great teacher.

[@Youtuber_2.4.6.8.]

How do you know that she's expecting?

[@user-vi2bi1je5u]

I'm watching this 3 years after you made this video. I'm just starting my painting journey. THANK YOU. I watch you often and plan to take your course. Blessings

[@jillzidaritz2042]

I too would like to see how you decide what colors to layer.. the order of them.. especially when using red

[@RinskeDouna]

Thank you! I will do a special video for that!

[@annemarie2559]

Yes it will be useful👌

[@danielledecavallla]

Yes please

[@rhondafrederick4049]

Me too!! And also is there an easy way to substitute colors when you don't have the same brand or color as the artist?

[@cynthiac3484]

Thank you that was very informative! Can you tell us what a good paint that is not to expensive but is better then the craft paint! Thank you beautiful lady!💕

[@KwonJ23]

Hi Rinske, thank you for all the videos and great inspiration. But what makes you special for me is that i just have to listen to your voice and i'm already a bit more happy. And of course your smile makes the package complete. Your are a great positive person that makes the world a better place. Stay the way you are :D.

[@RinskeDouna]

❤ thank you!!!

[@possumbold]

These tips would have been great to know 3 years ago. Thanks for sharing them now so that new acrylic pourers don’t give up. I teach fluid art and I know if some people don’t get good results they don’t always want to continue. My advice is to stick with it a bit longer. An important aspect of pouring is that it comes down to 3 critical items - consistency, consistency and consistency. If you’re trying a new style of painting and it’s not working, it’s likely because the paints are different or wrong consistencies. Write down what you use when you’re testing it. Keep trying by varying only one thing at a time. The base coat is as important as the other colours but sometimes it needs to be thinner - depending on the style of painting - in order to allow the paint to tilt over the base coat. To test your paints put a spoonful of each on a canvas to check the flow rate. If one flows down more quickly than the rest, it’s too thin and needs more paint it flows down too slowly then it’s too thin and needs more water added to the paint mix.

[@karydavis8288]

another perfect lesson for us.Please keep them coming. Rinska, you have more charm in your little finger than I have seen in anyone persons whole body. You wear your kind soul for us all to see. Thank you, thank you

[@palwashafineart4839]

Exactly! Quality is better than quantity! This is the first thing the profs are teaching in the first year of university!😊❤

[@midhaarts]

Positive vibe in your presentation making you unique. God bless

[@lechatbotte.]

So true. Lots of frustration with cheap artist supplies. You get what you pay for. Cheap paint and you have problems or have to add extra additives to prevent issues with loss of binders, pigments and everything else. As usual Rinske your advice is so spot on.

[@neelamchugh9248]

Wow, your free hand movement to paint, has helped me to loosen my style. I’ve always wanted to do abstract but yr painting has motivated me so much, watch you paint is like being in meditation. Calming n soothing. Even your videos with tips - by God you really want to share, not hesitant at all. I love your style. I have a lot to learn from you, please do let us know when you plan to come to Australia n have some inexpensive workshops. We would love to watch you in person. Keep up yr good work n sharing. God bless

[@waheedajhatam5523]

Thank you , thank you so so much for sharing your knowledge. You are so awesome and I love watching and listening to you. These types of videos are so helpful. Thank you Stay lovely. Keep glowing . 🥰

[@ArtasiaLand]

I would love a video where you explain how you choose your color palette for a painting.

[@shelleynutbrown8118]

Brilliant tips, thank you Rinske. I’m currently researching to begin my acrylic pour journey as I’ve become obsessed and I know it’s something I have to explore. Yourself, Molly and Olga are great inspirations and little videos like this are so so helpful. I’m learning so much from you lovely ladies 🙏

[@thecatlover1460]

Hello! I'm already happy seeing you talk like that, It is contagious. I am mesmerized by your smile. I'll remember your tips. Thank God I found you before I begin to start doing this kind of art. ❤️❤️❤️ from Japan

[@Costaelianinha]

Thanks for sharing your baby room!!! The bedroom and the green wall is really stoning!!! 💖💖💖💖💖

[@UniversalLanguage1]

“ and before you know it you’re a paint pouring addict .”- AMEN. 💫💫💫

[@stevenwalker4545]

Number five just explained what went wrong on a painting that I tried to do but ended up wiping off the canvas. I did not know how to layer the complementary colors but now I do thanks to you. I believe this tip will save me a lot of money and a lot of time. You are very good at educating people like me

[@ioannalampou4037]

Thank you so much!! You have such a nice and beautiful smile and you make me happy! Thank you a lot! God bless you and I wish you to have a lot of inspiration all your life and make the world a better place for everyone with your way with your existence.❤️ I wish you the best, you are such a happy and inspiring person and beautiful soul, I wish you a lot of love and happiness all the time.!❤️💐🤗 Thank you for having you🌼 🌸 God bless you❤️ Have a beautiful night my lovely dear Douna❤️❤️❤️

[@charlenemultach1692]

Thank you. The beautiful professional acrylic painting came out lovely. I didn't realize that acrylic paints dry darker. Thank you again. Great comment about the transparancy and mixing paints together. Thanks for the tip on muddy colors. Great video.

[@jennyray4753]

Renski you are glowing with this new little heart beat in you...great video! You are so generous with your knowledge and education...is great to see this energy in the art world, where it has been nothing but competition and hiding secrets for many generations...you have created a loving community of genuine good people ... congratulations on choosing the right priorities in life!!

[@evie6183]

You're so right ..I learned the hard way that cheaper paints are a waste of money...I have the same challenge as what Lynn Njaa said below! Thank you so much for this video!♥

[@lorislayton8231]

So true that when you pour once you’re hooked!! Thanks for this great video

[@sharonwilliams1400]

So much important information..Thank you so much for doing this for all us newbees!

[@ChristmasCarolSG]

Love this, Rinske. Thank you. I especially like your comments on how to respond when things don't go as planned. I think that's one of my favorite things about acrylic pouring. I used to work in live TV production. We had to think on our feet and "go with the flow" when equipment malfunctioned or something else went wrong. It's the same with acrylic pouring. Sometimes you just have to "go with the flow" (pun intended). ;-)

[@lyndasimmons4656]

I use Amsterdam paints for a year now and never knew about the box on the side. Thank you 💕😊

[@guilloosimardx7]

Merci beaucoup de penser à nous partager les erreurs à " NE PAS " faire ! C'est en vous regardant et en écoutant vos commentaires, que toi et Molly, que j'apprends !! Je vous adore !!😇 Si j'avais plus d'argent, je m'inscrirai tout de suite a smartart courses. Mais j'économise et j'aurai peut être la chance de m'inscrire 😁 Encore merci !!

[@terriefetter5119]

Thank you, I'm just starting. I haven't painted anything yet. I've been watching videos to try to see what I need and how to begin. You are so sweet . I love how you share your information, to help everyone. Your art is amazing. So beautiful. Thank you so much. 🌼😊

[@sherylkabasinski9276]

Thank you, Rinske! You have helped to make my fluid art journey fun, playful and forgiving when it doesn’t go well. A tip I would share with a new artist is that it is so important to make sure your canvass is level. My very first piece was beautiful but I failed to level it and I was horrified when I checked it later and it ran off and my design was lost. I scraped it and tried to recapture what I had originally created and it never panned out. But I learned a very valuable lesson.

[@rebeccazephyrin8114]

Love love love your enthusiasm. Thank you Rinske x

[@carolstedman6631]

Thank you for this. I have felt somewhat of a failure because I thought I had to have a real plan. Now I think I can have more fun and not be so obsessive and disappointed. Thank you, Thank you for your words of wisdom!

[@LaurieGravitz]

Thank you Rinske..I am learning so much from you !!!! 👍😀

[@RebekahSue]

Thanks, Ms. Douna! - I love how colors dance with one another and I would love to hear more of what you can teach us. I appreciate the time talented artists will share with us - I've never come across anything like this community before.

[@josiecapps2555]

So much information, I can’t thank you enough for sharing with your well deserved professional artist knowledge.💕

[@debbiewarris7976]

Dat van dat vierkantje wist ik nog niet! 🤯👌🏻 top!!! Thanks voor de wisdom. En die planken achter je met die verf 😱🤩😍....daar word je toch gelukkig van!

[@BillizMuzic]

Art paints make all difference!! I was shocked!

[@makennacogan1835]

I love this video and all the rest of yours!😊 something that I wish I new when I started doing fluid art was how important the consistency of my paint was. Each color even within the same brand is so different in how much water needs to be added because some colors are more pigmented then others are. I wish I knew this in the beginning.

[@davonb.4510]

Just watched this. You are just wonderful for sharing these priceless tips. I wish you continued success in your craft.

[@holynyork7124]

Thank you, u r a wonderful young women that is so kind. God bless you & yours. ❤❤❤🙏❤️❤️❤️

[@MilliesArt]

I’m a proud student of yours!! Love your inspiration and your energy and positivity. You continue to share your knowledge and it’s really appreciated!

[@jenniferjuhler4793]

Thank you! I watched your videos obsessively when I was first starting to do fluid art. They have always been fun and educational! I am so grateful. I wonder what tips you have on using metallic paint.

[@SC4RArt]

This is fantastic!! Really enjoy watching... Thumbs up! 💖🔥💖

[@wendybullivant]

Hi, I have only just found you and I am so disappointed to realise just what I have been missing all this time! You are terrific and I thank you for the enthusiasm you bring out in me for my abstract art. again. I had not done any for quite a while but now I am ready to go once again. You are a very nice person whom I feel I can relate to and I admire you very much. Thanks so much Rinske and I wish you continued success with your work.

[@phoenixrising1675]

I love you… everything about you… you are absolutely gorgeous. You have such a friendly attitude, and your art is so beautiful… thank you Rinske!

[@RinskeDouna]

Thank you so much+

[@kamisama7522]

Thank you so much for the tips I just started acrylic pouring and I already got a comission and I learned everything from your channel and from Olga and Molly

[@christinewalker3519]

How did you get your paintings out there? Craft Shows, social media , etc?

[@terrygardner1880]

Would like more info on blowing the paint...I still have problems.......you make it look so easy...love your work...❤️🇨🇦

[@RBrown-zl6wo]

Rinski, I love love you and you sweet personality💕 Thank you for helping us along! I. Ant wait to see baby💕💕💕

[@shantavius101]

The biggest word of advice you gave for me was, don’t get stuck on your original plan because with fluid Art sometimes, if not all the time things change and you should still find the beauty! Thank you so much for that, very inspiring!

[@lynnnjaa5638]

Love this💕💕💕 Perfect advice and so helpful! I look forward to more videos like this. You touched on opaque, transparent, semi transparent paints. My challenge has always been how to layer using color theory and the paint transparencies to get the effect I want. I would love to see a video of how you choose and layer colors and transparencies to get cell effects.

[@annechallenor-wood4522]

Agree. That would be super helpful

[@poptarget]

Yes! I had a couple of perfect pours. I know what colors I used and how I layered them. But when I try different color combos something just goes wrong. Complementary colors and opacities are so important.

[@danielledecavallla]

Yes please

[@dawnvavra5992]

This would help me too. Thanks.

[@TheRowlettmom]

Definitely!! That would be a big help

[@illuminuz]

Would love to see a video on how to mix paint for pouring, ratios, what to do, how to store, what are good substitutes for pouring medium...that would be great! Thanks for these awesome tips here too. I learned the hard way that spending a little more on quality paints really make a difference.

[@leilajones8986]

Love watching you progress it’s exciting and you inspire us. 🤗

[@michellebailey6797]

Thankyou Rinske, I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and your gorgeous paintings ❤

[@kareny4287]

Rinske this video is fantastic. I would love to see more videos like this. When I first started pour painting I thought it be the same as when I paint a landscape, animals, floral design or similar pieces... I was so wrong lol. Sometimes I have a picture in my head that I want the pouring to go and the paint is like "nope, not today" so now when that happens I pour and let the paint tell me what it wants. With some tweaks here and there it usually comes out close to what's in my head or totally different.

[@shednalarue]

It makes us lose that sense of control, something about that gives me LIFE! Life lessons in fluid art 😅

[@gayleduke3897]

So helpful to hear your hints!

[@kathrynmcclure7873]

Thanks Rinsk..for your generous tips & tricks sharing!!!!

[@penelopem629]

Thank you for this video, I’m struggling with the base consistency to allow the colours to move easily. I’m using a good quality semi gloss acrylic house paint atm watered down and would really appreciate your advice 😊

[@catherineb2463]

Number 3 the plan in my head is to get one painting like Rinske, who has the most consistent plaintiff series over and over haha 😂

[@judybillar7499]

I am in Florida and many Floridians have graduated from the university of Florida (go Gators) Their colors are orange and blue which are complimentary and I had my first commission from one such lady. Your information helped me with this so much even though I still had to make two attempts. Thank you so much!

[@melissarollins2130]

Thank you soooo much! Would love more of these videos!

[@carmelasabarillo7276]

I'm not an artist so I just copy the colors in videos but most of the time my painting becomes muddy haha. Btw, I think you're having a baby girl. Take care😍

[@jwill3252]

I do the same thing! In my opinion I end up hating what I poured and just let it dry and paint over.....

[@sandrajohnson9926]

@@jwill3252 She makes it look so easy. All professionals do. Easy for them.

[@ayatkhayyat]

Can you do a video that explains the mediums used in Fluid painting? 🥰

[@jennyray4753]

Rinske has a video done and posted here on YT comparing several painting mediums ...you can put the info in the search bar with her name and find it....

[@ayatkhayyat]

@@jennyray4753 thank you!

[@joancassidy2777]

Love this type of info. Thank you!

[@rachelh7776]

Thanks for the tips, can't wait to see your next video of tips! 💜

[@cjk1956]

As always so helpful. Thank you.

[@Libradimple]

Tip 3 is sooooo true... that was the main thing I had to learn... letting go!!!

[@tinaneubauer7493]

You are absolutely beautiful. and funny, great teacher. much respect!

[@DanaTS]

Awesome advice, Rinske! You look beautiful by the way. You have such a wonderful energy about you.

[@CatherineWhelanCosten]

very helpful! thank you for sharing your journey with us!

[@rosiestitchell4119]

So helpful, thank you Rinske 😊

[@gbashmore]

Thank you Rinske! Such great info to know. 💕

[@brendawilson7797]

Thank you for your help. Love these learning videos!

[@MsRaven000]

super helpful Rinske, thatnk you!!

[@judygrubbs1093]

Great tips. I am very new to abstract painting. Thank you for sharing you knowledge. I love watching your videos. You are a

[@karenguglielmo254]

Thank you! You always have such great info!!! You're amazing! ❤

[@rosemarygama7169]

Loved this quick tutorial. Thanks so much!

[@lorireese9359]

Thank you Rinske! Good information!😊

[@marlyndataylor2925]

Wonderful knowledge. Thank you so much. AND YES- more tips like this!

[@Thegigster19]

Yes! Thank you so much! Keep them coming! 😘

[@nancycarroll9936]

Thank you for this video! Very helpful! Love your art!!!

[@tamrajones3320]

Awesome teaching !!! That helps me so much!

[@vickiethaxter9407]

This was GREAT! I can really get it when you teach it Rensselaer. I do need to learn more about color. Keep the video classes coming, I will watch again and again

[@lynwalsh5974]

So helpful, thanks Rinske.

[@Librangirl]

Thanks Rinske, great tips!

[@satyakaamkatznelson8915]

Wonderful as always,❤️🙏🏻

[@kaomitheartist]

These tips are really helpful Rinkse, thank you for sharing.

[@lorrainepisano5646]

Thank you Rinske! I really appreciate your tips.

[@k8marlowe]

All great tips, thank you! I especially appreciate the tip about complementary colors. So helpful!

[@joaquimcosta786]

this was great ... I'm just beginning, doing the A-Z course , ... yes .. do more of these, love it ! and love your art , specially the blooms !

[@mistytaylor5622]

Very helpful! Thank you! Love your excitement for what you do!! ❤

[@susanmarcoux7005]

Thank you for sharing this. I love all your videos and look forward to seeing them 💕

[@sushigilmour9336]

Thanks Rinske for the wonderful advice!

[@jofritzinger8381]

Thank you so much. Things a want to be would never think of. How awesome and helpful this is. Also if I may say you are absolutely glistening or glowing as my mother would say of a expectant mother to be. 😊

[@Samikinsalive]

Just what I needed Rinske! Thanks.

[@Carole_Williamson]

Thank you so much for sharing and I would love to see more like this

[@juliehebda6840]

I LOVE your work and your advise!

[@mrsretired]

So very informative. Love learning from you. Thank you for sharing.

[@Kathy-Carr]

Thank you, Rinske! You are one of my inspirations, so I appreciate this! 🌼

[@cathymack6961]

Thank you Rinske ! You look wonderful ! ❤️

[@christerrell802]

I am a beginner - please keep making these videos! You are fun and inspiring to watch!