496. New Color Palette!! Experience the Magic With A Big Bloom Blowout!!

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Happy New Year!! More art with a hairdryer! Watch this big bloom blowout! This new color palette was introduced during my live NYE bash; but I knew I had to do it again in my studio. I absolutely love these colors together and felt it looked equally good as a big bloom blowout or as a deconstructed bloom!
Let me know which painting you prefer, and thanks for following along on my art journey! Thanks for watching!
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THE RECIPE:
House Paint-base aka puddle for the substrate: PPG Multi-Pro in Satin at Home Depot.
Pouring Medium aka PM Recipe: mix with all colors EXCEPT the cell activator:
Behr 8300 Untinted Deep Base Paint (Home Depot); and Valspar High Gloss Ultra Base C Untinted base (Lowe's). 50/50. Mix well. NO varnish added!
Use the colors of your choice! These tutorials are meant to educate and inspire! Here's how to mix:
Pigments: For a 3 oz cup I add 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of pigment powder to the cup, then add enough gloss varnish (any brand; I use JoSonja gloss varnish) to cover the powder. Mix well until all pigment is thoroughly wet; then add the pouring medium.
Any brand fluid or high flow acrylics: I put about 2-2 1/2 ounces of the pouring medium into a 3 ounce cup, then squirt in color until I reach my desired shade. Mix well.
For tube paint, I added an ounce of paint (heaping tablespoon) to a 3 ounce cup, then added 2 ounces of pouring medium. If still thick I add a squirt of Golden's High Flow Medium (thins and extends acrylic colors) and stir well. All pigments are 1/8th tsp. pre-disbursed with a small amount of JoSonja Varnish to wet it (stir really well), then add into a 3 oz. cup of Pouring Medium; stir well.
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[@bostonbutterfly4473]

Your high pitched giggle is the cutest thing lol. Alongside your paintings of course 🤍💛🩵.

[@user-vi2bi1je5u]

The colors!!!! You're super creative with the hair dryer. Beautiful 🎉

[@margueritejewett7355]

these colors are so amazing , I love them

[@Jentalks380]

Just beautiful and very well balanced!

[@margaretsummers3712]

Your NYE painting is AMAZING! This one today is also a beautiful design and color palette!

[@liaclark2393]

just love your colours amazing, 🌟🌈💥💥💥 thank you for sharing

[@g.e.2900]

Hi Karen, I love both paintings they're gorgeous! I had a blast with you on New Years Eve. You were a great sport, and your giggle was contagious. ❤❤❤❤

[@susanfrazer4341]

Beautiful works Karen..Thanks for Sharing.❤️❤️

[@melaniebuerkle3203]

Beautiful color palette and sticking composition! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🕊️✌️😀😃😄😁🤗

[@user-rv2zw5ok3g]

Don’t listen to the negative people. You were so funny and entertaining and I loved every minute of your video. Your paintings came out stunning and I think the champagne might be a new additive to your paints in the future, as they came out super shiny. Love your work and just keep enjoying yourself. 🥰🥰🥰

[@barbararosenbusch3018]

Yes, it’s beautiful!!!

[@margueritejewett7355]

i so love your color palettes

[@tracytruhlarik6525]

Hello from Canada You go girl Frig the critics

[@jbrobins640]

Beautiful! I love the colors!!!

[@carolynbrew3770]

Super duper amazing

[@sheela2488]

Very beautiful .👏👏👏👏👏

[@andreawyatt876]

I agree with you. I like this one best.

[@heartlandmooninspired]

HAPPY NEW YEAR KAREN!!! You have me thinking, I have most of those colors, including the Arteza ones! 2024 is going to be fantabulous! ♥♥♥

[@norinemueller4588]

Just beautiful

[@fionapopovic4523]

Hi Karen, firstly, it’s impossible to pick a favourite/winner😅. As both pieces are not only stunning, they are both vastly different from each other. In saying that, I am leaning more toward the 2nd piece ♥️💥🙏💐

[@budda3258]

❤Очень красиво!Я восхищаюсь вашим умением писать картины!!🎉

[@janetterich7767]

Stunning ❤

[@myriamklein6673]

I loved it.

[@dolleyferguson1861]

Happy New Year to you too ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎊💫🥰🎈💝🥂

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Happy New Year!!

[@marychambers570]

I see so many objects after the drying! I agree the second one is the winner. I am a retired art teacher and love your ideas.

[@rozallen3897]

Your work is absolutely stunning!❤❤❤

[@laurastucker3530]

I thoroughly enjoyed your New Year’s Eve live. Buzzed Karen is my FAVORITE Karen. Never apologize for living your life and having fun! I have been watching your videos since the beginning and absolutely love you! 😘

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

😘💕

[@d1analockwood499]

You have a wonderful Bloom technique, quite unique. I have only just found you & I'm so glad ❤

[@nicolelocas77]

WOW magnifique !!

[@isabelvera8464]

Precioso. Me encanta 🥰

[@carlakoyak1129]

I wait all year to watch you paint on New Years Eve. So fun and even after a few glasses I always learn something. Thank you Karen for sharing your holiday with us

[@IndigoFluidArts]

Wow they both are very pretty. I lived your live. I was in and out but it was fun. Look forward to the next one 😅 Happy New 🎉 year

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Happy new year!! 🎊🎈

[@claudiamann7111]

What a fabulous color combination. I like that you added the little hint of blue. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@margueritejewett7355]

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[@karlasoraya2175]

Happy New Year! I agree with you, I like today’s painting because of the negative space… and all the things you mentioned.

[@caroldavison203]

This should make you happy,lol MS. Karen, I'm sure I'm not the only Fan of your work that you have made Happy happy. Thank You.

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Happy New Year!!

[@Heidi.P.L-PourLove]

So beautiful colours, I can't pick one that's the winner, I love both styles. 😍 It was so much fun during your live, I was covered in paint, I began my 4th attempt (I had by that time painted for 2 hours😅) so when you started the live I just took a sip whenever you said cheers. 🥳 In Denmark your live started at 1 am, I was done cleaning at 4.30. 😂 It was a great live the only thing I missed was 2 clean fingers to write in the chat. 😅 I'm so looking forward to going to Ireland, can't wait. 🤩

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

😂😂 two fingers! Can’t wait for Dublin! ❤❤ Happy New Year!!

[@Heidi.P.L-PourLove]

@@WaterfallAcrylics me too, it's gonna be a great painting party. 🥳 Happy new year 😊

[@HollyFischerArt]

This is gorgeous. I LOVE this in every way - the color the composition. Everything about it is just stunning.

[@deeanders8632]

Oh Karen I love your colour palette. You’ve definitely chosen my favourite, I to love the negative space & the cells are to die for. Love love love it! 💕🎨👩‍🎨

[@tina-ec7ce]

ABSOLUTELY Stunning that color palette is Amazing!! of course Any colors in your hands are going to have a Fabulous ending!! ty for sharing You Rock!!! 💛🧡💚💙

[@rebeccabarnes3324]

I love the one you did today Karen! They are both beautiful ! The color palette is amazing as always…. 🙏

[@rochellereis2810]

Omg, look at all those cells, amazing ❤😊

[@louise9973]

It's beautiful, I've been using oils for 25yrs, I'm about to try acrylic pouring for the first time. Being in New Zealand helps with buying Australian flood. Not cheap. $25 500ml. Love your style. I'm gonna play with incorporating oil in acrylic with different mediums and see what happens.

[@thislittlepiggy3349]

So pretty!

[@debrahaberman5592]

I also like the second one better. Theyre both beautiful, but the second one gives me an airier vibe. Beautiful colors. Happy, Healthy New Year to you and your family.

[@donnabeasley251]

Beautiful! The cells..WOW!🥰

[@mikes01girl]

Hi I loved your New Year’s Eve party and if anybody gives you any crap I’ll kick their butt lol just kidding ❤anyways I’m the same way I only drink a couple times a year. I am so in love with your deconstructed blooms that I could only pick that one. Sorry it’s my fave.

[@ArtByJulieE]

Both are so stunning but yes, today's blow and spin is a definite winner for me too 😍😍😍

[@paulasilveri7800]

LOVE this color palette!! Just gorgeous!

[@alicerowan4688]

If I have to choose, I think I prefer the one with the negative space and bold lines. Have a great time in Dublin - I’d love to go myself. Take care!

[@user-pb8jp9qv4k]

I dig it too!

[@alexandriamonk2345]

I loved the live! I'm glad you hosted it! Lol, when you were blowing out the bloom on today's video I said "oooohhhh yeah!" It's an oh so satisfying moment to watch the CA spread and fall into cells! Both paintings are beautiful, but I'm partial to deconstructed blooms! I look forward to the next comparison video!

[@nadinehoffmanart]

Karen, you know how much I love watching you paint! I love finding things in your paintings. Do you see what I see? I don’t want to get this posted deleted by my comment, hopefully that will give it away when you look on the left side at the white line within the orange outlined by black. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

I’m choosing to ignore it! 🤣🫣🫣

[@alicerowan4688]

Love, love, LOVE this painting, Karen! I have to agree about the lines - I try to achieve those heavy lines with clearly defined cells and vibrancy (a good color palette, too) Getting there is altogether different 😂 but I’m working on it and watching your work is not only inspiring, it makes me realize it’s possible. ❤

[@artlor2002]

Absolutely fabulous!!!

[@judydigisi]

Karen, I love both of them. It's too hard to pick one. I love this color palette.

[@jeanettewhite2144]

Absolutely love it Karen ❤❤

[@sandy12183]

Karen, l love this color pallette, wow !! It is beautiful. The cute little swimming sperm fits in really well Karen😂 . I seen it and giggled to myself! It is the tip of the flower

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🫣🫣

[@LouiseMcKayArt]

Love this color palette, Karen, can’t choose between the two they both have beautiful aspects on their own.

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Happy New Year Louise!!

[@gratefulcreations]

Nice piece. I like the negative space too. Love that Lukascryl. Beautiful blow out. Thanks Karen

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Happy New Year Michelle!!!

[@katherinemattox6346]

😊😊

[@user-uk6ze8un6e]

4:18PM January 15, 2024..I'm a beginner of acrylic pouring..and I stopped to watch this and yet again the world proves there's not enough kindness ANYMORE!!😊 I a😊lw😊ays tell those😊 that judge😊 or belittle me so " your part of the 3 F club" funny I don't think your feed,f-ing or financing me!!!😊

[@lisadumas6422]

OMG I love this color palette and I tried to find the video of it look like a 12 by 24 maybe same colors that you showed at the beginning of this, I went through all your videos and I can't find it. This I love earth tones in this is so close to being Earth Tony look for lack of a better words . I wish I knew the video number. Learn that tip from you about how much paint on the squer and also I remember correct me if I'm wrong as far as your pillow about 2 inches from the sides? I am so in love with this color palette and the piece itself . 😮😮😮🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@brendataylor5928]

Love all your work Karen. I watched your New Year’s Eve show Jan 1st and I was laughing so hard! I don’t drink very often either but when I do I love to giggle and laugh Happy New year Karen from NB Canada!

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Happy New Year!!

[@margueritejewett7355]

hello I am back now after 6 plus months . I do the same as you , I do not drink maybe 1 to 2 x a year . great job

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Welcome back!

[@ShelliAndersonArt]

I was able to catch part of your New Year’s Eve live… Would’ve loved to have stayed. You were having too much fun lol.😂 And I love this color palette. Both pieces are beautiful.❤

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Thanks Shelli! Happy New Year!!

[@ShelliAndersonArt]

@@WaterfallAcrylics Happy New Year to you too❤️

[@margueritejewett7355]

i am interested in your spinner as well , i will look for info on it too

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Spinner from Erica Hughes Art.

[@susanemerson269]

I’m sorry, I watch you all the time and I believe I saw you use Latex but could not remember which one.

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Susan I found it! It’s this video and #309! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKi9m4x7jbmepq8si=GovydXthcenDczzX

[@riefler0220]

Gorgeous, have you ever blown it out so that its all line work without the cell activator?

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

There would be no line work without the CA!

[@donnabesley1151]

Karen, I was looking through your videos trying to find the one where you mix your paints for the bloom.

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Hi! It’s this one; but it needs updated to include my latest recipe. You can find my recipe in the description section of newer videos. Making a new one is on my to-do list! kzbin.info/www/bejne/poW2hWZpm8eSbaMsi=hNIuM9lbFxj-tW-g

[@lolagazebo5632]

Hi, Karen! I thoroughly enjoyed your New Year's Eve bash, and I LOVED the first painting! I have questions for you re KS Resin products. I have been buying the KS Liquid Art Ultra, as it is listed as having the best UV resistance. The Liquid Art Elite is listed as a thin formula with UV protection. In the product affiliations section, you note that you buy the Ultra Elite, so I'm wondering if you meant to say Elite? The one I use (Ultra) brings back the colors from the freshly-painted wet look which I love, but I'm not crazy about the plastic appearance this gives to the paintings. Yours don't look that way. So, if you do use the Elite version and use two coats, I'm guessing this gives both good protection but without the overly-plasticized appearance? I wanted to check with you on this, because I would like to have a more natural finish, but I hate the idea of having to go through the resining twice for each painting. Next question: when using two coats of resin, do you find it works best to remove the tape after the first coat and replace with fresh tape (once it has cured) for easier removal after the second resining? Meanwhile, you are my principal inspiration and instructor for (deconstructed) bloom pours. Yours are the best, both color-wise and in composition! I have learned so much from you and am so grateful for all the wonderful tips and help you give us, along with all of the help using the blow dryer appropriately! Happy New Year, Susan H.

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Hi Susan! I went to their website to double check and it looks like they have recently updated all of their products! I haven’t had to buy any since October when it was still the Ultra Elite. I’d say 85% of the time I do a second coat but I want the best UV protection possible so will stick with the Liquid Art Ultra UV version. Yes to fresh tape between coats! It makes life easier! Thank you for the lovely comments! ❤️❤️

[@elzbietaskorupa9612]

Piękne

[@lisadumas6422]

The one you're showing right now that you did for the New Year's Eve live I Believe It's 12:24 gallery, may I ask what video number that was ? Please and thank you😮😮❤❤❤

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

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[@darlafrazier8575]

Beautiful. Where do you get the clamps that you keep your canvas on the spinner, and what are they called? Thank you so much. You are the only artist I watch on You Tube anymore. Love you.

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Hi and thank you! ❤️. The stoppers came with the spinner-I bought it from Erica Hughes. Link is in the description section. She sells extras too!

[@darlafrazier8575]

Thank you very much. Just ordered one. @@WaterfallAcrylics

[@elmarievanwyk6030]

Can please tell me how you made your spinner and the clips you used to keep your painting in place? I’m a new pourer and my painting keeps moving on my spinner ❤❤

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Link to the spinner is in the description section.

[@jm2784]

Hello poderia dizer em poucas palavras como você faz aquele " X " para prender a Tela. Oque você usa para diluir a Tinta? Gratidão amiga.

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

I’m sorry I don’t understand your question?

[@lauraglass1558]

Where do you find frames for the skinny canvases? Most of the floating frames I see are for 1 1/2” canvases.

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Lately I’ve been finding them on Amazon!

[@susanemerson269]

Karen, I’m new at pouring and I have a project that is a seahorse on wood. I would like to mix a small amt of resin with mica powder to highlight the head. My question is how to apply Latex to protect the rest and then pour resin over the rest. Help please

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

You mean liquid latex? It’s awful on wood! A nightmare to remove! I would use exterior painters tape from Scotch.

[@anastasiadamou4759]

κρίμα στενοχωριέμαι τόσο πολύ που δεν έχετε μετάφραση στα Ελληνικά Το θέλω τόσο πολύ σας παρακαλώ ,Καλή συνέχεια

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Hi! I added Greek to the last 5 videos. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@kellycampbell8820]

Where can I get a spinner like that?

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

Link is in the description section.

[@lemon1679]

It's none of anyone's business, people need to stop judging people.

[@carolgivati7372]

Both are lovely but you did add champagne to the paint on New year's eve so maybe that's why it sparkles more?🫠😉 Just wonder how that will affect the paint life in long-term thkugh?

[@WaterfallAcrylics]

I feel confident that a few drops that have since evaporated will have no ill effects.