HUGE, Fluffy, Jellyfish pearls! WOW! Fluid Art Tutorial

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Come paint with me at the Fluid Art Experience in November... I'm teaching 2 techniques - the Nautilus Pour and the Wing Pour!
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@ItsArtByDonnaM
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There are many artists who are excellent at pearl pours. Here are a few of my favorites to watch for inspiration - if you want to learn this technique and all that it's capable of, I highly recommend that you check out these channels as well!

@Sara Taylor
@Pieces of Tara Artistry
@COZ Creations Art

These are what I would consider my first 'successful' pearl pours. Here's what I've learned so far:

Keys to Success for a Pearl Pour
1.CONSISTENCY - If you are used to pouring with thicker consistency paints like I am, you'll be adding a scary amount of water! My recipe is listed below. These paints are thinner than what I use for Dutch Pours, which I have always thought was as thin as I could go. This leaves NO mound when drizzled off of the stir stick. In fact, it makes an indent.
2. STRETCHING - The more paint you leave on the canvas, the less pearls you will get. The first piece, I stretched a lot, and the second piece I left more paint on the canvas. The difference is noticeable. I'm happy with both, but something to keep in mind as I play with this technique more.
3. PATIENCE - The pearls will continue to grow for at least 1/2 hour, and new one's will form in this time as well. I used a straw to blow down into the paints to encourage them to form in specific areas... I'm not sure this was completely necessary. Next time I will wait longer before trying to add more.
4. The pearl paints eat the other colors. So strong contrast (darker colors) make a bigger impact.
5. Because these paints were so very thin, I used a split cup to reduce the amount of blending. There are an infinite number of ways to add your pour colors. Next time, I think I will puddle the paints directly on the canvas rather than using a cup.

Pearl Recipe:
2 parts Floetrol, 1 part Vallejo Pearl Medium, 1 part paint, water to consistency.

All of the other paints were mixed 3 parts Floetrol to 1 part paint, and thinned with water to match the pearl paint consistency.

Colors:
Chromacryl Acrylic Essentials White
Amsterdam Prussian Blue
Amsterdam Turquoise Green
Amsterdam Permanent Blue Violet
Amsterdam Primary Cyan
Amsterdam Primary Yellow

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