I also use Dollar store paints. True. They work well. No need for us to continue to buy expensive paints, unless you are commissioned to paint. Thank you for validating this. I am enjoying your style. ❤❤❤

I love your perspective & I agree!! I've spent soooo much money & still do struggle to not buy every single thing out there! It's crazy & right now I'm making myself not buy anything else & use what I have. I have boxes full of expensive paints & pigments I haven't even used yet, but kept buying. So far I've gone 2 months without buying anything! It's been tough lol but im sticking to it! Beautiful painting as always Cindy 🥰♥️

@user-uj9cy2wj1j

Жыл бұрын

I am guilty too. No more purchases. 🙄

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks Heather. I did the same thing a few months back. I too had every color one could want...not need. We all forget that we can combine the primary colors to make many, many other colors and different hues if each. Quite often when I am choosing my color pallet I pick 2 contrasting colors.. from there I divide the color, add white to some and black to the other... I now have 6 colors.. We all forget color mixing 101. Good for you using up what you have before repurchasing. Its always amazing what you can do when we set our minds to it. Cindy

@danutahalina7014

Жыл бұрын

Oj , jak to dobrze , że nie jestem sama w tym szaleństwie ... 😂 Jestem początkująca w wylewaniu i bawieniu się farbami i wbiłam sobie w głowę , że nie mogę dobrze malować , jak nie mam wszystkiego tego ,co w filmikach jest pokazywane ... więc kupuję ,kupuję i kupuję i już nie mam gdzie tego trzymać ... a obrazy jakoś nie chcą się same namalować ... 😂 i pewnie dlatego trafiłam na ten " stawiający do pionu " filmik i w końcu ruszę się do malowania ... dziękuję ... 🙏🙏🙏💚💛💚

I love my dollar tree paints!

Fabulous piece I am so pleased that I have found your channel again ❤

Just beautiful 🎉

Love your attitude, and the painting!

Thank you for the common sense advice. I’m not painting for anyone but myself so I don’t need expensive paints. I wondered about the dollar store paints and you just showed us that you can create beautiful work with them. Thank you!

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely Paula, I use the dollartree paints quite frequently.. both straight and mixed with pm. They are a great way to learn and practice techniques. Happy painting. Cindy

Beautiful. Love it.😊

Just beautiful 😍

Delicate, beautiful, and unique! Love the colors,🧡🧡🧡

New to channel. Your advice on cheaper paints will help so many people. I have a lot of expensive ones and also dollar tree and Walmart brands. I too paint as therapy. If someone sees something I’ve done and likes it I gift it to them. Thank you for sharing. Your pour turned out stunning as well

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome Patti, I do the very same. I have sent total strangers pieces for no other reason than they liked them. I wish someone would have turned me onto the fact that less expensive brands work when I first started fluid painting. I too baught absolutely everything recommended and still wasn't able to produce anything I was proud of. For those of us who paint for the sheer enjoyment of painting or are just learning I think these brands are wonderful. Many thanks for joining me Patti... Cindy

I like your advice ... cheap cheap works for me ... I will be starting to paint soon ... your advise makes perfect sense!!! Thank you Cindy!❤

Beautiful 🎉

This is beautiful!! That Acrylique paint, I heard from somewhere has a heavy pigment to it. I'm guilty of buying shiny new things all the time. I just moved my art studio to our winter condo and couldn't believe the amount of paint I have. No more new paints for me at least until they release the new piggies 🤣🤣

Cindy, your approach to painting is so refreshing. No bells and whistles just beautiful art.

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Lol..thank you. That sums me up in a nut shell.. no bells or whistles. I keep life as simple and uncomplicated as possible (most of the time). Hope you have a great Easter weekend, shared with ones you love. Cindy

This is beautiful. ❤ Thank you for the tips. Just starting myself.

Thank you for a common sense and less expensive approach to pour art ❤

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Deana, my pleasure. I'm always looking for little ways to keep the cost in check... Cindy

Simplemente maravilloso....!!!!

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks Maria. 😊 Cindy

It looks amazing! Love the thrifty ideas

Beautiful painting, Cindy! 💖Very cool technique!

Very nice! I love that orange and yellow swipe that looks like a long leaf.

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Thank you August. I liked that long lesf type thing as well. It's really pretty in real life as the outer edge is TLP lemon Sorbet on black. Who can't use a bit of bling Right? Cindy

Thank you.❤

Thank you so much for telling us all out here that there is a simple and cheap way to make excellent flow art. I am a beginner and I have already spent a small fortune on art products and I am getting a little fed up with the bills. Now I can take heart that I can also use cheap paints sold here in the UK best wishes JB (UK)

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Hi Joyce, so sorry for such a lengthy response time to get back to you. I understand all too Well! Fluid Art is quite costly and unpredictable so we never really know if we will like the outcome . Cutting costs down helps a little. I would much rather be working with professional series products but i need to eat as well. 🤔 Cindy

I can't tell you how much I appreciate this video! I'm so happy you didn't wreck that stunning painting! It's just as lovely as any painting I've seen with expensive paints and pouring mediums! You definitely have mastered that swipe tool! I can't swipe worth a poo with them and I use playing cards which makes it so hard to get those curves and swirls. But I can see that using them helps me get more comfortable and hopefully I will be able to eventually master those pallet knives! I also wanted to complement you on your composition .. you most definitely have a natural talent! So happy I saw your post on FB .. I subscribed and you have a new fan! Thank you again!

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Many, many thanks for joining me. I totally get the challenge with Swiping! I've been there. Try as many tools as it takes, wet paper towel, small bits of card stock. I found that the swiping took had to be somewhat flexible to begin with. I had the hardest time when I first started. Sometimes it's as simple as how it feels in your fingers and how gentle you can be. I think playing cards would be quite rigid to learn with.. I was terrible at pushing way to hard and digging into the underlying paints. Just try to glide it over the top. You will get it! Happy Easter to you and yours. Cindy

Love it, beautiful !!

I just learned something new from you! I can't afford to buy all the stuff other artists do so this was refreshing to hear and see. Love the color palette, my favorite colors. I will be practicing this method for sure. I love the northern light type swipe on top!

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

That would be cool Erja. Pour painting is definitely expensive especially when you are not guaranteed on a happy outcome. I have scrape and wasted buckets of paint... sad to say. I try to keep cost factor in perspective and although I have all the products I still play around with inexpensive paints and resource out as many products as I ca n. Why not right? At the end of the day painting is my therapist and as long as I am satisfied with the end result does it really matter how I got there. Paint happy and just have fun with it. Cindy

You are so creative and love your idea using dollar tree paint. They are very good paints and work pretty good.

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks.. Dollar tree paints are a great way for many people to embrace creativity without going broke in the process. Let's face is life is costly these days and any cut corners are helpful. Cindy😀

Your swipes are so beautiful ❤️

This piece is beautiful ❤❤❤

Really beautiful!

Thank you love this bright and happy

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Linda, Happy Easter to you and yours.. dont eat too many chocolate Eggs! Cindy

Great advice and guidance Cindy. It’s so easy to get caught up, with the myriad of pouring mediums and the right brands of Acrylic paints. By the time we get that together, then it’s worrying whether or not you have the right consistency for the particular technique you want to do. By the time you think your ready, the please and fun of actually pouring, is gone. This swipe is beautiful 😍. Take care, sending love from Australia ♥️💥🙏💐💐

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

No kidding Fiona.. I agree 100%. I remember when I first started, followed 5 or more artists, baught exactly what they taught and had absolutely no sucess. I actually stopped my fluid journey for over a year. I felt like such a looser and wanted to toss everything out the kitchen window. When I decided to try it again I began with a much less eagerness to achieve amazing and I just settled on ok... that is when things changed and I realized I could do this. You can mix exactly like the pros and not get anywhere close to what they can do. Experience speaks volumes and getting good at anything is a right of passage. No one ever got good on their first try.. And let's not forget that environmental factors play a huge role in the world of paint. I always feel so bad for people I see struggling with certain techniques... I get it. There are so many people that do not have access or funds to purchase all of the "have to haves".. this was intended as just a simple reminder that you don't really need all the stuff.. I did similar years back with photography. I am a good photographer with a knack to see things others miss. I decided I should actually take course and really learn how to use my camera. That course became so over whelming with technical jargon that I found I had lost my creative eye.. I began to focus on aperture values and time values and a bunch of other crap. I totally lost my creative eye and my natural instinct. It quickly became very unrewarding and no longer fun. Now I keep everything as simple and uncomplicated as possible. Life is way to short to get wrapped up in technology and science.. I am pretty free spirited and just enjoy embracing where my journey takes me. Cindy

@user-uj9cy2wj1j

Жыл бұрын

​@@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173Great advice. I get so caught up in recipes. When I started I got frustrated and just mixed-up whatever and created custom Dollar Tree 8 x 10s for some of my coworkers when I transferred departments. They loved them. I didn't write what I did. I was happy completing my plan. 🎉

This is beautiful! Loving the color combination.

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Judy.. pretty warm oranges always warm the soul. Wishing you and yours a Happy Easter. Cindy

Very honest advice ❤

I just love this - I have spent toooo much money- really came to light when I did my taxes for my business so this is amazing and I so love the end result :)

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Hi Lori... I just joined you on your channel.. 😀. I'm sure we all spend way more than we Think! I figure we all need one vice... I don't smoke, seldom go out and only drink socially..... my therapy is paint. 😀 Cindy

@LoriHoustonArt

Жыл бұрын

@@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173 Hi CIndy- Thank you so much for coming to my channel- I am a huge fan and humble to have you their. SO I do not smoke, drink socially too and my painting is what makes everything else ok - definitely therapy - thanks again :)

That is so beautiful 😻

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks Patricia. Cindy

Beautiful

This video is titled with "no medium" yet you said some were mixed with medium? Confused. Thanks for the video. 😊

Je vous découvre depuis 30 mn et j’aime beaucoup ce que vous faites et surtout comme vous le précisez avec de la peinture pas trop chère.

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Hi Bridgitte, many thanks for joining me. I am pretty thrifty so I try to keep my cost factor in check. Let's face it life is getting financially challenging for most of us. It's pretty easy to source out and buy less costly products. Thank you so much once again. Cindy

So pretty

Hermoso

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks Maria 😊. Cindy

This piece is absolutely STUNNING!! I love it. It's very oriental. Do you add a pouring medium to your paint or do you use it straight out of the bottle? I wish I would have met you several years ago when I started doing fluid art -- you would have saved me A LOT of money. I LOVE your style and am so glad I happened to come across you and am anxious to watch your other videos.

This is truly one of the best compositions i have seen!😮 I absolutely LOVE IT!! We don't have a $Store in Suth Africa, but a Crazy Store instead that sells cheap brands that also work well. Also the 1:1 cheap white glue they sell & water makes good a good pouring medium that gives sdecent cells if you want them 🎉 I will be following your progress - keep going gal!! ❤❤😊❤

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks Joanne, your fortunate to have your crazy store... I have spoken with others from SA and they don't have access to many of the products. Lucky you!. I have no experience using the glue pm but it's been on my radar to try for quite some time. I'm sure there are so many less expensive alternatives to many of these techniques if a guy just had the time to sit and experiment. What ratio are you measuring your glue/water pm? I've seen some gorgeous pours using a 60/40 mix and a few drops of silicone oil to encourage cells.. Cindy

Floetrol and Minwax work same as a pouring medium..😄

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Hi Macska, the purpose and intent of this video was to give viewers the chance to realize that pouring mediums were not always necessary in fluid art. Many folks are unable to access or afford costly paint and mediums and are not aware that they can create without using a pm. Pouring medium would be defined as a substance added to acrylic paints to increase flow and alter viscosity allowing them to flow more freely. There are no additives in these paints... straight up. Are you possibly thinking of Floetrol and Minwax polyacrylic mixed together as Pm? Minwax wood conditioner has very different properties and is generally added to a cell mix only to create cells and lacing. (A cheater recipe to Aussie floeteol). I would think if you added wood conditioner to all of your paint it would result in a silicone type reaction through out the piece. 😀. Cindy

@magyarka1

Жыл бұрын

@@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173 Thanks a lot !

Thank you for the ideas. I am starting to use Acrylique paints from Dollar Tree. So you can use the paint straight from the bottle without any medium? Thank you for answering my question.

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Hi Alan, yes I use them directly from the bottle... I do not have alot of experience with blues or browns but the colors I do use work well . I'm not sure of how they will hold up over time but having said that I have pieces I painted at least 4 years back that are the exact color as the day painted. Still a good way to create and learn without it being necessary to remortgage the house to afford paint. 😀. Cindy

Oh wow! I had no idea.

@lindawhite1515

Жыл бұрын

I love this painting. 👏👏👏

@biner59

Жыл бұрын

💕💕💕

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Linda.. quite a cost effective way to create & come with some pretty pieces. We all get so emersed in the "have to haves" we forget that we can step back and simplify things. Cindy

Love love love this! Do you have a video on how you do your pouring medium?

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Hi Lisa, I have a couple but I must say I change my pm quite frequently. At this point (when I am using pm) its a 50/50 mix of artist loft pm/valspar season flex base c. If it seems a bit thin I add a blob of Elmer's glue all or Behr 8300 (I'm not fond of Behr). I mix each color with medium and then evaluate the consistency to see if I need to thicken or thin. Cindy

Can these paints be stretched out on a larger canvas or would something be lost?

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Lol.. I was just talking about this.. the truth be told I don't know. They can definitely be stretched out further by simply using more paint. What I don't know is how lightfast they would be over time. Having said that I have pieces that I painted at least 4 years back (brush work).. they are exactly the same color as they began. Even some of the high quality paints won't hold color, every pigment is different. It would be a super fun experiment doing a large fluid piece with these cheap paints just to see. I resin all of my tiles and I think the resin probably yields some protective quality as well... Cindy

How did you get cells?

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Hi, I did one swipe with a cell mix.. Using US floetrol.. 3 tbsp Floetrol, 1 tbsp Amsterdam paint, 1 tbsp Elmer's glue all... mix well. Once mixed I add 1/2 tsp of minwax wood conditioner... and water to thin if needed. Cindy

Wait..so your video say's"One more with no medium" and then you go on to(3:11) a bit of Floetrol,miniwax,and glue!?

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Hi Kenneth you are correct I added one swipe with additives just to add a splash of interest with cells. My main objective was to share with folks that you can use less expensive brands and still create a petty piece. Cindy

Well, I came to this video because it says "No medium", only to find out you actually use Floetrol & Minwax which are definitely mediums, Also you keep repeating throughout the video that this art doesn't need to be expensive, yet you're using Amsterdam & Tlp which is definitely not cheap. Saying things and not show anything from what you described in the title is not cool. Very disappointing.

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Hi I'm not really sure how to respond to your comment without coming off as sarcastic or snappy so if I sound that way it is absolutley not my intention. First off I'm sorry if you feel you were mislead. I did not use any pouring medium in my paints they were straight out of the bottles. Acrylique brand from the Dollartree costing $1.50 a bottle. My objective of this video was to show people that they can still create without the expense. I believe I gave a full and honest disclosure regarding additives in my cell mix. Again I'm sorry you feel different. Minwax wood conditioner and floetrol mixed as a cell activator is not a pouring medium..it is a cell activator which I used for nothing more than to create a little different texture. I could have created depth and greater visual interest by simply using a darker color. Pouring medium is a substance added to acrylic paints to increase their pouring ability and viscosity. Perhaps you are thinking about pm made with floetrol and minwax polyacrylic? Completely different product, creating a much different result. Cell mix (used in blooms and swipes is a totally different thing) not added to paints but mearly swiped over the top. Perhaps rather than feeling mislead or disappointed you could see past one swipe and see the creative ability with Dollar store paint mixed with no medium. I personally use many pm mixes and many additives in my general work, this was to provide encouragement for folks that are unable to access or afford the more costly products. TLP & Amsterdam paints are definitely costly products and ones that many cannot afford, it was added for just a bit of sparkle. I appreciate your comment and honesty. I'm happy with the final outcome and know that many, many viewers were able to see through one swipe and a bit of sparkle. Cindy

@Loonit23

Жыл бұрын

@@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173 OK, first I apologize for coming out a bit harshly, it was after looking for a specific subject and finding lots of videos "offering" things that just weren't true, it's tiresome to watch 5 minutes of every single video and find out it is not what they specified in the title - Because it was a big waste of time that I didn't have. That said, I feel a little cheated by your video because your work looks like that because of the TLP and the other stuff you added and not the cheap paints... So it isn't fair to give others the impression they will get this results with dollar store paints. Because they won't. I use cheaper brands and mediums and the paintings doesn't look like what is in your video. Maybe it's more of a verbal encouragement than a visual one but I still felt it needed to be said, and I thank you for understanding my point of view.

you cant pronounce the work acrylique

@lauraborgmann8285

Жыл бұрын

What

@acrylicpouringwithcindyvan9173

Жыл бұрын

Sorry Audra, I'm confused 😕.. Cindy