So! It’s been a while. The past couple of months it’s been like the North Pole where I live. Ok, I exaggerate. I will just say that I’ve never seen a winter like it here in my life. With those temperatures it’s been hard to come out to the studio. Can’t burn because the base wood temps just cool down my burning tips. Couldn’t pour paint because… well, temps. Now everything is soggy and wet and gray…BUT…it’s warmer. So, back to the studio I go. I have continued learning my new craft over the winter… pyrography (that always makes me giggle, it was “woodburning” in my day). I am currently working on one large piece, and do smaller/easier pieces on the side. Here is a video of my progress to date on the large piece. It’s a table insert done on hickory wood, which is VERY hard. Maybe too hard a wood for someone as new as I am, but it’s begun and I WILL finish it.
Last week I ended up with a bad case of the stomach flu. While in bed for 3 days what else is one to do, but end up binge watching Netflix or streaming videos on YouTube? I generally opt for YouTube. I always find so much inspiration there.
I must preface the coming story and say that while I’ve been pouring acrylics for 8-9 years now…. There have been a LOT of advancements. When I pour I use pouring medium and acrylic paints or acrylic inks. It’s a thick pour process, done in layers. There are different techniques that I use with that, but you’ve got the general idea. I still cruise YouTube, for inspirations in color choices or new techniques to try. Every once in a while I would see a new video here and there… usually by Michele Theberge. What I didn’t know was that in the past little bit, there has been an explosion in acrylic pour as an art medium on YouTube. And leading the charge is Annemarie Ridderhof. I watched and re-watched her videos for three days. Everything that she does is familiar to me… except that she uses one ingredient that I’ve never tried… silicone. When mixed with acrylic paints (then poured and sometimes “swiped”) the paints bloom into beautifully colored and contained cells. I’ve had cells pop up in my works before (and have always LOVED them) but you can’t MAKE them happen... or can you? When you mix silicone correctly with acrylics and water you can. I’m now so excited to try a new step in my painting process that I’m just bursting! It’s the Acrylic Pour Jones. Anyone who’s poured can tell you it’s real. Lol. Thankfully, Annemarie has started an amazing group on FB, and I am now in contact with people, all over the world, who are as addicted to “pouring” as I am. Here are a couple of postcards of (parts) of a painting that I did, a while back, that had a small amount of cell action in different areas…
I must preface the coming story and say that while I’ve been pouring acrylics for 8-9 years now…. There have been a LOT of advancements. When I pour I use pouring medium and acrylic paints or acrylic inks. It’s a thick pour process, done in layers. There are different techniques that I use with that, but you’ve got the general idea. I still cruise YouTube, for inspirations in color choices or new techniques to try. Every once in a while I would see a new video here and there… usually by Michele Theberge. What I didn’t know was that in the past little bit, there has been an explosion in acrylic pour as an art medium on YouTube. And leading the charge is Annemarie Ridderhof. I watched and re-watched her videos for three days. Everything that she does is familiar to me… except that she uses one ingredient that I’ve never tried… silicone. When mixed with acrylic paints (then poured and sometimes “swiped”) the paints bloom into beautifully colored and contained cells. I’ve had cells pop up in my works before (and have always LOVED them) but you can’t MAKE them happen... or can you? When you mix silicone correctly with acrylics and water you can. I’m now so excited to try a new step in my painting process that I’m just bursting! It’s the Acrylic Pour Jones. Anyone who’s poured can tell you it’s real. Lol. Thankfully, Annemarie has started an amazing group on FB, and I am now in contact with people, all over the world, who are as addicted to “pouring” as I am. Here are a couple of postcards of (parts) of a painting that I did, a while back, that had a small amount of cell action in different areas…
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The torch and the silicone have been ordered.
And, Away we go!
Kim XOXO
PS ~ If you enjoy watching the process of fluid art, then please check out some of Annemarie's videos on her YouTube channel (you never know, you may become an Acrylic Pour Addict as well): https://www.youtube.com/user/woodypoo .
These are the kinds of cells that Annemarie Ridderhof gets.....
And, Away we go!
Kim XOXO
PS ~ If you enjoy watching the process of fluid art, then please check out some of Annemarie's videos on her YouTube channel (you never know, you may become an Acrylic Pour Addict as well): https://www.youtube.com/user/woodypoo .
These are the kinds of cells that Annemarie Ridderhof gets.....
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