acrylic paint tricks

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Permalink Reply by Belinda Ross (Bee) on March 29, 2009 at 5:07pm

Hi Debs,
Turps sprayed or splashed on to wet acrylic paint will make it split and form a bubble look a bit like a water splash.
x Bee

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Permalink Reply by Debs on March 29, 2009 at 10:56pm

really? I tried turps once and got nothing :( Does the paint have to be watered down first... i tried it with kind of runny paint...a Jo Sonia paint. Maybe a thicker paint would be better? I didn't have any luck the first time i tried with turps. I wonder what i did wrong...

Thanks Bee, i might have to try it again and see.
Anyone else had any luck?

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Permalink Reply by Belinda Ross (Bee) on March 29, 2009 at 11:32pm

Now I'm not going to be any help to you. My friend used it on one of her paintings and I don't know if there was something else to it??? I saw the effect but I haven't tried it. Sorry. There is bound to be someone else that will know.
I tried to help lol

Edit - I have been thinking and Enamel paint rings a bell. Not sure if the coat underneath the acrylic was Enamel?? Ummmmm dunno that's probably way wrong too ;O)

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Permalink Reply by Debs on March 29, 2009 at 11:37pm

LOL Thats cool Bee, i appreciate it anyway. I could give it another go and see what happens. In the mean time someone might have some more ideas too.
Thanks again!
debs

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Permalink Reply by Belinda Ross (Bee) on March 29, 2009 at 11:41pm

Oops you snuck back in while I was editing my post hehe.
Yeah you never know what you might come up with whilst experimenting

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Permalink Reply by Jan Jackson on March 30, 2009 at 2:30am

if you mean you want a "crackle" sort of effect, paint watered down white glue (half and half) on your work and then cover it thickly with acrylic paint. Must be done wet in wet for the glue to split the paint. effect will run with the brush strokes

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Permalink Reply by Annie on March 30, 2009 at 2:57am

I think Gary includes this effect in one of his videos... sorry can't remember which one..
Gary can you help..?
x Annie

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Permalink Reply by Wendy Johnson on March 30, 2009 at 3:56am

Gary did a whole vid on this on his Capricornartist73 channel on yt. Put acrylic coat down....let dry. Then second layer needs to be a little watery and still wet.....then squirt on the turps....paint will split. It seem to work really well if the undercoat was done with spray paint. Maybe give that a go. I will have a look for Gary's vid for you and send link.

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Permalink Reply by Donna AKA artsycalgal on March 30, 2009 at 9:41am

You can use denatured alcohol...similar to ordinary rubbing alcohol...using either the drip method (from a squeeze bottle with a needle like tip or other bottle with a narrow tip) or spraying it. Don't use the stuff you can get off of the shelf, though. Go to your pharmacist and ask them to order the 99% solution. It isn't too expensive. Mine was about $5.70 for one pint...475ml. You have to use it on wet acrylic paint.

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Permalink Reply by Debs on March 30, 2009 at 1:59pm

Thanks so much everyone for your advice. I was going back through some of Gary's videos trying to find something. I think i saw the one where he put acrylic over spray paint and put turps on.
Hadn't heard of the glue one so thanks for that Jan.
And thanks Donna for the denatured alcohol tip....will have to go to the chemist as i've never seen that anywhere else...in a hardware shop for example. I wonder if its known by another name (i'm in Australia.) Maybe its called that everywhere.
Cheers guys.

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Permalink Reply by Donna AKA artsycalgal on March 30, 2009 at 5:00pm

When I asked the Pharmacist about it, I asked about rubbing alcohol...or isopropyl alcohol...and denatured alcohol is what is on the label of what he gave me. It certainly smells the same. Basically it's the stuff a nurse rubs on your arm before giving you an injection.

Debs said:

Thanks so much everyone for your advice. I was going back through some of Gary's videos trying to find something. I think i saw the one where he put acrylic over spray paint and put turps on.
Hadn't heard of the glue one so thanks for that Jan.
And thanks Donna for the denatured alcohol tip....will have to go to the chemist as i've never seen that anywhere else...in a hardware shop for example. I wonder if its known by another name (i'm in Australia.) Maybe its called that everywhere.
Cheers guys.

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Permalink Reply by Dara on April 22, 2009 at 11:01pm

This site is awesome, everyone seems so helpful! I tried turps (the green turpentine metal can from blick art) a few times and it didnt work for me at all. I have been spending the last 2 months trying to find this white spirits (which I cant seem to find anywhere in the US). After seeing one of Gary's tip videos (for the 3rd time) I realized what I was doing wrong. If you use a spray bottle that mists, it wont work no matter what you do, how much turp you put on the piece,or how much you water down the paint. You have to get a spray bottle that sprays a harder stream onto the canvas, and it will work like a champ. Have a great day!

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