tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-861706995665148491.post1050009666983574171..comments2023-09-23T07:05:52.929-05:00Comments on Artistic Dreamer: What’s So Great About Fluid Acrylics?Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023139696088340742noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-861706995665148491.post-10839635821494754452010-04-18T22:08:55.631-05:002010-04-18T22:08:55.631-05:00Yes quite true, Nina. Different times call for dif...Yes quite true, Nina. Different times call for different paints. I saw that technique you described on a DVD with the artist Carrie Burns Brown called “Mixed Media Collage-Watermedia Collage Workshop”. Very cool!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023139696088340742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-861706995665148491.post-39633376973458323822010-04-01T21:21:13.520-05:002010-04-01T21:21:13.520-05:00Love, love watercolors and fluid acrylics, but now...Love, love watercolors and fluid acrylics, but now shifting to full-bodied after abt.40 yrs:-)<br /><br />Different strokes for different folks, and at different times. I especially liked diluting the fl. acrylics to wash tissue paper and get a very FLAT surface for embellishing and collaging.Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08573186109497114094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-861706995665148491.post-78607965076023486682010-03-28T16:12:47.349-05:002010-03-28T16:12:47.349-05:00I’m glad to see someone who enjoys fluid acrylics....I’m glad to see someone who enjoys fluid acrylics. As your blog shows, you have done some fine things with them, using them in your journals.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023139696088340742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-861706995665148491.post-49476020222840386152010-03-24T22:35:32.250-05:002010-03-24T22:35:32.250-05:00Hmmm....I LOVE my fluid acrylics!!! They glide so ...Hmmm....I LOVE my fluid acrylics!!! They glide so easily across the page, or canvas...especially with acrylic glazing medium, which furthers the drying time, and allows better blendability.<br /><br />The colors are glorious. Strong, bold, bright. <br /><br />I also have used them basically from when I picked up painting. I do have some tubes of heavy-bodied acrylics, and enjoy those, but there is something magical about fluids.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527105352778121192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-861706995665148491.post-88888345695298879612010-03-01T22:07:20.195-06:002010-03-01T22:07:20.195-06:00Welcome, Sadia. Thanks so much for your feedback a...Welcome, Sadia. Thanks so much for your feedback about my paintings.<br /><br />Hi, Von. Yes, I’m more happy using tube acrylics than fluid acrylics. The only watercolors I’ve tried are little travel kits of dried half-pans and water-soluble crayons, which I actually like. Tube watercolors would be interesting to try sometime; must experiment sometime.<br /><br />Hola, Chris! It takes a special patience to use watercolors, I would think. But, I’ve long ago given up control in painting and that’s why I look upon it as play. When I wanted to be a writer I found it so difficult it became a burden not a joy. So, I never want painting or art to turn into frustration.<br /><br />It’s strange but I’ve never heard many people say they LOVE watercolors, Andrea. Although you’d think with the coverage it gets in magazines—aren’t there two devoted to it—you’d think there would be more artists working in it, wouldn’t you? But I think acrylics are more popular for the very reason that they are re-workable and so versatile. Thanks for stopping by!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023139696088340742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-861706995665148491.post-45025337818522398852010-02-24T17:51:13.611-06:002010-02-24T17:51:13.611-06:00As I have trouble with watercolour I would never t...As I have trouble with watercolour I would never think to try fluid acrylics though I have definitely been tempted to try heavy-bodied ones! I think it depends on your style and what you feel most comfortable with. Love the second painting, though!andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364011769128646998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-861706995665148491.post-65384590844368092932010-02-19T10:20:22.551-06:002010-02-19T10:20:22.551-06:00I've been frustrated with watercolors in the p...I've been frustrated with watercolors in the past and won't pick up them again but have never tried fluid acrylics. I would probably feel the same as you. I love the colors though. Maybe it's something that's more happenstance and we have to learn to give up that control? <br /><br />Keep up the great work.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17976623451176440868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-861706995665148491.post-24461785003174560502010-02-09T17:54:16.137-06:002010-02-09T17:54:16.137-06:00Very happy with acrylics so ahven't tried them...Very happy with acrylics so ahven't tried them of felt the need to.Nice work!Vonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17421069895155350144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-861706995665148491.post-72280734181883642812010-02-07T22:45:59.772-06:002010-02-07T22:45:59.772-06:00"Full Moon at the Dunes" is brilliantly ..."Full Moon at the Dunes" is brilliantly done. The contrasting textures are excellent!<br />Superb!Sadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449744303894322642noreply@blogger.com