@stolicat The Prez’s son Hunter is a World Class artist selling top-notch art at $50,000 & more!! The 10% mentioned is what Hunter gave his Dad after securing secret deals with China. All clear now??
@haydesigner Hey, we’re bored and gotta have something to do while we shelter in place waiting for the next variant to arrive. C’mon man, cut us some slack. And remember, like the Big Guy says, “I don’t work for you!!”.
The video on the manufacturer’s webpage shows just enough details to tell me that you’re gonna want a bigger dropcloth, and probably a hazmat suit, if you haven’t done this before. I say that because the video shows an attractive woman in Spotless Professionally Chosen Very Casual attire having a delightful art-creation moment using this stuff, with zero issues and lovely results, in a perfectly clean and tastefully appointed white room that has no signs of any spills, smears, oopsies, etc.
@shahnm
Really, if you need Art in a room, just Art The Room. Like the guys did in those episodes of Never Ever Do This At Home. (Of course, they’re Canadian…)
@werehatrack I bought. Probably stupid, but the better half is artistic so whatever. My biggest problem with the site is the explanation of the cell technique using the torch.
She spends all her time talking about mixing paints and bullshit, then the most critical video explanation of how to use the blowtorch is completely absent.
I own a butane kitchen torch (looks like what they are selling on their own brand, but this can actually sear a roast, theirs looks like a cigarette lighter), a MAP torch, and a Searzall.
The most “expensive” part of this kit doesn’t even show how it works on the website. Reading the amazon reviews, that’s likely the biggest overestimate of savings. Hell, their website is cheaper.
Whatever, if girlfriend is happy, and it looks like stupid vomit and I end up using a mini flame thrower versus, say, a heat gun and it all goes to shit, I will know better.
Essentially both the additive and the heat are modifiers for surface tension to create different effects, and you can do it pretty much however you like for different effects.
He uses treadmill lube which is also silicone oil (and isn’t really any cheaper, apparently the stuff is just expensive).
He does a really cool thing called chameleon cells where he uses a toothed tool for texturing mortar to put a grid of regular drops of the oil onto the painting and they turn into rectangular boxes. There’s a lot of info on that site if you can get through the annoying inter-page ads.
Is this something that would be appropriate for kids? I mean in the sense that, with proper supervision would, say, an eight year old be able to create something that wouldn’t just piss him off?
In reality, any kid would generally love to pour paint all over the place, but unless there’s some artistically justifiable reason for giving this to said eight year old, his parents will kill me…
@shahnm absolutely yes, your 8 year old can do this. Did pour art with 15 daisy and brownie Girl Scouts- that’s 5y to 8y or so, and they came out great. Littles tended to be a little heavier with the paint, so the quantity of paint in the dump cup may need to be less. And expect a mess. We poured over shallow cardboard boxes (soda cans), on top of paper protecting the tables, on top of drop cloths. Every layer was hit! Old clothes a must, wash before anything dries or you have permanent decorated clothes. Have fun!
@EvilSmoo if you mix them just right you can get tide pods flavor out of the white, green, and blue. Pour carefully or use a splash of the cell magic to make it a layered shot.
@mehcuda67 Sure, if you want the paint all over the cat, the furniture, the wall, the laundry that you hadn’t moved back to the bedroom, your sandwich, and that other art project that you started a year ago during the Xmas surge. (Unless you build a shield around the fan, and then it will just get blown up into your face because fans inside a shroud with stuff tied to the front of the blades will do that.)
The cat will probably pounce on it regardless, might be better to close the door until it dries.
@djslack yes, but I divide it into heavy body & light body: the light body paint comes up thru the heavy body paint to create the ‘cells’. Heavy body has the glue & floetrol (a paint extending medium) & the light body has paint, floetro & silicone/dimethicone).
@mehcuda67 it’s a lot to type, but if you read below about heavy body & light body paint that will help.
Light body pour paint: I part paint to 1 part floetrol (adjust to more paint for depth of color), add a bit of water until the consistency is like very warm honey (flows easily but has a bit of thickness). Est: 1tbls per 1oz of acrylic bottled paint (tube paint is much harder to gauge, don’t start there). Add 2 drops of silicone (dimethicone) to each finished color & mix.
Heavy body pour paint: equal parts paint & floetrol & elmers glue. Add water for flow - you have to eyeball it unfortunately. It should be the same consistency as the above.
Layer the heavy & light body paints. The silicone will encapsulate the pigment, and because it’s lighter will rise in bubbles thru the heavy body paint. Go over with a heat tool to make all the bubbles rise and TADAAAA! Pour magic.
Pro tip: some hair smoothers are made completely of silicone. Go to a drug store amd get a cheap bottle that allows you to add 1 drop at a time. Should be $2-7.
You can message me if something doesn’t make sense .
@Limarick
While several places state these are water-based, I’ve run across some water-emulsion paints that had VOC issues. I suspect that if these were VOC-free, they’d say that - and they don’t.
Colors are ready to go straight onto a canvas, and perfectly formulated to tilt, swipe, and puddle
Ready to Pour colors are formulated with a viscosity (Thickness) that is ideal for ACRYLIC POURING right out of the bottle that creates exceptional cells and color movement
The success of your artwork will depend on the consistent flow of your paint. Ready to Pour paints are premixed to the consistency of honey. This assures that each color will flow over, and with each other when tilting the canvas
Great for Dirty Pour Technique, Flip Cup Technique, Dutch Pours, Tree Ring Pours, and many other techniques you invent as you learn the Art of Acrylic Pouring
Quality canvas panels are triple primed and work great with paint, mixed media, collage, and heavy textures. Acid-free and ready to use
@mick I think you are confusing this one with their offers like this 97 piece art set
These are pour paints and it is specific in the description what you get.
It says "talent optional’. How much does the optional talent cost? And does it come in varieties?
@eeterrific I suspect it costs more than I have.
OH MY GOD THEY BARNEYFIED GLEN!!!
This product has been endorsed by Hunter Biden with 10% of the proceeds going to the “Big Guy” Brandon.
/giphy Biden
@IndifferentDude ?
@IndifferentDude @stolicat Don’t worry the TDS people don’t understand it either but their shepherds keep telling them to repeat it.
@stolicat The Prez’s son Hunter is a World Class artist selling top-notch art at $50,000 & more!! The 10% mentioned is what Hunter gave his Dad after securing secret deals with China. All clear now??
@IndifferentDude @stolicat @yakkoTDI
At least he’s not being sued for plagiarism:
@Kyeh Didn’t last long. Good try tho.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ivankatrump-aquazzura-lawsuit/ivanka-trump-italys-aquazzura-end-wild-thing-shoe-lawsuit-idUSKBN1DH2MS
@IndifferentDude
Daddy paid them off.
What an incredibly moronic post.
@haydesigner Hey, we’re bored and gotta have something to do while we shelter in place waiting for the next variant to arrive. C’mon man, cut us some slack. And remember, like the Big Guy says, “I don’t work for you!!”.
Give it a rest, @IndifferentDude. Seriously.
@IndifferentDude @Kyeh
wrong,asshat! 
@IndifferentDude @lomerson2
@IndifferentDude @Kyeh @stolicat @yakkoTDI You know Biden dropped out of two prior POTUS runs because he plagarized his speeches, right?
@IndifferentDude @mikelikesbbq @stolicat @yakkoTDI
@IndifferentDude @Kyeh @stolicat @yakkoTDI No just pointing out facts.
I’m probably going to get in trouble for this. One 8 year old, one 4 year old, and their two pissed off parents. Merry fucking Christmas!
/giphy slushy-droll-tinsel
and…
/giphy fancy-delightful-mistletoe
Sapphire and Snow?
No thanks! -I need Prussian Blue and Titanium White!
The video on the manufacturer’s webpage shows just enough details to tell me that you’re gonna want a bigger dropcloth, and probably a hazmat suit, if you haven’t done this before. I say that because the video shows an attractive woman in Spotless Professionally Chosen Very Casual attire having a delightful art-creation moment using this stuff, with zero issues and lovely results, in a perfectly clean and tastefully appointed white room that has no signs of any spills, smears, oopsies, etc.
@werehatrack That’s where that spinning fan comes in…
@shahnm
Really, if you need Art in a room, just Art The Room. Like the guys did in those episodes of Never Ever Do This At Home. (Of course, they’re Canadian…)
@werehatrack I bought. Probably stupid, but the better half is artistic so whatever. My biggest problem with the site is the explanation of the cell technique using the torch.
She spends all her time talking about mixing paints and bullshit, then the most critical video explanation of how to use the blowtorch is completely absent.
I own a butane kitchen torch (looks like what they are selling on their own brand, but this can actually sear a roast, theirs looks like a cigarette lighter), a MAP torch, and a Searzall.
The most “expensive” part of this kit doesn’t even show how it works on the website. Reading the amazon reviews, that’s likely the biggest overestimate of savings. Hell, their website is cheaper.
Whatever, if girlfriend is happy, and it looks like stupid vomit and I end up using a mini flame thrower versus, say, a heat gun and it all goes to shit, I will know better.
@KNmeh7 I had the same thought so I found this:
https://leftbrainedartist.com/acrylicpourcells/#Torching_to_Coax_Out_Cells
Essentially both the additive and the heat are modifiers for surface tension to create different effects, and you can do it pretty much however you like for different effects.
He uses treadmill lube which is also silicone oil (and isn’t really any cheaper, apparently the stuff is just expensive).
He does a really cool thing called chameleon cells where he uses a toothed tool for texturing mortar to put a grid of regular drops of the oil onto the painting and they turn into rectangular boxes. There’s a lot of info on that site if you can get through the annoying inter-page ads.
Is this something that would be appropriate for kids? I mean in the sense that, with proper supervision would, say, an eight year old be able to create something that wouldn’t just piss him off?
In reality, any kid would generally love to pour paint all over the place, but unless there’s some artistically justifiable reason for giving this to said eight year old, his parents will kill me…
@shahnm my five year old did fine with me there helping him. I think eight would definitely be able to manage.
@guitarsk813 Thank you!!
@shahnm absolutely yes, your 8 year old can do this. Did pour art with 15 daisy and brownie Girl Scouts- that’s 5y to 8y or so, and they came out great. Littles tended to be a little heavier with the paint, so the quantity of paint in the dump cup may need to be less. And expect a mess. We poured over shallow cardboard boxes (soda cans), on top of paper protecting the tables, on top of drop cloths. Every layer was hit! Old clothes a must, wash before anything dries or you have permanent decorated clothes. Have fun!
@stkidsdoc Great advice - thanks!!
Looks like a whole lotta happy accidents waiting to happen.
I absolutely want more art kits!
/giphy mulled-friendly-fire
I can’t broad stroke a joke for these coloring things. Wow, that was ugly!
@hchavers Most art jokes are off-color.
@hchavers @mehcuda67 Or in pour taste.
@hchavers @mehcuda67 @steeltoesenator
You guys all did well. Let’s call it a draw.
This is the perfect gift for the neighbor’s kid of the parents that you really wish would move six states over.
What flavor are these paints?
@EvilSmoo if you mix them just right you can get tide pods flavor out of the white, green, and blue. Pour carefully or use a splash of the cell magic to make it a layered shot.
Can you zip tie the canvasses to a fan and do spin art with these?
@mehcuda67 Sure, if you want the paint all over the cat, the furniture, the wall, the laundry that you hadn’t moved back to the bedroom, your sandwich, and that other art project that you started a year ago during the Xmas surge. (Unless you build a shield around the fan, and then it will just get blown up into your face because fans inside a shroud with stuff tied to the front of the blades will do that.)
The cat will probably pounce on it regardless, might be better to close the door until it dries.
@mehcuda67 @werehatrack
@shahnm
One may acquire much knowledge through experimentation, large parts of which are filed under “Let us not do this a second time.”
@werehatrack That is perhaps the best definition of science I have ever seen.
Or you can just make your own pouring mediums for a few bucks and make exactly what you want? Really easy (and yes I’ll give you the formula/recipe).
@carminian it’s basically acrylic paint, Elmer’s glue and water, right? But maybe better paint than the 88 cent apple barrel stuff at Walmart?
@carminian Ooh! Please do!
@djslack yes, but I divide it into heavy body & light body: the light body paint comes up thru the heavy body paint to create the ‘cells’. Heavy body has the glue & floetrol (a paint extending medium) & the light body has paint, floetro & silicone/dimethicone).
Yes, you can TOTALLY use apple barrel paints!
@mehcuda67 it’s a lot to type, but if you read below about heavy body & light body paint that will help.
Light body pour paint: I part paint to 1 part floetrol (adjust to more paint for depth of color), add a bit of water until the consistency is like very warm honey (flows easily but has a bit of thickness). Est: 1tbls per 1oz of acrylic bottled paint (tube paint is much harder to gauge, don’t start there). Add 2 drops of silicone (dimethicone) to each finished color & mix.
Heavy body pour paint: equal parts paint & floetrol & elmers glue. Add water for flow - you have to eyeball it unfortunately. It should be the same consistency as the above.
Layer the heavy & light body paints. The silicone will encapsulate the pigment, and because it’s lighter will rise in bubbles thru the heavy body paint. Go over with a heat tool to make all the bubbles rise and TADAAAA! Pour magic.
Pro tip: some hair smoothers are made completely of silicone. Go to a drug store amd get a cheap bottle that allows you to add 1 drop at a time. Should be $2-7.
You can message me if something doesn’t make sense
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@carminian This is excellent! Thank you!
These are perfect for splattering on your buM and gentiles and sitting on a canvas. You can sell your art
On creepyuncles.com for a lot of money.
16 oz American Crafts Color Pour Cell Magic for $36 @ https://www.misterart.com/painting/decorative-painting/glazes-mediums/sid~77779~/american-crafts-color-pour-cell-magic-silicone-oil.html
Still - that bottle only is the same price as the whole set.
Are these paints low VOC? I can’t use anything with fumes?
@Limarick
While several places state these are water-based, I’ve run across some water-emulsion paints that had VOC issues. I suspect that if these were VOC-free, they’d say that - and they don’t.
Specs
Helpful Painting Tips
What’s Included?
1x American Crafts Deluxe 14-Piece Acrylic Color Pour Paint Bundle with Cell Magic & Canvas Panels
Price Comparison
$155.99 on Amazon and Walmart
$11.90 @ Amazon - 8 oz Color Pour Magic Paint - Ruby
$9.89 @ Amazon - 8 oz Color Pour Magic Paint - Amethyst
$10.87 @ Amazon - 8 oz Color Pour Magic Paint - Sapphire
$10.14 @ Amazon - 8 oz Color Pour Magic Paint - Turquoise
$9.23 @ Amazon - 8 oz Color Pour Magic Paint - Snow
$11.94 @ Amazon - 8 oz Color Pour Magic Paint - Onyx
$13.40 @ Amazon - 8 oz Color Pour Magic Paint - Metallic Gold
$12.96 @ Walmart - 8 oz Color Pour Magic Paint - Metallic Silver
$50.74 @ Amazon - 16 oz American Crafts Color Pour Cell Magic
$14.92 @ Amazon - 5x American Crafts 8" x 10" Canvas Panels at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Standard: Monday, Dec 20 - Monday, Dec 27.
Enhanced: Thursday, Dec 16 - Monday, Dec 20.
I’ve lost my mind…
/giphy indulgent-tiny-fireplace
Only 90 day warranty!? What??
i bought these the last time on here for my grandson… good deal till i got them.
they were mostly just so many bottles of the same colors…
11 or 12 flesh tones… 6 of the same blue 5 of the same green 5 of the same red 5 of the same yellow 6 of the same grays… you get the drift…
@mick I think you are confusing this one with their offers like this 97 piece art set
These are pour paints and it is specific in the description what you get.
@chollo007 you are so very right.
that is all…
As long as none of the money is going to Annette Kowalski.
/giphy greedy
/giphy icy-radiant-stocking
I do nude body painting on roughly 6 male/female models per week. How many of these kits should I buy?