GAC 800 vs. Pouring Medium 

I will give you some UNSOLICITED advice: If you have not started yet....RUN AWAY! If you have started and are hooked already, Keep your consistency on the thick side and make sure that all the paints you are using on a painting are all the SAME consistency....and after you mix the paints....do not use them right away. cover them with a damp cloth and let them sit at least eight hours to 24 hours. It helps. Also watch the teaching videos and the recipes, over and over again. Write them down, and try them to find the one that works for you. Remember this: Each "STYLE" or "TECHNIQUE" requires different ingredients mixed at different viscosities, AND each paint has it's own specific gravity. You must learn these to get it "right". Took me three years. I wish some had told me to run away before I started. I am addicted. Very addicted and I wish I could stop. I have a thousand paintings now.... run. away. now.

@@karenkelleher989 Absolutely Addictive. Gleaming from you. Thanks for the heads-up in Measurements.😊

Pour not pie

But can I use it in a pie? Lol

Hi-so just did my 1st damp ppr towel swipe and it came out awesome. Was SO thrilled. Then noticed cracks 😣 so found out about gac 800 but wondered what ratios of it to use. Might you guys have thoughts for this? Thanks!

bigtimetorifan I just squeeze some in the cup. I don’t measure anything

VeggieMight4Life I agree the Gac looks like those fabulous resin paintings I’ve seen. Gac is smooth, has the feathering, the look of marble is great. I like cells and they have their place. But the smoothness of the gac really caught my attention more

Not a fan of cells either, the GAC looks more elegant in my opinion.

I am not a fan of cells either...

+Judy Frank lol yep. Each one is truly one of a kind :)

+dolphinschild62 lol good! That's my purpose :)

+Tracy Nail lol, check this video out ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zuzF4DiPS-g.html

Mixed Media Girl I mean without even water. Just paint, straight up nothing but paint.

+Tracy Nail well, it would really depends how thick the paint is. With a thin paint, like craft paint, it could work, you just might have cracking because it would be so thick. With normal acrylic paint it wouldn't pour at all :)

+Show me what you got thanks!

+William Wagner lol I can see that

I cant unsee that

+Jennifer Lakhan-D'Souza not really, neither cracked at all :)

Hi Kathy, just curious the name of the acrylic binder you use? My paints keep separating (best way to describe the sandy/gritty effect) so want to try adding acrylic binder but dont know which 1 to buy! Thanks😊

@@SalemSphynx Hi Heather, I use Gerstaeker Acrylic Binder. It comes from Germany. I am in the UK.

+Robyn Marshall thank you! I will :)

My FAV cells are the ones that are three or four colors each! LOVE those! Hate the massive amount of white ones that show up, kind of like the painting on the right did. YUCK. I also do not use just pouring medium. I cannot. I add everything but the kitchen sink, and then they turn out so cool, keep the paints thicker side, and wow! Thinner paints give you mud, broken cells, broken lines, broken painting...and cracks!

+Jude W these are regular wrapped canvases :) I get mine from Michael's

+Mike Lee awesome! Resin is on my list to try :)

Mixed Media Girl Resin is certainly a popular medium to try. But I think in terms of mess, pouring mediums are probably easier to take care of. If you're working larger scale then the bigger resin tubs make sense. Check out Artresin & Ecopoxy resins!

I didn't know that! I'll have to get more and do my experiments again :)

+Charlotte Adams sure :)

+Faye Crawford thanks!

Ngaire Lambert fascinating same colors, but completely different tdesign! lovely lovely is Gac a pouring medium the same as floutol sorry ..my spelling is dreadful.

+Carl Watts thank you!

Mix the mediums together. wink wink

+Nyana Chase it's in the video description :) I use artist's loft flow acrylics

Mixed Media Girl thank you!

+Nyana Chase no problem!

+Sharon Causey artist's loft flow acrylics

use floetrol, and liquitex pouring medium, and gloss gel medium and elmers or gac 800. try it. just a bit of each....even add the polycrylic gloss varnish.

go ahead and try a few with your paint a bit thick, but still can run off your stick. without leaving a pile in your cup. Wait a few hours after you mix them up, and most importantly, make sure all the paints are the same consistency. This will lead to a broken painting if you do not. thin paint, and thick paint in same cup or on same canvas, make mud and broken cells and lines and just breaks everything down. Proper consistency leads to perfect paintings.

+Bobbi Bare agate, its a type if rock :)

Bobbi Bare no

+Condee Rogers thanks! I'll see what I can do :)

+Condee Rogers do you mean the one on the right?

Mixed Media Girl.... Yes. The one on the right. Thanks.

+Condee Rogers lol just checking :)

+Makayla Phillips thanks :)

+Sharon Causey thanks!

+Linda L Miller thanks!

I do love cells, it’s beautiful!

Karen Kelleher do tell!

run away Aubrey....run away and don't look back!

5 parts floetrol, 3 parts paint and 2 parts water