How to Blow a Flower with Acrylic Fluid Paint 

This is far more interesting than just throwing paint. It was a good thing to watch for those of us who want to try pouring paint. And I'm such a hard critic I've been admonished by youtube for my honesty. I dont give a crap what youtube tubesteak eaters say. I'll say whatever I want to. This was good schooling for us amateur pourers!!! I loved it!!! It was #EXCELLENTART

For the 'flower' I think maybe you could have stopped at 8:20. After that I think it was lost....HOWEVER, you turned out a terrific piece of work! Good job. This is not meant to be a backhanded compliment! lol Really, a good job!

Although the finished painting is lovely...I have to say the most beautiful was the initial white and green blow - that 'wispy' 'mistake' gave a really neat effect. I really loved it the best.

I liked it best at about 5:10! Fun technique!

I think if you had left some negative space the petals might be more defined.

I really loved it at the beginning with the white and turquoise. After that it was not so good. Then it just got too clouded with too much paint. Also, I think it might have come out better if you tied your hair out of the way.

I also really liked your painting at the earlier stages. I might have stopped after the first edition of the purple color. It was more like a delicate flower.

This comment is coming from a VERY novice painter...I see feathers with this technique, not flower petals. So, now I want to attempt a BIRD (lol) . I like your vid Meisha, thank you !

The flower blowing technique would make a lovely poinsettia for Christmas!

Hi, Im still learning and find it really hard to blow a perfect flower, but realised that leaving a bit of space between petals help to give more definition. Thank you for sharing your not perfect work and your trials as it help us beginners so much !

I am strange but I liked the result after the first blow I am wondering if you had done your other colors with the blue and blew it out just one time rather than layering if that would have worked.

It was quite good in the beginning so maybe we don’t need to overdo it next time want say?🙂

OMG, it's one flower covering another, which is covering anther, which is yet covering another... The first one was gorgeous - sometimes more is not better. Remember: Negative space is your friend; it's what gives a painting depth and encourages that emotional feeling within us...

Started well then went very messy, ended up poorly. It would also be helpful if you responded to other people's opinions.

Awesome video!😎🙏🏻💕🤘 Beautiful structures!💕🙏🏻✅ 👌👏 Keep it up!🔥🔥🔥 I'm looking forward to more videos of you!🌟✨🌟 :D

If I tried this I would put it on my spinning cake plate

As my daughter is always telling me “less is more” especially with this!

I think it is beautiful. One thing I love about art, is that it is so unpredictable. Excellent video, thank you. Just one question....How dizzy did you get blowing with that straw?? =)

I love the overlapping petal look. Try using rubber tubing instead of a straw. It will give you better control overlapping and shaping the petals. Also not blowing too hard is key. It spreads out the petals, blending the colors more evenly.

That's so cool! Maybe try some surgical or aquarium tubing as an alternative to a straw. Much more control and much easier to manuver. Cheers to you

Maybe less color paint in the middle of each white drop. That may give it a more easier color flow and not too wide or messy looking when you blow outward.

It’s pretty I like it

Some lovely effects at times but I don’t think you knew when to stop. End result nice enough in it’s own way but Perhaps if you stepped back a few times and looked at it, there are several times at which you would have stopped . Loved the colours but I think it would have been nicer off-centre. TFS

Aw crap. I meant to blow out through the straw, but instead I inhaled, and my daily dose of titanium, zinc, chromium, cadmium, and rhodium.

Will you do an Indian head dress this way with feathers?

It's pretty! I commend you for taking on a work of art that requires so much of your lung capacity. Lol...just kidding! While watching you paint there were points when I was saying stop, stop!!! It was so cool. Where the colors were still vibrant. I say practice your blowing technique (I'm not trying to be mean, I've been a painter since high school 😉) pause to look at your work. Sometimes it's better to stop sooner than to keep working it. Tfs! 💖

What about a list with materials you’re using? Colors etc.

word of caution lol if you are over 60 and have any breathing difficulty do not try this at home lesson learned I really wanted to try this but my breathing didnt allow so much and also I used a big straw... didnt work so easily but it did come looking not to bad when i added more paint and made it into a pour .......maybe next time i will try a small canvas and small straw hahhahha also maybe my paint was too thick?? I dont know

Love what you did there. So beautiful. You rock !!

Neat technique! I loved it with only one layer of each color. In fact, I loved it best when it was just white and turquoise. The extra layering caused it to lose its flower look and the colors became too muddy. But you never know til you try, right? :)Thanks for sharing your video!

Pretty.

Oh my God! How did you feel after this breathing exercise? I can't imagine doing that but it came out okay. I think it looks best without that last part where all the colors are not muted as in the outside area. God bless you

I enjoyed everything but the dogs nails on the floor. I am a retired dog groomer. For 21 years dog hair was my favorite medium. LoL

Так можно и сознание потерять. Столько легкими работать... Мне не очень понравилось работы много, а эффект не "ах"

bad music choice .it's freaking me out

Si habla en inglés para que ponen los subtítulos en inglés?.Claro que para soplar por una paja tampoco es necesario subtítulos. Pensé que iba a pintar con brocha o pincel.

I would try a length of flex tube...they come in different diameters...very nice !

Thank you for sharing.. its amazing!!!

Sorry ........Looks out of my control activity....keep blowing?

I agree about the muddiness. But sometimes the mud is a lovely color! This technique would probably make a lovely poinsettia-- the one with the appearance of being splashed with bleach. I don't use a straw-- I use an air compressor to blow and I get some lovely effects.

Great job, and thank you for sharing, and I subscribed!

I think you overworked it from an early stage. Shame. Just my opinion. If you’d just done maybe the first two colours it might have been lighter and more flower-like

Hey the video is 10/10 but I have 1 complaint, I go to school with ur son cavin and recently he has been bullying me and it’s driving me to have bad thoughts and I don’t feel comfortable going to school anymore. I feel every time I go to school he is going to bully me and make fun of me please talk to him about this it’s really hurting me.. :(

I think it turn out real pretty. Maybe using a lazy Susan might help in the down blows. How long does it take to completely dry? I’m considering trying this but I’m a little nervous.

I really like it and probably will copy it if I dont pass out from blowing. I have COPD so this will be a great exercise’n. Thanks

In another video you mentioned flooding your canvas. I didn’t see you do that this time. Can you please tell this newbie why you didn’t? Thanks! Great job!

Just a suggestion, if you use a flexible (bendy) straw or flexible tubing, you will have better control on those blows that come toward you.

I’m sorry, I’m not getting volume. Can’t hear you. Beautiful painting though.

Lovely! May I suggest you blow away from yourself only? The petals don't look as good when you blow towards your body because the end of the breath is different, so the petals don't look as nice.

As you were putting down the yellow paint my mind raced back to when I had to change my daughters diapers and the associated smell of it...even now just looking at that color makes me gag. However, you covered it up enough to come out with a really nice piece of work. Thanks for sharing.

Great job.......I would have passed out by now. Try an air blower, you would love it........love how the colors mesh

I like that you shared this and admitted to it not turning out how you wanted... that's art a lot of the times. I learnt a lot from watching your video, though. So I enjoyed that. I'm getting intrigued by acrylic pouring :). All the best to you!

cool! I'm thinking a lazy-susan underneath the canvas would be helpful so the canvas can be turned as you blow in each direction. What do you think?

I like it how it is. The last gold pour in the middle looks like a stamen & makes it look more 3D. The outer pastel petals almost look like feathers. Very soft & feminine. I wd enjoy looking at it as it is interesting & didnt just create 1 textural look/technique.

I agree there were maybe too many flowers added. I would have stopped at the first and added more definition. However this is how we learn by trial and error, isn't it? Also a turntable would have made lit easier to move the painting around.. Will be looking forward to seeing lots more of your art. Cheers, Marie 'downunder'

At first when I saw you start it was a of kind horrible 😀 then later I found it amazing😍this went like a cycle .And at last it was very very very good no words to explain it .I am from India. After watching your video I now want to try it on my own.

You did a very hard job, it looks really pretty. I am wondering your mouth must be aching after blowing it so many times. You are hard worker.

It's really better to blow away from you; when you blow towards yourself there's too much air forced directly straight down and you're mostly out of breath when it comes to getting to the edge of the framed canvas. I'm glad to see you turned the canvas around; it would be ideal if you could walk around the table surface and, to avoid the muddiness that happens by overworking one area, blow away from you or have your painting on a lazy Susan so you can easily turn it so that you're always blowing away from yourself ; you get better color spread without it looking "less than best". Everything you blew away from yourself looked best. Physiologically speaking you're basically doing a "crunch" (a standing sit-up,if u will) and really working that diaphragm when you blow and bend towards yourself - it forces the air out harder ; you actually had to go over it more times when you are blowing towards yourself until you decided to turn the frame and blow away from you ; by the way, blowing to the side didn't work out so well for you either, so unless you remember to get left or right of center and tilt your head so you can start your blow parrallel and remember which way to move the straw (some blows looked like a drunk's walk and went wonky), you should always blow away. My grand-daddy used to say, " If you're gonna work, get your ass-end behind you, so you can work!" It has stood me in good stead of his presence and I have always found it to be true. You have a better perspective and you can see better what you're doing, you have a better angle for everything you do. Even for backing out of something that is not happening as well as you might like. My personal favorite saying is "work smarter - not harder" and there's my other stand-by, "you only have time in life to do it right once, so do it once - right the first time, whatever it is". Thinking ahead saves time and money and feelings of disappointment.

u know u did alot of talking, "BUT u forget o say, what did u "mix" w/ your base paint ???u are "leaving out to "much "infor, that we need to know !! ?? thank-u would really like to try it !! if I can get all of the "infor !?? I need to know !

have a question, when u use flowtrol, do u have to addwter w/ it ?? I thought flowtrol takes the place of useing water?? I didn't know u have to add water to your paint when useing flowtrol. would that make the paint to "thin?? to work. "help me w/ this please. thank-u.

Why couldn't you use canned air for this instead of a straw. I would hyper -ventilate using a straw. This turned out very pretty.

Looks like a massive ghost party, I WANTY NOW!😄 far out!

It would be easier on you to use a flexible clear plastic Tubi to blow and you won’t have to strain your neck by moving so many difection. Just an idea. 😊

I think was pretty good for first try. But always use darker colors on the bottom and layer with lighter. There was way too much paint on the canvas half way through the video. Last I think it was just a little too thin as well. This is an old video so sure you've mastered it now. Thanks for sharing

Too much blowing. You ruined the beautiful cells that happened naturally.

Just lovely!!! Mesmerizing too 😄 Wow though...I'm shocked that I haven't seen comments about your lung/air capacity...extremely impressive. Maybe "free diving" needs to be in your future as well!!! Thnx so much 4 sharing ❤

I’m sorry, but all I can think about is all the germs you are blowing onto the canvas. I don’t know if I would want a painting with someone’s spit all over it.

Magnifique ! Mais ensuite, combien de temps de séchage de l'oeuvre ?

I love love love this! I have wanted to try this forever but I don’t think I have the lungs for it lol! New subscriber here! Thanks for sharing your beautiful work with us!

i’m a newbie so please forgive me if i sound rude, i’m not, i’m just questioning. i’ve watched a few of these now and i don’t understand why everyone wastes time in the video telling the brand and color of paint? just put that in the information part of the video. i’d rather see you painting more and explaining as you go! btw, i love this idea! thank you!

Hello in new in your channel, I just have a question, it's possible to do the same technique with acrylic and resin? Thank you

I’ll bet you that would be insane with resin it’s already insane don’t misunderstand me.That was like watching a kaleidoscope

So what was in the white bottle w the orange top, l cldnt understand her... does anyone out there know? And its just acrylic paint? Thank you!

​very nice, I like your choice of colours. The middle part could perhaps have come out a little more but overall I think you have done a great job and you are being too hard on yourself, you have inspired me to have a go.

Just wondering I've done alcohol ink painting using compressed air - do you think it could work with this instead of using a straw?

sorry, what you do is cut a slit on one end of one straw then insert in the other straw and seal with masking tape....now your neck wont hurtand your hair stays out of the way

The center looks contrived otherwise it is soft and beautiful - I think you may have overworked it but it was your first try and for that, it is awesome - The soft, light colors are really lovely

Clear varnish makes it shine really well and pearlescent or metallic paints add extra shine to.It's great 👍 and Thank YOU for sharing to its so hard trying to get all the paints to the right consistency as not too thin and not too thick.Phew it's a lot to learn.🤗

Think of all the spit that's now covering that painting. 😂 ew gross. But I do genuinely like it, couldve done without the gold.

You should type your hair back with a rubber band.do you get dizzy blowing so much..?

with painting unless you are developing your piece stroke by stroke with a brush there is always going to be an element of surprise in the piece which is why it is good practice to slow down and reevaluate after each stage to see if your plan needs to change. had you slowed down with this piece you might have seen that the initial green flower you laid down was by itself potentially beautiful enough to be the center of the piece, it would have made a beautiful painting.....

Do you think it would be possible to blow a leaf design? This was awesome to watch

La pintura no debe quedar tan fluida verdad? Trate de hacer una flor, pero me quedo muy delgada la pintura y se hecho a perder

Can Air work's better than any method I've tried. It gives you more control.

Send me an email address and then maybe I’ll figure out how to get photos to you. No, I do not have any videos and wish to have a web site soon. I got about 100 painting to sell.

I use a lasy susan and put a throw away table cloth or trash bag over it, taped into place, but this allows me to turn my canvases easily so I can do whatever without having to lift my canvases... might try it see if it makes it easier to blow out helps so so much with blowing outward and not having to lift and touch the canvas

Not enough care when blowing. Too many layers. I felt you were in a hurry. Finally too much white and the first blue colour was all wrong.

Very Interesting! I just kept thinking... Do not try this is you have asthma. Lol.

Does it matter what kind of acrylics you use? Also what is the white bottle? Sorry from london and first time seeing this video i love the pic so much

The first two layers were showing a real flower and liked it so much, but too many paint layers have spoiled it.

No me gustó q alargará talento los pétalos y tanto encima colores

M, Your Brilliant!i! Do you think a higher quality of pigmented paint would give better results?

Could have saved yourself a lot of blowing by doing the last step from the beginning .🌹

lemon extract artist myself it's very nice I'm not sure I'm not full of I'm not showing full of that much hot air haha I'm going to try it thank you Jesus is coming soon

Fantastic project! But you also have a lot of patience! If I had used the straw for so long, I would have ended up taking a breath and taking a sip of fluid acrylic paint!!! Anyway, congratulations. I like very much!

I couldn't hear what the big white bottle was? I love this...!!!! great Video.

you order your white paint ,where and is it better than buying little ones at Walmart,,,,,,,, beautiful art !

There is no negative space.. the beginning was beautiful.. wish u luck on your paintings

Check out Navaran and the way she blows flowers using her mouth not straw. They are awsome!

What if you do not have flutrol? Can you just water down the paint?