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How very kind of you! I appreciate that very much!

I don’t, actually. The largest paintings I’ve done are 3 feet by 4 feet and as long as you can screw the offset clips into the frame, they should be secure enough to hold the wire and the painting. BUT, if you’d like to use larger clips for larger paintings to feel even that much more secure, by all means, go ahead. Nothing is as comforting as peace of mind.

@@ToddAlanCrainArtStudio thank you so much for your help!

Any time! Best of luck with your art!

Thank YOU for watching. It’s the lesson I needed but couldn’t find myself.

Thank you so much for watching!!!

I believe it would be the same tying technique for the aluminum and brass…as long as the brass wire will hold its shape when you wind it around itself at the end. If it doesn’t hold itself, I would use the crimping loop sleeves to make sure the wire is secure on the back of your painting. Nothing worse than having a painting fall from the wall because the wire came loose. Thank you so much for watching!!

Thank you so much for watching!!! Glad the video helped!!

Thank you So much for watching!! Yes, all of my paintings feel VERY secure on the wall with this hanging technique.

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I’m afraid that wasn’t one of the steps. Sorry that happened to you.

Thank you so much!! While I was learning how to create this type of painting, I needed videos that explained things as detailed as I needed. I couldn’t find those videos that weren’t 48 minutes long, so I decided to make them myself.

Thank you so much! Welcome aboard!!

WOW! A resin tent made out of material?! I’ve never heard of that!

What an incredibly kind response! Thank you so much. And, thank you for watching!!! I hope that your art show display was a huge success.

That would 100% work! Just make sure there’s some type of ventilation while you’re in there. The fumes from the torch can be harmful without proper protection.

Best of luck on your new adventure!! And, I’m SO glad I was able to help!

Haha! Whatever helps you remember!

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Thank you!!

Yes. I usually use a nail in the wall to hang the paintings. You can use whatever you’d like as long as the hook or nail can handle the weight of the painting-and the wall can support the weight of the painting and hook/nail as well. Best of luck!!

GREAT! Happy to help!!

THIS IS GENIUS!!! Those wire ends are INCREDIBLY sharp! Thank you for that tip!! Wish I had known about that before I made the video. I definitely would have included that in there.

Thank you for writing!! They are my favorite thing!! Makes everything SUPER secure. You don’t have to worry about the wire slipping off of the loop or your painting falling off the wire while it’s hanging on the wall. Glad you found this useful!!

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THANKS SO MUCH!!!

Yeah, that’s something I had to learn to n my own. SO many mistakes were made at the beginning of my process. Thank you!!!

THANKS SO MUCH!! And, yes, in later videos, I use the Aussie Floetrol instead of the recipe. It’s easier, but you’re right, it’s WAY more expensive. The good news is, you don’t need a lot of the Floetrol to get the effect you’re looking for. Let me know how everything turns out and thanks for watching!!

GREAT! Thank you for watching! I often think of myself as a master magician (without the spandex and sparkly jackets).

This knot is VERY similar to a bowline knot. But, the bowline is known for being able to tie and untie it easily. With the crimping loop sleeve, this picture hanging knot should not move or loosen and won’t be easily untied unless it’s cut. Thanks for watching!!

That’s an excellent question!! I would suggest cutting your wire for all of the paintings to be the same exact length…IF your paintings are all the same dimensions. Then you can tie them all in the exact same way. Then, test them all on the exact same nail (or whatever method you are using to hang them on the wall) and mark the wall where the top edge of each painting touches the wall, just to see if the tension is equal on each one. I have some paintings hung next to each other with the top edge in a line with about 6 inches in between them. I put the nail in the wall at the same height (measuring from the ceiling down) and adjusted the hung paintings by hanging them and pulling down GENTLY on the painting to stretch the wire on the nail just enough to match the height of the neighboring painting. Hope that makes sense. Let me know how it goes! And thanks for watching!!

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YES! A VERY important fact that I should have mentioned. Thank you!!!

So if there is a larger painting that is unframed, does that mean the wire might not hold properly over time? I typically use a heavy duty D-ring on the inside of a larger canvas. Is that problematic?

@nicolacochran I’m a bit confused. Are you saying that you attach a D-ring directly onto a canvas that isn’t in a frame? I’m not sure how that’s possible. The canvas won’t be strong enough to screw anything into it without a frame. How does your canvas hold its shape without a wooden frame to support it?

What a kind thing to say! Thank you so much for watching!!

Thank you SO much!!

ROMANIA?! WOW! Thank you so much for watching! I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it!!

Thank you so much! That is very kind of you to say. When I first started, I needed someone to explain things to me in great detail without 47 minutes of a personal story about chocolate…so, I decided to make my own videos. I appreciate you taking the time to write!

You are quite welcome and I forgot to add I hope to see more, I watch a lot of recipes and how to's but you are right on the spot with yours and believe it or not you're the type that could go on for 45 minutes you are really able to capture your audiences attention as far as I'm concerned ,you get right down to the detail, you are the only one who even mentions wearing gloves because of all the chemicals and being being very careful about torching because of fires that could start, I am just truly impressed because I am a detailed person myself, I forgot to mention all that...lol I really truly hope you make more videos your paintings are spectacular and I hope to be a great painter like you when I grow up haha thank you for responding

THANK YOU!!

Hi! So, it took me a little time to figure out how to solve your problem, but I think I did it! The issue you're having is getting the wire to go UP through the open hole in the offset canvas clip (what I call the "bracket" in this video). This is the "U" step in the acronym D.O.U.D., right? There can be a couple of solutions. 1. You can use your needle nose pliers to guide the wire up through the hole in the offset clip instead of trying to grab the wire THROUGH the hole with the pliers or tweezers--ASSUMING THE HOLE IN THE CLIP YOU ARE USING IS BIG ENOUGH TO FIT TWO WIRES. If the hole in the offset clip ISN'T big enough for two wires, there's another solution.... 2. You can get a clip with a larger hole (not sure if this Amazon link will work here or not, but I'll put the link below). You can use any size clip that you screw onto the back of the canvas (make sure it's rated to hold more than the weight of your painting) and there are some that are made with MUCH larger holes that would easily accommodate two wires. If the link for the clip (below) doesn't work, go to Amazon and type in "Heavy Duty D-Ring Picture Hangers - 50 Pack - 2 Hole with Screws - Picture Hang Solutions" as an example of what I mean. You can tie the wire the same exact way I show in the video using the crimping loop sleeves, but the hole itself is MUCH larger than the offset clips I'm using in the video. Those D-Ring clips in the link below will support 40 pounds, so if your painting is heavier than that, you'll want larger clips. I like to use clips that are rated for at least 20 pounds MORE than the weight of my canvas--just as a safety measure. Here's the link--again, it might not work here in the RUclips comments section. www.amazon.com/Heavy-Duty-D-Ring-Picture-Hangers/dp/B017DQ9GC6/ref=pd_day0fbt_img_sccl_1/146-0426336-6779754?pd_rd_w=tA6fg&pf_rd_p=bcb8482a-3db5-4b0b-9f15-b86e24acdb00&pf_rd_r=AEECPZ1C385FVVT5TD90&pd_rd_r=44b8c304-c0b6-471e-9580-9be202025ca0&pd_rd_wg=VnWIQ&pd_rd_i=B017DQ9GC6&th=1 I hope this helps! PLEASE let me know if you have any other questions! And, thanks for watching and for writing!! I appreciate it.

Yay!! I’m so glad it helped!! Thanks for writing!

Thank you so much! I’ll be doing my next video within the next couple of months-and then, hopefully, a little more regularly after that. Thanks for watching!

Hi again. Well I guess I’ll keep a watch out for it and subscribe to your channel!! I have started doing this kind of art and I love it. Your video was helpful and entertaining! Thank you very much

Thanks so much for the comment. I really have enjoyed putting these videos together. I needed a source of information when I was starting out that wasn’t 47 minutes long and 100% unedited. So, I decided that I would make my own videos in hopes that people would find them useful and a source of answers they had trouble finding.

Thank you so much, TJ. I appreciate that.

Thank you!!

THANK YOU!!

Thank you SO much!! It took a GREAT deal of effort, but I’m VERY happy with the end result. Thanks for watching!

YES!!! I had the same problem. Home Depot is no longer carrying that brand/model of the paint. I switched to GLIDDEN PREMIUM GL6813 BASE 3 (must be tinted). That can be used in the exact same measurements at the GLIDDEN Essentials. It’s more expensive, but it works BEAUTIFULLY!! PLEASE let me know how it works out for you!!!

This Glidden Premium can be found at the Home Depot also.

Bless you Todd, I will send a pic of my beauty ❤

I can’t wait!!

That’s very kind of you to say. Thank you so much for watching!!

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You are very kind. Thank you so much!!

Yay!! I’m so glad you found these tips helpful! I needed someone to explain to me what was happening when I first started and now I can be that resource for people!

Thanks for the note and follow!! Ideally, you can keep the mixture for about a week before you need to consider making a new batch. Keep me posted on your progress!! I’d love to see how you’re doing. My Instagram (as I said in the video) it s @ToddAlanCrainArtStudio

@@ToddAlanCrainArtStudio Thanks for the reply Todd! I will write back after I try your suggestions and let you know how it went. Stay safe and take care!

And also, about the crazing: it’s likely to happen if you are painting over a previously dried painting. One of the reasons it happens is because the wet paint dries faster on the surface while the pain underneath isn’t get enough air to dry at the same speed. Covering your work (with a box) can slow down the drying process a bit OR adding some GAC 800 to your paint mix. That slows down the drying process as well.

Please do!!

@@ToddAlanCrainArtStudio ohhhhh, alrighty then! Makes sense. I’m just getting back into my artistry after being so busy with “mom life” and leaving the military. I think the fluid art is so interesting and appeared easy enough to do….but all of these different paints and mixes were driving me crazy (along with the drying paint🤣). I have most of the materials on hand, so thankfully just have to make a small list of what to go grab to start mixing and painting now! Again, thank you, and happy painting to you too!!🤗

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Unfortunately, I’ve never found any other brand to work that would make cells. People have used silicone oil in their paintings to create cells, but I stopped using that when I discovered the Amsterdam/cell activator combo. Silicone oil can be found at hardware stores and should be more readily available than the Liquitex ink might. It takes some experimentation, but you can figure it out. The secret with silicone oil is to put just a few drops in ONLY ONE of your colors that you are using. If all of the colors have silicone oil, it’s harder to get cells to appear. I hope that helps!!