Honestly I am thankful for the speed of your presentation, I’m always speeding RUclips videos up otherwise I lose interest. Perfect upload helped me with exactly what I needed to know thank you .
Thank you for explaining all of the different types, it can be very confusing because there are so many different types !!! I love the fact, also that you're not sponsored by certain companies which means you aren't bias and give true opinions. I ❤love❤ your videos and tutorials, they are up there with the best of the best ones. Best wishes from the UK, Rae xxx
Oh bless your sweet painterly heart for going over mediums! I so appreciate all the work and wisdom you share. I can't wait for your medium chart! THANKS :)
Thank you so very much for saying it how it is! The chart on your blog helps determine when companies are talking about the same medium.but use a different name! Thank you thank you thank you!
And I need to study it well. I have not painted acrylic before and have bought lot of different colors but I am so confused in how to mix anything. Your program is great to really use it like a guide to go to stores and continue buying mediums and not knowing how to use them. Thank you for your good presentation, great, thank you.
Thanks for making this! I work at a craft store and love to paint, but i didn't know what half of the mediums did! Finally I can explain this stuff to my customers, and i get to use them better myself!
Thank you for all this info, and I personally don't t mind how fast you talk. In fact I find your enthusiasm very infectious!!! Gives my old arse the kick it needs!!! LOL!
I'm new to painting & your video told me everything I wanted to know about all of the gels & mediums out there!! I can't thank you enough for this wonderful tutorial (or primer😁)!! Looking forward to watching more of your videos!!
Omg thank you! I'm new to acrylics. Really, new to painting in general. I love it. It's an outlet for me to release, so I want to keep doing it. But, man, it is overwhelming when you start to see all the different mediums and what they do--very discouraging. I finally feel like I can digest some of what I've been reading. You rock!
This was incredibly helpful! So many different options can make your head spin in the art store! I also want to start impasto painting and think I will use window caulk to practice. Thanks
Oh man I have watched and learned so much from so many of your watercolor videos you are one of my go to artists in that medium and I’m venturing into acrylics and I had no idea that you used acrylics too and I am SO thrilled that I’ll be able to learn this from you as well!!! Your a great and knowledgeable and entertaining and enthusiastic fun person to follow and for that I wanna day thanks and also don’t ever stop being your unique self!!
THANKS for all your help. I never understood the difference between gels and gessos...now I do!! I paint with acryllics and do lots of collage..the heavy gels make wonderful patterns and forms. LOVE the texture on the canvas. I am still not clear on the Pouring Gels...but I will I will figure it out. Your excitement comes thru!! good job.
Thank you so much for this video, you answered a lot of my questions. I had a good idea of the basics but I'm glad you showed some of the more affordable ideas, I would have never thought of window and door caulk. I also would love to find those interference colors, those look like fun to use.
Perfect timing!, even if I am a few years late for this party I just made a list of almost all of these when I was cleaning & sorting in my craft room. I wanted to see what they were good for & how many of them were interchangeable. You saved me a lot of time by already doing all the work for me! Thanks.
Question: what medium would I add to watercolor/dye reinker to give me the look of wet/glossy? I assume I would need one of the glossy mediums, but not sure which one. What I want is the look of WET even after the piece is dry. Thank you and so grateful you were finally able to do this.
Wished you would publish a book on all of this information, and include all of the newest products and homemade hacks! You are such a great reviewer and I trust your input!!!
A very informative video on Acrylics and its mediums and other things that you can use with it. I like just using it right from the tube and like an oil at times. I do find some brands far too runny also. Have a nice week. Marie
Your videos are so helpful !!! I have been trying to research what medium does what ... you just answered all my questions in one video !! Thank you so much !! Love ALL of your videos !!!
One of my teachers said that we could use a coat of clear gesso as a ground for colored pencils to give the paper tooth. I use Golden's Self Leveling Gel as a glue and as a replacement for "dimensional magic" and things like that. I compared 5 brands with Goldens and they all did the same thing and the Goldens is cheaper in the long run. I just put it in a small bottle with a tip.
Thanks Lindsay so much for a great video, so many mediums, so little time...I have some of them, just haven't used them yet...now maybe I'll venture forth!
Thank you! I see gel medium used A LOT for adhesive and I wondered what made it special. I have been wondering if I wanted to get into mediums. I have gesso. I think I will try the interference colors. I didn't know the candle painting medium existed. That looks like fun! THANK YOU!
Loved your well prepared presentation. I won’t take time to watch those unprepared who use a lot of unnecessary chatter, not to be confused with a good sense of humor during presentations. Maybe a little fast but beauty of the videos, can be slowed, stopped to take notes etc. I learned a lot without spending a lot of unnecessary time.
14:00 A bit of trivia for you: We had the Golden Rep come to one of our Watercolor meetings once and he said that the Goldens used to be called modeling paste, then when someone was doing a new run of labels, they mis-spelled it as Molding Paste and they had already printed thousands by the time they discovered it so that's how the name got changed to Molding Paste because it would have cost too much to fix it.
Thank you so much for this video. As I am exploring more and more of the art world I was beginning to be confused with so many different mediums. You broke it down so nicely. I will be re- watching this video a few times so I can be sure to choose the right type of medium for the project I want to do.
Pam Pirtle I have a printable chart of mediums on my blog too: thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/the-frugal-crafters-guide-to-acrylic-mediums-chart-included/
Thank you Lindsay .. I learned a lot from your informative videos putting light for some of things I don't understand .. now I can go to Art store with confidence and know what I need
Thanks for the great video and information Lindsay! They all look like.....I want them!!!! It is so funny how we see things being used online but see the price and hang our heads...hehe. I love the fact you try to show there is an alternative, for us just starting out the cost is a lot. The interference paints look so pretty, I think maybe that will be my next expensive purchase. To add to the other things I collect, now if only to learn how to paint :). Thank you again for sharing.
Guess I ran out of my limit of characters. Anyway those paints would get so thick and I didn't know how to thin them out. Learned the hard way that just because they are water soluble it doesn't mean you can add water to them. Ruined a few jars that way. Now I am starting to understand how to make my own because I have all the metallic pigments. I can make my own. It used to be such a challenge to get glitter to adhere to the surface as well. Whew! Thanks so much for your valuable teaching videos. It has given me the courage to try and ask questions in the art supply stores where I was so intimidated because I wasn't a "true" artist. I guess we all are in our hearts☺️
+knitting storing paints in a box upside down will seal out the air especially if stored for a long time. the most important thing is to not let them freeze, it will ruin them.
I have also heard of KY jelly to slow the drying of acrylics. Tho not tried it yet as I'd already bought the artists slow drying medium. So that's a way of being able to save a hefty amount of money by using the KY
Thank you. You explained this very well. It takes a bit for me to understand. The Gels just made me wonder why do I need them? LOL. Because I hear people using them often. Great Tutorial :D
Wow! I learned a TON in just the blink of an eye!! Holy cow you talk fast! I had to pause the video a few times just so I could let my brain, ears and hands (I was actually taking notes for later use...) catch up with what you were saying. Hahaha! I love, love, LOVE that you get so excited about your passion but... could you slow down just a little for those of us that are still out here in the weeds with what to do with all these super cool goodies? You rock Lindsay!! :D
Very informative video! Glad it uploaded. I have question for AAC about mediums. I like to buy my scrapbook albums at the thrift stores - brand new ones only - but I don't always like the cover. I was going to sew covers from fabric but I also like to paint and I think I'd prefer to paint them. So, what should I use as a base coat? I was thinking Gesso but not sure if I'm on the right track or not. Thanks - Crafty Violet
Great information, bias as I see below , hold the bottles still they are moved around too much so next time hold the bottle still or on the table for 30 seconds so we can see the product name and manufacturing company. Thank you for all the information.
Loved this video. I don't use much of these types of mediums and have been wanting to get gel medium to use as an adhesive for sand and those tiny beads. This helped tremendously. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks Lindsay, another informative video from you! And you are always so enthusiastic about what you are sharing with us :) I wanted glass bead gel for a long time and finally indulged myself a couple of weeks ago and have used it and love the effects so far... but the noise/feeling when spreading it through a stencil is like grating your finger nails down a board, lol!
Thank you for this video it was a great help and one that I will probably refer back to over time. There are so many mediums out there and some look like great fun to use. Would you do a video using the fabric medium or one of the other cheaper "craft" mediums? You have some great ideas so I would be interested to see what you 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Lyndsay....I want to paint aprons and was told to buy GAC 200.So is there a cheaper way? I just add it to the acrylic paints right? Thank you sooooo much
I loved this, thank you so much! I also loved your explanation of frugal alternatives. I will be picking up some caulking! I started out craft painting and my big go to was lightweight spackle for texture. Also since craft snow (which can be used on a painting) can be pricey, I would build with the spackle then top it with a thin layer of snow for the texture. I've given you a like and I've subscribed, thank you for being a fellow frugalist!
babodie1 oh my, LOL! Some ads are user targeted so if the company was in your area or if you had searched a homeimprovement topic recently that could be why you got that ad:)
Can you do this again but a slow down versions and some trials so we can see what it can be used for. I watched this a few times but it really good but fast and a lot of information to take in
Jessica Wil That would be so nice! There are some of us that need a little longer to process and/or visually see to get a good understanding. she is amazing with so much wonderful info. just too fast to process and have to pause and watch multiple times. this woman is a genius a
I'm not a fan of Liquitex gesso, do to the smell. I love pouring medium by Liquitex, but I'm partial to Golden. You mentioned that tar gel is similar, did I hear that correctly? Thank you for your video.
That last part on textures made me think of sporks! :-D. Thanks, 2015 Lindsay. Still not 100% sure how I would use those media, other than the gesso....::thinkingemoji::
This was difficult to absorb as products jiggled and moved quickly but I managed to gather information. Fortunately I've used mediums and have some already but I hoped to find out what exactly is considered acrylic 'binder', which types are most affordable, and what all it accomplishes. Is it what I've been using under another name or is it entirely different with specific limitations? I use plain Matt Liquitex gel medium and thin it as needed for most projects but I'd like to use fresh plant matter in my work and seal plant pieces prior so they won't dry and crumble while painting over them. A book I'm reading says to use acrylic binder so I wondered if it is something I already have or do I need something entirely different?
I think any acrylic medium will work. I think resin artists use gel medium or mod podge to seal leaves and flowers before adding in resin. What you have already should work.
Thanks for this tutorial. Where do "Glazing" mediums fit it? I've seen some products use the "glazing" term to describe a type of clear acrylic that will seal water-reactive artwork (e.g. distress products, gelato/gel stick, water color).
erika m that is a thinner, it makes the paint more transparent and dry slower. I did manage to include it in my printable chart: thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/the-frugal-crafters-guide-to-acrylic-mediums-chart-included/
I love your channel so very much! You make awesome crafts. Your very brilliant sand TALENTED! I love you, your my inspiration forever! Your always so happy and creative. Love, Sofia Ps: I love how you post a lot!
Hey Lindsay! :) Great video again! I was wondering if you can use turpentine as a medium on a canvas for acrylics? I know it's a thinning agent made for Oil Paints, but I was wondering if you can use it for acrylics. Like the way Bob Ross used liquid white or liquid clear on his canvas before painting. Do let me know :) Thank you for another good video :)
This was the perfect video Lindsay! I have a lot of products but I had no idea there was so many other ones. Great video thanks. I wanted to let you know I sent HP a suggestion about making there ink for crafters so it doesn't smear. The next day I got a phone call from them saying they are sending my request to the appropriate people. That is a good sign I hope. My husband said they like ideas to grow the company in new ways. ( Not exactly in those words ) So I guess we will see. :-)
Hi Lindsay! I have TONS of bottles of old acrylic paints and discovered the other day they will hardly come out of the bottles! Some paints come out in clumpy strings. Do I just throw these away, OR, can they be revived? AND can I make these OPEN fluid acrylics everyone seems to be using? Thanks in advance for your help!!
Christina Furner-Webber You will probably have to toss the clumpy acrylics, they likely got frozen at some point. The bottles do not have the shelf life the tubes do BUT as a last ditch try you can scoop the paint out and try to mix it with a palette knife and if it mixes creamy again use it quickly. If not toss them. It happens with tube paints a lot so don't stock up on more than you can use in a year. You can use blending medium or water plus glycerin to make your acrylics more open:)
Great!! I actually have bottles where the paint is hard as a rock. At least when I'm bored I could maybe use them to make some kind of percussion noise? LOL. And thanks to you I have a brand new bottle of glycerin. Yay! I only bought the gouache after watching your vid on reinking a stamp pad. I've done some research on this stuff and it seems as if a lot of peeps can't explain exactly what gouache is? Ha, ha! Maybe didn't dig far enough. I at least have a rough idea. Thanks so much!!
Great information, Lindsey. Just wish you could have held some of the bottles still on camera, so the labels were readable... Maybe a little too much Java, lol. ;). Thanks so much for all you do, you are Wonderful.
Donna Vieira I made a printable chart with all the info here: thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/the-frugal-crafters-guide-to-acrylic-mediums-chart-included/
Thank you so very much for being concise and to the point. No carrying on and on and on....... much appreciate your style
if you play back the video in .75x it's so easy to absorb the information at a slower rate. 😺
Those complaining should read your tip.
Agreed. She speaks super fast
omg why? people that talk to slow freak me out
this video is 20min, quiet long, so she has to go faster
Trey Irvin How is that done Trey? Thank you
Jan
Honestly I am thankful for the speed of your presentation, I’m always speeding RUclips videos up otherwise I lose interest. Perfect upload helped me with exactly what I needed to know thank you .
Thank you for explaining all of the different types, it can be very confusing because there are so many different types !!! I love the fact, also that you're not sponsored by certain companies which means you aren't bias and give true opinions.
I ❤love❤ your videos and tutorials, they are up there with the best of the best ones. Best wishes from the UK, Rae xxx
I love how you give lots of info mixed with your experience and budget with practical applications. So so helpful!!! Thank you so much!!
Oh bless your sweet painterly heart for going over mediums! I so appreciate all the work and wisdom you share. I can't wait for your medium chart! THANKS :)
Thank you so very much for saying it how it is! The chart on your blog helps determine when companies are talking about the same medium.but use a different name! Thank you thank you thank you!
And I need to study it well. I have not painted acrylic before and have bought lot of different colors but I am so confused in how to mix anything. Your program is great to really use it like a guide to go to stores and continue buying mediums and not knowing how to use them. Thank you for your good presentation, great, thank you.
Thanks Lindsey! This is going to make a huge difference in how and on what I spend my limited budget! Always great to watch your video;s!
Thanks for this! I've been fumbling through acrylic mediums for the longest time. This gave me some great ideas on how to suit acrylic to my needs.
Finally some genius like you is educating us about gels and mediums. You never disappoint me. You're the best!
Bernice Seigel aww, thanks:)
Lindsay, you are so awesome! Thank you so much for these kinds of videos!
I have also used Joint Compound. Works great!
Thank you Lindsay for talking about all of these. It really helps!!
Thanks for making this! I work at a craft store and love to paint, but i didn't know what half of the mediums did! Finally I can explain this stuff to my customers, and i get to use them better myself!
Thank you for all this info, and I personally don't t mind how fast you talk. In fact I find your enthusiasm very infectious!!! Gives my old arse the kick it needs!!! LOL!
I'm new to painting & your video told me everything I wanted to know about all of the gels & mediums out there!! I can't thank you enough for this wonderful tutorial (or primer😁)!! Looking forward to watching more of your videos!!
Omg thank you! I'm new to acrylics. Really, new to painting in general. I love it. It's an outlet for me to release, so I want to keep doing it. But, man, it is overwhelming when you start to see all the different mediums and what they do--very discouraging. I finally feel like I can digest some of what I've been reading. You rock!
This was incredibly helpful! So many different options can make your head spin in the art store! I also want to start impasto painting and think I will use window caulk to practice. Thanks
Oh man I have watched and learned so much from so many of your watercolor videos you are one of my go to artists in that medium and I’m venturing into acrylics and I had no idea that you used acrylics too and I am SO thrilled that I’ll be able to learn this from you as well!!! Your a great and knowledgeable and entertaining and enthusiastic fun person to follow and for that I wanna day thanks and also don’t ever stop being your unique self!!
THANKS for all your help. I never understood the difference between gels and gessos...now I do!! I paint with acryllics and do lots of collage..the heavy gels make wonderful patterns and forms. LOVE the texture on the canvas. I am still not clear on the Pouring Gels...but I will I will figure it out. Your excitement comes thru!! good job.
Thank you so much for this video, you answered a lot of my questions. I had a good idea of the basics but I'm glad you showed some of the more affordable ideas, I would have never thought of window and door caulk. I also would love to find those interference colors, those look like fun to use.
You are not a CHEAPSKATE! You are FRUGAL, making your art money go farther :-D Thanks for all the tips.
Perfect timing!, even if I am a few years late for this party I just made a list of almost all of these when I was cleaning & sorting in my craft room. I wanted to see what they were good for & how many of them were interchangeable. You saved me a lot of time by already doing all the work for me! Thanks.
Perfect timing! I just got that box of Golden sample sized mediums! Just branching out into the "bigger picture"! Thanks much Lindsay!!
Question: what medium would I add to watercolor/dye reinker to give me the look of wet/glossy? I assume I would need one of the glossy mediums, but not sure which one. What I want is the look of WET even after the piece is dry. Thank you and so grateful you were finally able to do this.
FunctionofLight One gloss gel medium
Wished you would publish a book on all of this information, and include all of the newest products and homemade hacks! You are such a great reviewer and I trust your input!!!
A very informative video on Acrylics and its mediums and other things that you can use with it. I like just using it right from the tube and like an oil at times. I do find some brands far too runny also. Have a nice week. Marie
Thanks for sharing. I have had the set of Golden gels and did not know how to use them. As usual, Lindsay to the Rescue!!! Thanks so much.
Fantastic. Love the printable list. Thanks so much.
This was excellent info and all in one place. Thanks.
Your videos are so helpful !!! I have been trying to research what medium does what ... you just answered all my questions in one video !! Thank you so much !! Love ALL of your videos !!!
Soooo informative!! Thank you so much for sharing!
Coolness!!! I had some doubts about all different mediums! Thank you!
Thank you so much! So much fun gels and mediums to try.
“A primer on primers”. I just love it. That sentence alone convinced me to subscribe. “A primer on primers!”
One of my teachers said that we could use a coat of clear gesso as a ground for colored pencils to give the paper tooth. I use Golden's Self Leveling Gel as a glue and as a replacement for "dimensional magic" and things like that. I compared 5 brands with Goldens and they all did the same thing and the Goldens is cheaper in the long run. I just put it in a small bottle with a tip.
Thanks Lindsay so much for a great video, so many mediums, so little time...I have some of them, just haven't used them yet...now maybe I'll venture forth!
Thank you exactly what I needed to know. I am going to look and see if you did one for oil mediums as well.
Thank you! I see gel medium used A LOT for adhesive and I wondered what made it special. I have been wondering if I wanted to get into mediums. I have gesso. I think I will try the interference colors.
I didn't know the candle painting medium existed. That looks like fun!
THANK YOU!
Awesome! So helpful! I have many artsy friends whom use these products but I could never figure out their purposes. Thank you!
Great introduction specially for Acrylic Paint Beginners like me.
Loved your well prepared presentation.
I won’t take time to watch those unprepared who use a lot of unnecessary chatter, not to be confused with a good sense of humor during presentations.
Maybe a little fast but beauty of the videos, can be slowed, stopped to take notes etc.
I learned a lot without spending a lot of unnecessary time.
thank you!
Thank you! So helpful! The cheat sheet is great!
14:00 A bit of trivia for you: We had the Golden Rep come to one of our Watercolor meetings once and he said that the Goldens used to be called modeling paste, then when someone was doing a new run of labels, they mis-spelled it as Molding Paste and they had already printed thousands by the time they discovered it so that's how the name got changed to Molding Paste because it would have cost too much to fix it.
Sue Cole Great bit of trivia, thanks Sue!
Sue Cole ii
Thank you so much for this video. As I am exploring more and more of the art world I was beginning to be confused with so many different mediums. You broke it down so nicely. I will be re- watching this video a few times so I can be sure to choose the right type of medium for the project I want to do.
Pam Pirtle I have a printable chart of mediums on my blog too: thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/the-frugal-crafters-guide-to-acrylic-mediums-chart-included/
Thank you Lindsay .. I learned a lot from your informative videos putting light for some of things I don't understand .. now I can go to Art store with confidence and know what I need
Thanks for the great video and information Lindsay! They all look like.....I want them!!!! It is so funny how we see things being used online but see the price and hang our heads...hehe. I love the fact you try to show there is an alternative, for us just starting out the cost is a lot. The interference paints look so pretty, I think maybe that will be my next expensive purchase. To add to the other things I collect, now if only to learn how to paint :). Thank you again for sharing.
Guess I ran out of my limit of characters. Anyway those paints would get so thick and I didn't know how to thin them out. Learned the hard way that just because they are water soluble it doesn't mean you can add water to them. Ruined a few jars that way. Now I am starting to understand how to make my own because I have all the metallic pigments. I can make my own. It used to be such a challenge to get glitter to adhere to the surface as well. Whew! Thanks so much for your valuable teaching videos. It has given me the courage to try and ask questions in the art supply stores where I was so intimidated because I wasn't a "true" artist. I guess we all are in our hearts☺️
+knitting storing paints in a box upside down will seal out the air especially if stored for a long time. the most important thing is to not let them freeze, it will ruin them.
I have also heard of KY jelly to slow the drying of acrylics. Tho not tried it yet as I'd already bought the artists slow drying medium. So that's a way of being able to save a hefty amount of money by using the KY
ian white i think it is made of glycerin:)
Wow! Thanks for this information.
Thank you. You explained this very well. It takes a bit for me to understand. The Gels just made me wonder why do I need them? LOL. Because I hear people using them often. Great Tutorial :D
Wow! I learned a TON in just the blink of an eye!! Holy cow you talk fast! I had to pause the video a few times just so I could let my brain, ears and hands (I was actually taking notes for later use...) catch up with what you were saying. Hahaha! I love, love, LOVE that you get so excited about your passion but... could you slow down just a little for those of us that are still out here in the weeds with what to do with all these super cool goodies? You rock Lindsay!! :D
@Awenda Do the playback in .75x, much better to get it all when it's just a little slower.
Terrific explanation! thanks a lot!
Great info. I was trying to see the names on the jars so I can remember when I go to buy.
It is just crazy! It really is. Thanks. Very helpful
Thank you for explaining this. From Scotland.
love your channel so much Lindsay, whenever I start a new medium you always help me a ton. also happy 2022! :)
Very informative video! Glad it uploaded. I have question for AAC about mediums. I like to buy my scrapbook albums at the thrift stores - brand new ones only - but I don't always like the cover. I was going to sew covers from fabric but I also like to paint and I think I'd prefer to paint them. So, what should I use as a base coat? I was thinking Gesso but not sure if I'm on the right track or not. Thanks - Crafty Violet
Violet Verhoog lightly sand the cover and use gesso, you will also want a varnish to make sure you can clean it.
thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich Thanks. I never thought of sanding them but that makes perfect sense.
Great information, bias as I see below , hold the bottles still they are moved around too much so next time hold the bottle still or on the table for 30 seconds so we can see the product name and manufacturing company. Thank you for all the information.
Extremely informative. Thanks!
this was so informative!! thanks for making the video! ✨✨
Loved this video. I don't use much of these types of mediums and have been wanting to get gel medium to use as an adhesive for sand and those tiny beads. This helped tremendously. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for doing this. It was so much information, I'll probably have to watch it again to get my old lady brain to keep it all straight.
My brain must be old too. I want to rewatch it a few times.
Jesse b printable chart here: thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/the-frugal-crafters-guide-to-acrylic-mediums-chart-included/
Thank you!
thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich Lindsay, you are so awesome! Thank you again for all you do.
Thanks Lindsay, another informative video from you! And you are always so enthusiastic about what you are sharing with us :) I wanted glass bead gel for a long time and finally indulged myself a couple of weeks ago and have used it and love the effects so far... but the noise/feeling when spreading it through a stencil is like grating your finger nails down a board, lol!
haha love this and your stinginess! thanks for the vid!
Another great video that stands the test of time. I need info on acrylic stuff, who has it? Lindsay, of course!!! Yeah!!! 👍👍
Thank you for this video it was a great help and one that I will probably refer back to over time. There are so many mediums out there and some look like great fun to use. Would you do a video using the fabric medium or one of the other cheaper "craft" mediums? You have some great ideas so I would be interested to see what you 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
+mammaa moon I used the fabric medium on an apron. Search intense apron on my channel to see:)
+thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich thank you... I will go search now. 😍😀😍
thank you. can you talk about acrylics and mediums in soft flexible vinyl. ??
Lindsay, You're Amazing!!
Thanks so much for the chart! My ears have a hard time keeping up with you :).
Thanks Lyndsay....I want to paint aprons and was told to buy GAC 200.So is there a cheaper way? I just add it to the acrylic paints right? Thank you sooooo much
Use textile medium from Delta
I loved this, thank you so much! I also loved your explanation of frugal alternatives. I will be picking up some caulking! I started out craft painting and my big go to was lightweight spackle for texture. Also since craft snow (which can be used on a painting) can be pricey, I would build with the spackle then top it with a thin layer of snow for the texture. I've given you a like and I've subscribed, thank you for being a fellow frugalist!
Nice overview. Thanks for the updates.
For you I watched the whole ad on treating sewage waste, why Google had an ad of filtration systems on your channel was befuddeling🎨 😄
babodie1 oh my, LOL! Some ads are user targeted so if the company was in your area or if you had searched a homeimprovement topic recently that could be why you got that ad:)
Can you do this again but a slow down versions and some trials so we can see what it can be used for. I watched this a few times but it really good but fast and a lot of information to take in
Jessica Wil That would be so nice! There are some of us that need a little longer to process and/or visually see to get a good understanding. she is amazing with so much wonderful info. just too fast to process and have to pause and watch multiple times. this woman is a genius a
Kat Castanares I agree she is wonderful
You can click on the 3 doors at the top of the video to slow it down a little....sometimes it works-sometimes not but try it out
VERY useful - thank you!
Thank you Thank you, for this video. Myself being so new, there's not a whole lot of this info that Ive come across.
I'm not a fan of Liquitex gesso, do to the smell. I love pouring medium by Liquitex, but I'm partial to Golden. You mentioned that tar gel is similar, did I hear that correctly? Thank you for your video.
Great video. Now have to watch it again because I'm sure I missed things.
Sherlock Hoka I have a printable chart here: thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/the-frugal-crafters-guide-to-acrylic-mediums-chart-included/
Thank you so much. It's Great.
Wow, this is a very good job!
very helpful infor. Thank you, for this helpful tips and knowledge
That last part on textures made me think of sporks! :-D. Thanks, 2015 Lindsay. Still not 100% sure how I would use those media, other than the gesso....::thinkingemoji::
Thanks so much for an informative vid, much appreciate it.
Thanks Lindsay! This has been very informative! :)
also considering the glass bead one for the same purpose but might be spakly?
That should work.
can you use the thick one as a varnish on paper that is raised to make glass looking embelishments?
This was difficult to absorb as products jiggled and moved quickly but I managed to gather information. Fortunately I've used mediums and have some already but I hoped to find out what exactly is considered acrylic 'binder', which types are most affordable, and what all it accomplishes. Is it what I've been using under another name or is it entirely different with specific limitations? I use plain Matt Liquitex gel medium and thin it as needed for most projects but I'd like to use fresh plant matter in my work and seal plant pieces prior so they won't dry and crumble while painting over them. A book I'm reading says to use acrylic binder so I wondered if it is something I already have or do I need something entirely different?
I think any acrylic medium will work. I think resin artists use gel medium or mod podge to seal leaves and flowers before adding in resin. What you have already should work.
Thanks for this tutorial. Where do "Glazing" mediums fit it? I've seen some products use the "glazing" term to describe a type of clear acrylic that will seal water-reactive artwork (e.g. distress products, gelato/gel stick, water color).
erika m that is a thinner, it makes the paint more transparent and dry slower. I did manage to include it in my printable chart: thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/the-frugal-crafters-guide-to-acrylic-mediums-chart-included/
I love your channel so very much! You make awesome crafts. Your very brilliant sand TALENTED! I love you, your my inspiration forever! Your always so happy and creative. Love, Sofia
Ps: I love how you post a lot!
Sofia Sanders aww, thanks so much:)
hi have you used jerry's gesso primer? whats it like vs liquitex
Wow.....very helpful! Thanks.
Thank you great advice 🙋
Hey Lindsay...Do you have a recipe to make your own texture paste and gesso ????
Hey Lindsay! :) Great video again! I was wondering if you can use turpentine as a medium on a canvas for acrylics? I know it's a thinning agent made for Oil Paints, but I was wondering if you can use it for acrylics. Like the way Bob Ross used liquid white or liquid clear on his canvas before painting. Do let me know :) Thank you for another good video :)
xxangelgirlxx00 they are not compatible. Water to acrylics would be like turpentine for oils.
thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich Ohh ok understand :) Thank you for letting me know :)
Can you do a video on adding beach sand to the clear gel? How to do it and the best methods.
Just mix it up with a palette knife.
This was the perfect video Lindsay! I have a lot of products but I had no idea there was so many other ones. Great video thanks.
I wanted to let you know I sent HP a suggestion about making there ink for crafters so it doesn't smear. The next day I got a phone call from them saying they are sending my request to the appropriate people. That is a good sign I hope. My husband said they like ideas to grow the company in new ways. ( Not exactly in those words ) So I guess we will see. :-)
Hi Lindsay! I have TONS of bottles of old acrylic paints and discovered the other day they will hardly come out of the bottles! Some paints come out in clumpy strings. Do I just throw these away, OR, can they be revived? AND can I make these OPEN fluid acrylics everyone seems to be using? Thanks in advance for your help!!
Christina Furner-Webber You will probably have to toss the clumpy acrylics, they likely got frozen at some point. The bottles do not have the shelf life the tubes do BUT as a last ditch try you can scoop the paint out and try to mix it with a palette knife and if it mixes creamy again use it quickly. If not toss them. It happens with tube paints a lot so don't stock up on more than you can use in a year. You can use blending medium or water plus glycerin to make your acrylics more open:)
Great!! I actually have bottles where the paint is hard as a rock. At least when I'm bored I could maybe use them to make some kind of percussion noise? LOL. And thanks to you I have a brand new bottle of glycerin. Yay! I only bought the gouache after watching your vid on reinking a stamp pad. I've done some research on this stuff and it seems as if a lot of peeps can't explain exactly what gouache is? Ha, ha! Maybe didn't dig far enough. I at least have a rough idea. Thanks so much!!
Great information, Lindsey. Just wish you could have held some of the bottles still on camera, so the labels were readable... Maybe a little too much Java, lol. ;). Thanks so much for all you do, you are Wonderful.
Donna Vieira I made a printable chart with all the info here: thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/the-frugal-crafters-guide-to-acrylic-mediums-chart-included/
New subscriber here! I love this video! I learned so much!!! Please make more videos like this :D