I make skins from crackle medium. I put the crackle medium over a cured skin of pouring medium, or a skin of medium and tissue paper. Once the crackle medium has cured, I stain it with fluid paints and seal it with a light coat of medium.
I did paint pouring a while ago and couldn't easily buy a lot of the products commonly used in USA, so I substituted house paint a lot. we do have a local paint company that makes house paint in artist colours. The house paint thinned with glue and water made wonderful skins on silicon rubber sheets (sold as place mats for pets dishes). The skins lifted easily and do not stick to themselves so are easy to store. I always put the paint on the sheet by pouring and adding texture or marks with tools - I always had a thicker layer than you would get with brushstrokes. I have made collage landscapes among other things. I also covered a small notebook with one sheet and it is tough enough for that. I know it's a bit cheeky to gate-crash Golden's video, but if you're interested, you could use untinted base house paint coloured with Golden paints to make tougher skins. I should add - pour the paint onto your non-stick surface and tilt it to spread the paint around. If in doubt watch a paint pouring video to get the idea.
Interesting observations! We caution that many house paints are too brittle to be used on flexible supports. They are harder and less tacky, which is nice, but in cooler temperatures they will become fragile and vulnerable to cracking if flexed. Thanks for sharing!
@@GoldenPaints I find that house paint skins remain flexible in storage for about two years and then they do harden. But if they're are mounted flat as in collage they are fine. I did cover a notebook with quite a thick house paint skin about two or three years ago and it is still flexible when the book is opened and closed. I did use high quality paints - we have a local company that makes house paints in artist-like colours. Professional artists use them in large works. So I guess if anyone is interested to try it they should use a quality exterior paint.
Thank you this is a really excellent video, great artist quality demonstrations and applications. Very helpful to see what your different products can do. I am a big advocate for your paints - since I switched I have not looked back. Great products and worth every cent.
A few years ago I did a lot of paint pouring (during that craze), and I used a large black plastic cement mixing tub to catch all the drips (found at home improvement stores for under $10). The acrylic peeled off beautifully and I saved all those skins between 6ml clear polyethylene sheeting (that I use to cover my tables in the studio) ! I *knew* they would come in useful one day :) Btw, I had the opportunity to tour your New Berlin location several years ago - it was awesome - thank you!
Thanks Mary Lou - thanks for coming to visit and for sharing your experience with the tubs. Many 5gal buckets and smaller pails are made from HDPE - same material used to make our paint jars and cylinders, so acrylic should peel off of them easily (once they're completely dry)
Stacy - this is great! Question - I've been doing acrylic skins on sheet protectors for several months with some good and some not-so-good results. Is there a particular weight of sheet protector you recommend? I put the skins in a loose-leaf binder & the sheet protectors are excellent for that purpose! Golden videos are terrific, very educational. Thanks very much.
Hello Anne, the weight of the sheet protector should not matter. In my experience the best results come with the most amount of drying/curing time. Long after the acrylic is dry to the touch and solid, I usually wait about a week before peeling up a gel skin. I also use a rigid piece of HDPE, sometimes a plastic folding table (you know the sort) because I like the texture and it is easy to work on.
Hi , can you/how do you add a dried skin to a wet acrylic painting? will it level out when it dries? And I assume its recommend to resin afterwards to make it look better or flatter?
Hello Brenda, an acrylic skin will adhere easily to wet acrylic paints or mediums just press it into the wet acrylic. The amount of leveling will depend on the viscosity of the acrylic skin is pressed into and how pressure is applied to flatten it. Resin (we assume you mean a clear topcoat like Art Resin) is an option, but not a recommendation, the acrylics will dry and adhere thoroughly without resin - any resin that is applied must wait until the paint or medium(s) under the skin are completely dried and cured, which can be a very long time if one builds up a sufficiently thick painting.
Hi Stacy, thanks for this super demo, very instructive, let’s make skins…Line Millotte from Montréal, Québec, we met in new Orlean, on the éducator program 😊
What if I want to use the acrylic paint skin as a sculptural material, is there something to spray the finished work to harden or stiffen it and not take away from the initial look of the work?
You can work with stiffer products that do not flex or soften as much as gels and mediums. Fiber Paste is a good example. Otherwise, imbed the sculpture wires and meshes within the skins to add support.
Which of the clear/transparent gel skins do you think would make the best substrate for laser printing onto? I want to apply a skin to an A3 size plastic sheet, print an image onto that skin and then peel it off. Thanks!
A3 is very large for an acrylic skin and might be hard to control and handle. Acrylics are typically flexible and can stretch when handles, especially in thin skins. You might want to use a thin fabric to reinforce the skin structurally. If you want to run the acrylic skin through a regular printer, you want to make sure the skin is as thin as possible. Our Pouring Mediums might be the best choices for creating large smooth skins. Here is an article where we describe our experiments with running acrylic skins through inkjet printers: justpaint.org/realizing-the-possibilities-of-digital-transfers-acrylics/ We no longer make the Golden Digital Grounds, but you can get similar products from InkAid.
Thanks for this video.Once we created skins, I would like to create a structure and add more paint. My question is how can I settle the new structure to freeze and paint it?
Our pleasure! If you make acrylic skins, you can still paint on top of them if needed for your process. You could also adhere skins together using something like an acrylic gel, which has some body to it to help hold a heavier skin to another. We aren’t sure if this totally answers your question, but if you have specifics let us know at help@goldenpaints.com and we can try and offer more advice!
I am so excited to try these techniques. I’ve recently returned to collage and look forward to adding skins. I work in a sketchbook and experimented with Targel. Unfortunately, it stuck to the facing page and partially pealed off. How can I prevent this from happening again?
Hello! A quick way to keep the pages in your sketchbook when using acrylics is to wipe a very thin layer of Renaissance Wax onto the surface. This microcrystalline wax is easy to apply by loading a little onto a soft cotton cloth and gently rubbing it onto the acrylics. Immediately after application, use another piece of the same soft fabric to even out the surface and buff to a high polish. In our testing this works really well even when painted surfaces are making direct contact to another surface.
Hello Gloria - "can" is a bit loaded. They certainly can be... you could affix an acrylic skin to a shirt, but it not going to be washable or very comfortable to wear.
We have an article on JustPaint.org that might be helpful as you look to adding GOLDEN to your studio: justpaint.org/painting-with-golden-on-a-budget/ Also, many of our retail partners offer special pricing or coupons that may assist as you are selecting products. If you have additional questions, please send us a note at help@goldenpaints.com.
Hi I'm wondering if you can help me out. I made some fish and sea life out of skins and layed them down on my ocean painting and they don't blend in. It almost looks like I cut out from a magazine and layed them down. Any ideas how to make it look more "painted" or blend it better ? Thank you! @@GoldenPaints
I make skins from crackle medium. I put the crackle medium over a cured skin of pouring medium, or a skin of medium and tissue paper. Once the crackle medium has cured, I stain it with fluid paints and seal it with a light coat of medium.
Self Leveling gel is also a very handy thing when making skins, if you want them flat and get frustrated by your own lousy knife-skills :-)
I did paint pouring a while ago and couldn't easily buy a lot of the products commonly used in USA, so I substituted house paint a lot. we do have a local paint company that makes house paint in artist colours. The house paint thinned with glue and water made wonderful skins on silicon rubber sheets (sold as place mats for pets dishes). The skins lifted easily and do not stick to themselves so are easy to store. I always put the paint on the sheet by pouring and adding texture or marks with tools - I always had a thicker layer than you would get with brushstrokes. I have made collage landscapes among other things. I also covered a small notebook with one sheet and it is tough enough for that.
I know it's a bit cheeky to gate-crash Golden's video, but if you're interested, you could use untinted base house paint coloured with Golden paints to make tougher skins.
I should add - pour the paint onto your non-stick surface and tilt it to spread the paint around. If in doubt watch a paint pouring video to get the idea.
Interesting observations! We caution that many house paints are too brittle to be used on flexible supports. They are harder and less tacky, which is nice, but in cooler temperatures they will become fragile and vulnerable to cracking if flexed. Thanks for sharing!
@@GoldenPaints I find that house paint skins remain flexible in storage for about two years and then they do harden. But if they're are mounted flat as in collage they are fine. I did cover a notebook with quite a thick house paint skin about two or three years ago and it is still flexible when the book is opened and closed. I did use high quality paints - we have a local company that makes house paints in artist-like colours. Professional artists use them in large works.
So I guess if anyone is interested to try it they should use a quality exterior paint.
So many great ideas! Love that layered piece with different skins.😍
This was amazing. So many ideas spinning in my head. Thank you.
Thank you this is a really excellent video, great artist quality demonstrations and applications. Very helpful to see what your different products can do.
I am a big advocate for your paints - since I switched I have not looked back. Great products and worth every cent.
Absolutely fabulous tutorial, you are so eloquent and knowledgeable, impressed and inspired!❤
A few years ago I did a lot of paint pouring (during that craze), and I used a large black plastic cement mixing tub to catch all the drips (found at home improvement stores for under $10). The acrylic peeled off beautifully and I saved all those skins between 6ml clear polyethylene sheeting (that I use to cover my tables in the studio) ! I *knew* they would come in useful one day :) Btw, I had the opportunity to tour your New Berlin location several years ago - it was awesome - thank you!
Thanks Mary Lou - thanks for coming to visit and for sharing your experience with the tubs. Many 5gal buckets and smaller pails are made from HDPE - same material used to make our paint jars and cylinders, so acrylic should peel off of them easily (once they're completely dry)
This is GOLD! Thank you.
Good tips!
The metalics facinate me.
Thank you so much for this video! Very helpful!!
some of these products would be great for 3D flowers
Great ideas
Thank you.
WOW!
Stacy - this is great! Question - I've been doing acrylic skins on sheet protectors for several months with some good and some not-so-good results. Is there a particular weight of sheet protector you recommend? I put the skins in a loose-leaf binder & the sheet protectors are excellent for that purpose! Golden videos are terrific, very educational. Thanks very much.
Hello Anne, the weight of the sheet protector should not matter. In my experience the best results come with the most amount of drying/curing time. Long after the acrylic is dry to the touch and solid, I usually wait about a week before peeling up a gel skin. I also use a rigid piece of HDPE, sometimes a plastic folding table (you know the sort) because I like the texture and it is easy to work on.
Hi , can you/how do you add a dried skin to a wet acrylic painting? will it level out when it dries? And I assume its recommend to resin afterwards to make it look better or flatter?
Hello Brenda, an acrylic skin will adhere easily to wet acrylic paints or mediums just press it into the wet acrylic. The amount of leveling will depend on the viscosity of the acrylic skin is pressed into and how pressure is applied to flatten it. Resin (we assume you mean a clear topcoat like Art Resin) is an option, but not a recommendation, the acrylics will dry and adhere thoroughly without resin - any resin that is applied must wait until the paint or medium(s) under the skin are completely dried and cured, which can be a very long time if one builds up a sufficiently thick painting.
Hi Stacy, thanks for this super demo, very instructive, let’s make skins…Line Millotte from Montréal, Québec, we met in new Orlean, on the éducator program 😊
Stacy says "Hello, Line! I'm glad this was helpful!"
What if I want to use the acrylic paint skin as a sculptural material, is there something to spray the finished work to harden or stiffen it and not take away from the initial look of the work?
You can work with stiffer products that do not flex or soften as much as gels and mediums. Fiber Paste is a good example. Otherwise, imbed the sculpture wires and meshes within the skins to add support.
Which of the clear/transparent gel skins do you think would make the best substrate for laser printing onto? I want to apply a skin to an A3 size plastic sheet, print an image onto that skin and then peel it off. Thanks!
A3 is very large for an acrylic skin and might be hard to control and handle. Acrylics are typically flexible and can stretch when handles, especially in thin skins. You might want to use a thin fabric to reinforce the skin structurally. If you want to run the acrylic skin through a regular printer, you want to make sure the skin is as thin as possible. Our Pouring Mediums might be the best choices for creating large smooth skins. Here is an article where we describe our experiments with running acrylic skins through inkjet printers: justpaint.org/realizing-the-possibilities-of-digital-transfers-acrylics/
We no longer make the Golden Digital Grounds, but you can get similar products from InkAid.
@@GoldenPaints Amazing, thanks so much
Thanks for this video.Once we created skins, I would like to create a structure and add more paint. My question is how can I settle the new structure to freeze and paint it?
Our pleasure! If you make acrylic skins, you can still paint on top of them if needed for your process. You could also adhere skins together using something like an acrylic gel, which has some body to it to help hold a heavier skin to another. We aren’t sure if this totally answers your question, but if you have specifics let us know at help@goldenpaints.com and we can try and offer more advice!
@@GoldenPaints Thanks for your reply. I will address my specific goal at your help email. 😀
I am so excited to try these techniques. I’ve recently returned to collage and look forward to adding skins. I work in a sketchbook and experimented with Targel. Unfortunately, it stuck to the facing page and partially pealed off. How can I prevent this from happening again?
Hello! A quick way to keep the pages in your sketchbook when using acrylics is to wipe a very thin layer of Renaissance Wax onto the surface. This microcrystalline wax is easy to apply by loading a little onto a soft cotton cloth and gently rubbing it onto the acrylics. Immediately after application, use another piece of the same soft fabric to even out the surface and buff to a high polish. In our testing this works really well even when painted surfaces are making direct contact to another surface.
@@GoldenPaints thank you! I'll try this!
I would lay down a thick layer of matte medium, let it dry, and then put your string gel composition on to that.
Can acrylic skins be applied to t-shirts
Hello Gloria - "can" is a bit loaded. They certainly can be... you could affix an acrylic skin to a shirt, but it not going to be washable or very comfortable to wear.
What if I can't afford golden, is there anything else I can use?
We have an article on JustPaint.org that might be helpful as you look to adding GOLDEN to your studio: justpaint.org/painting-with-golden-on-a-budget/ Also, many of our retail partners offer special pricing or coupons that may assist as you are selecting products.
If you have additional questions, please send us a note at help@goldenpaints.com.
Golden is great value, you get what you pay for
saludos amiga!
The first skin you showed and cut looked like it was on drawing paper…but you mentioned fibre substrate….what was it.
This skin was made with our GOLDEN Fiber Paste.
Hi, what is the name of the product to make the silicone mold?
You can search on Amazon for mold putty kits; there is one that looks really amazing ;-)
You might try using a black or contrasting background. I have low visionj so seeing white on white is impossible Informative video
We're glad you found the video informative, and appreciate the feedback on the composition.
Hi I'm wondering if you can help me out. I made some fish and sea life out of skins and layed them down on my ocean painting and they don't blend in. It almost looks like I cut out from a magazine and layed them down. Any ideas how to make it look more "painted" or blend it better ? Thank you! @@GoldenPaints
Need better ways of buying golden
Which is certainly one of the finest made
And then the next level is making skins with image transfers...