Crackle is so much fun, isn't it? I love Tri-Art Crackle. I also hear that Fusion Mineral Paint crackle is good. I like to tape my paper down to a piece of acrylic and then prep it with a coat of GAC 200 (gloss medium works, too). I find that this reduces the curling of the paper and really helps with adhesion. I love your addition of the gold. It's so pretty!
Very cool, Catherine ~ I've tried various crackle mediums and found my favorites to be TriArt and Kroma. Sealing them with Matte Medium is a great tip; I always had trouble with the crackle lifting when I tried adding inks or very fluid paints so this is a HUGE tip....I'm also going to try placing a 'crackled' paper on top of some dark, wet inks, as I quite liked the effect you accidentally got from the dried black paint seeping through the back of that one paper ~ it could produce some additional interesting effects. Thanks!! 🥰
I'm so glad that you got a couple new ideas from this demo. I love these two crackles the best too, although I've tried many. Happy art accidents are the best!
Wow, very cool. But, I would be harvesting a lot of the crackles that aren't adhered to use as embellishments, especially those beautiful gold ones! They just look so cute and would be unusual in a collage.
Thanks Deb. It's possible, although I haven't tried it. If you do it, I would put a layer of gloss medium on both sides of the paper first. Let me know what happens!
Very interesting results again. I'm looking forward to seeing your collages. Did you consider taping the paper to a board before adding crackle medium?
I find that for many of the papers I make it takes a few tries before I really like using a certain technique. Certainly true for crackle as each product works so differently. Have fun experimenting!
I tried this with old collage papers that I didn't like. So it was all types of papers. However if you want to use crackle on plain paper, I would use this on a heavier paper like mixed media or bristol. Also helpful if you add a layer of gloss medium on the paper before the crackle, although I didn't say this in the video.
Hi Cat. Thanks for another very cool idea! I’m wondering if you could add matte medium on the back side of your warped paper to help relax the paper and flatten it out. It seems like it would still help adhere the crackle to the paper without filling the cracks with the matte medium. Do you think this idea would work?
What if you put a layer of gel medium on the back side of the painted paper, allow to dry and flatten, then add the crackle paste to the painted side?? This might stop the crackle lifting and curling. Also your last layer of paint/ink might be more vibrant in the cracks as there won't be any gel medium preventing it from staining the paper on that side.
What I *REALLY* want you to teach me... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Is *HOW ON EARTH* you keep your craft space so clean? 😫 Hmmm... I really liked the look of that second crackle product in the jar, it looked like it was super glossy and quality, much better than the first...but I don't think the results were as good. Obviously you used a ton of products to make super chunky crackles, but both were a little bit disappointing that they could just drop off the paper. Yes you managed to fix that, but you shouldn't have had to do that imo. I would expect better results from such products. Maybe they work better on furniture perhaps? Solid wood that can't stretch and shrink like paper? But then these are not sold for home decor, although many people use them for such, they are sold for artists, so what surface are MOST artists going to paint on if not paper...🙄 Still it's great that we get to see them at work on screen so we can be aware of results, I do appreciate that. But both companies should appreciate *YOU,* because as an artist you managed to make their products look like they WEREN'T an expensive waste of time. If someone with an ordinary crafting channel had demonstrated them, I think they'd have looked like a complete fail. I've always been a silver person, always wear silver jewellery and not a fan of gold, plus I'm allergic to gold. But recently I've become mesmerised by crafting projects using proper iridescent mouthwatering shades of gold. So I HAVE TO ASK, what is that brand of gold paint that you used? That intensity of colour was so deep and pure, it literally looked like you were spreading on molten metal. 🤩 I NEED that gold paint in my life! My favourite pieces you made were the gold and blues, and the silver and blues. Again that silver paint also had a true metallic sheen to it, although not as much as the gold or as pretty, but it was there. I think many metallic paints look glorious in the tubes, but are disappointing in reality. Very thin and more glittery than metal. So I need your best recommendations for gold and silver paints please. Not spray paints either, but artist paints that can be mixed with water. On that note, I don't have any alcohol inks yet, but I didn't know you could spritz them with water and mop them up like that??? That's a new realisation for me. I would have thought they were permanent and dried super fast...like a Sharpie. They have alcohol inks in right? So it's kind of odd to me that you're able to do that... something's not computing in the science area of my brain with that! 😂 Although it's been that many years since school that doesn't surprise me! My brain's science area is probably the size of a mouldy old shrivelled peanut by now! 🤣 Ooh and one last recommendation if you don't mind...what is the WHITEIST pen that you know of? I have a Pental brand one and it's more like a chalk pen IMO. Not very opaque and the more you go over it the more it removes of the previous layer, very annoying. Then I bought a Posca brand one as I've heard so many people rave about Posca pens, and I have to say I'm not sure why people rave about them? It's just a paint pen, right? The problem I find with paint pens is that the paint flow is unpredictable. They're either dry and scratchy, or flooding without warning. I shake the hell out of them and push the nibs as instructed, but the flow...just doesn't. Flow I mean. So if you could please recommend gold and silver paints, and the whiteist pen ever, I'd really appreciate it! I want it so white, that brands are competing over it being the whiteist ever...like those two guys did a few years back over the blackest paint in the world. 😂 Thank you for sharing. 🤗
Wow, I love your enthusiasm to learn. First, I clean my studio before every art demo video, but it doen'st look that neat in between, like right now! Second, the crackles I showed weren't made to use for papers, but rather on canvas or hard boards. I am adapting the products to how I want to use them, for collage and collage papers. My gold paint is linked under the demo description, under the word MORE. My fave white pen is Uni-Ball Signo. You might want to get on my newsletter list as I often share links to my fave art supplies there. Again link to join under the word MORE in this video. Thanks for choosing to be part of my art world, I'm truly honored. Cat
Ecologically, you do NOT want to be rinsing the toxic chemicals in paint, down the drain. . . Do you have ANY idea where it ends up?! It’s far better to clean up paint with cloth/paper towels, and send them to the land-fill! Though it IS the lesser of two evils. . . .
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Love how you experiment right on camera and how you fix the collage papers you're not in love with. So inspiring Catherine ❤
I truly appreciate your appreciation of me showing "mistakes" on camera!
Crackle is so much fun, isn't it? I love Tri-Art Crackle. I also hear that Fusion Mineral Paint crackle is good. I like to tape my paper down to a piece of acrylic and then prep it with a coat of GAC 200 (gloss medium works, too). I find that this reduces the curling of the paper and really helps with adhesion. I love your addition of the gold. It's so pretty!
What a fabulous idea - will have to try coating my paper first. Great suggestion. Thanks for adding to my product knowledge!
@@catrains.artist You're welcome. Let us know if this works for you.
These are so beautiful!
So glad that you like them Deborah!
Another fun thing to try!!!! Thank you, Cat! LOVE IT!
Thank you dear Mary! I love that you watch my videos.
This is amazing
Thank you so much for sharing 🌹
Thanks so much for watching!
Great workshop…so fun👌🏻
Awww thank you Jannette.
The free online workshop is very interesting and fun!
So glad that you enjoyed it!
Great workshop✌🏼
Thanks so much Jannette!
Thank you SO much for doing this demo for us. You have so many great ideas and your videos are inspirational
Thank YOU for watching and for the very kind words.
Fabulous vid Catherine!!
Thanks so very much Trish!
That gold and blue one!❤
I know, that was my fave too! It took forever to dry, at least 4 days.
Nice! Thanks for the info about matte medium and parchment paper when flattening it. I did not know they wouldn't just stick together!
Glad you found that tip helpful. Really is a game changer when using crackle on old collage papers!
Maravilhosos!!!!!!!!!!
Awww thank you!
Very cool, Catherine ~ I've tried various crackle mediums and found my favorites to be TriArt and Kroma. Sealing them with Matte Medium is a great tip; I always had trouble with the crackle lifting when I tried adding inks or very fluid paints so this is a HUGE tip....I'm also going to try placing a 'crackled' paper on top of some dark, wet inks, as I quite liked the effect you accidentally got from the dried black paint seeping through the back of that one paper ~ it could produce some additional interesting effects. Thanks!! 🥰
I'm so glad that you got a couple new ideas from this demo. I love these two crackles the best too, although I've tried many. Happy art accidents are the best!
Perfect timing. I had ordered Tri Art the other day and it arrives tomorrow! Beautiful papers, especially love the one with alcohol inks.
This is good timing. Tri Art is such a fun way to make collage papers. Enjoy!
Excited to see another of your videos
Thanks so much! I'd be honored to have you watch more.
Thank you
Thank YOU!
I actually really like the results of using PVA glue to get a crackle effect.
Hmmm, never tried that! Would you mind sharing how that works? I'm curious.
So cool. ❤❤❤
Awww thanks!
Thank you!
Thank YOU!
Wow, very cool. But, I would be harvesting a lot of the crackles that aren't adhered to use as embellishments, especially those beautiful gold ones! They just look so cute and would be unusual in a collage.
So glad you were inspired to use this technique in different ways. My next video shows how to use crackle in a collage!
Exceptional tutorial really level the crackle. Do you think you can crackle on tea paper?
Thanks Deb. It's possible, although I haven't tried it. If you do it, I would put a layer of gloss medium on both sides of the paper first. Let me know what happens!
Very interesting results again. I'm looking forward to seeing your collages. Did you consider taping the paper to a board before adding crackle medium?
Glad you enjoyed the demo. Taping to a board is an excellent option, although the paper would probably still curl after the paper is pulled up.
I am not patient enough to do this technique.. ha ha.. but I can't wait to see how you use them in your collages
It does take patience for sure, many days of patience.I'm showing how I used them in a collage in my next video!
Interesting. I have played with crackle, but haven't enjoyed the results. May pull them back out and experiment again. Thank you!
I find that for many of the papers I make it takes a few tries before I really like using a certain technique. Certainly true for crackle as each product works so differently. Have fun experimenting!
So pretty...what paper is best to use?
I tried this with old collage papers that I didn't like. So it was all types of papers. However if you want to use crackle on plain paper, I would use this on a heavier paper like mixed media or bristol. Also helpful if you add a layer of gloss medium on the paper before the crackle, although I didn't say this in the video.
Hi Cat. Thanks for another very cool idea! I’m wondering if you could add matte medium on the back side of your warped paper to help relax the paper and flatten it out. It seems like it would still help adhere the crackle to the paper without filling the cracks with the matte medium. Do you think this idea would work?
Yes that could work. Try it and let me know!
What if you put a layer of gel medium on the back side of the painted paper, allow to dry and flatten, then add the crackle paste to the painted side?? This might stop the crackle lifting and curling. Also your last layer of paint/ink might be more vibrant in the cracks as there won't be any gel medium preventing it from staining the paper on that side.
Sounds like a great idea. Have you tried doing this yet? Would love to know if this works for you!
Cool video! Thanks so much!
FYI alcohol ink doesn’t get old. Maybe try spraying with isopropyl alcohol? 🧐
Glad you enjoyed the demo. Good to know about alcohol ink - I'll try what you suggest.
Muito triste porque no meu país não encontro esses produtos para comprar. Preciso descobrir algo para substituí-los. Mas obrigada pela dica.
Can you buy Golden or Deco Art? Both of these are also good, just do different things.
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Is *HOW ON EARTH* you keep your craft space so clean? 😫
Hmmm... I really liked the look of that second crackle product in the jar, it looked like it was super glossy and quality, much better than the first...but I don't think the results were as good.
Obviously you used a ton of products to make super chunky crackles, but both were a little bit disappointing that they could just drop off the paper. Yes you managed to fix that, but you shouldn't have had to do that imo. I would expect better results from such products.
Maybe they work better on furniture perhaps? Solid wood that can't stretch and shrink like paper? But then these are not sold for home decor, although many people use them for such, they are sold for artists, so what surface are MOST artists going to paint on if not paper...🙄
Still it's great that we get to see them at work on screen so we can be aware of results, I do appreciate that. But both companies should appreciate *YOU,* because as an artist you managed to make their products look like they WEREN'T an expensive waste of time. If someone with an ordinary crafting channel had demonstrated them, I think they'd have looked like a complete fail.
I've always been a silver person, always wear silver jewellery and not a fan of gold, plus I'm allergic to gold. But recently I've become mesmerised by crafting projects using proper iridescent mouthwatering shades of gold. So I HAVE TO ASK, what is that brand of gold paint that you used? That intensity of colour was so deep and pure, it literally looked like you were spreading on molten metal. 🤩
I NEED that gold paint in my life! My favourite pieces you made were the gold and blues, and the silver and blues. Again that silver paint also had a true metallic sheen to it, although not as much as the gold or as pretty, but it was there. I think many metallic paints look glorious in the tubes, but are disappointing in reality. Very thin and more glittery than metal. So I need your best recommendations for gold and silver paints please. Not spray paints either, but artist paints that can be mixed with water.
On that note, I don't have any alcohol inks yet, but I didn't know you could spritz them with water and mop them up like that??? That's a new realisation for me. I would have thought they were permanent and dried super fast...like a Sharpie. They have alcohol inks in right? So it's kind of odd to me that you're able to do that... something's not computing in the science area of my brain with that! 😂
Although it's been that many years since school that doesn't surprise me! My brain's science area is probably the size of a mouldy old shrivelled peanut by now! 🤣
Ooh and one last recommendation if you don't mind...what is the WHITEIST pen that you know of? I have a Pental brand one and it's more like a chalk pen IMO. Not very opaque and the more you go over it the more it removes of the previous layer, very annoying.
Then I bought a Posca brand one as I've heard so many people rave about Posca pens, and I have to say I'm not sure why people rave about them? It's just a paint pen, right? The problem I find with paint pens is that the paint flow is unpredictable. They're either dry and scratchy, or flooding without warning. I shake the hell out of them and push the nibs as instructed, but the flow...just doesn't. Flow I mean.
So if you could please recommend gold and silver paints, and the whiteist pen ever, I'd really appreciate it! I want it so white, that brands are competing over it being the whiteist ever...like those two guys did a few years back over the blackest paint in the world. 😂
Thank you for sharing. 🤗
Wow, I love your enthusiasm to learn. First, I clean my studio before every art demo video, but it doen'st look that neat in between, like right now! Second, the crackles I showed weren't made to use for papers, but rather on canvas or hard boards. I am adapting the products to how I want to use them, for collage and collage papers. My gold paint is linked under the demo description, under the word MORE. My fave white pen is Uni-Ball Signo. You might want to get on my newsletter list as I often share links to my fave art supplies there. Again link to join under the word MORE in this video. Thanks for choosing to be part of my art world, I'm truly honored. Cat
Ecologically, you do NOT want to be rinsing the toxic chemicals in paint, down the drain. . . Do you have ANY idea where it ends up?! It’s far better to clean up paint with cloth/paper towels, and send them to the land-fill! Though it IS the lesser of two evils. . . .
Totally agree with you! I actually have a video here that talks about that very thing.
You need to use blending solution or spray 90% alcohol on it…watch it move!
Hmmm, interesting idea! Will need to try that next time. Thanks for sharing.