Oh gosh, im glad i found your channel. You are so refreshing. .the clarity of your voice, the softness & sliwness of your presentation is so wonderful. Thank you from a 75 year old who is hard of hearing.🎉❤🎉❤
I agree the wax paper made the skin wrinkled and it was hard to get off the wax paper! I bought those pink sticks from Amazon thanks to Mr Macdonald on RUclips but I didn’t know they were dental sticks😅
To make skins, you can use any paint, any acrylic paint, including apple barrel, and Craftsmart. Not my choice in painting on canvas, but because skins go under cabochon, it doesn’t really matter. I use the same recipe for everything one part paint to two parts, American floetrol, and a little bit of water.
Do you mean swirl colored nail polish and create skins? I don’t know. Acrylic paint is basically colored glue. I’m not sure if nail polish would dry with the density needed.
Small little puddles? Worth a try. Probably depends on the brand, etc. I use Pure. Even says vegan! 😅 seems to self level each record! Ima try a lil puddle! ❤
I’ve had really good luck with my paint recipe. I have found that when the paints crack, it’s because one layer is drying quicker than another layer. So you might want to cover whatever you have painted on with something like foil so that it doesn’t dry too quickly. If I remember right, I don’t try to peel the paint up at least for a week.
I use my paint samples for work. Even real houseplant! Prefer the stains and glosses. Use Elmer's white to thicken or water to thin depending on the flow. Tunes need floetrol, imo. But experimenting is they key to your art! ❤❤❤
Won’t the paint run into the other paint section? Wow two weeks is along time I try to make them thin layers which might take 2-3 days I hate waiting!!!😂
I hate waiting too but I’d like to be sure all layers are dried and cured. Yes sometimes they do run together but once they’re dry you can cut the skins apart with scissors
Oh gosh, im glad i found your channel. You are so refreshing. .the clarity of your voice, the softness & sliwness of your presentation is so wonderful. Thank you from a 75 year old who is hard of hearing.🎉❤🎉❤
Thank YOU so much!
Love the colors, warm for fall , cool for winter😅🎉❤
Thank you
Very good tutorial. Awesome designs!
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing
Lots of good tips! Thanks so much! ❤
SO, pretty and lots of great colors. Lots of awesome idea's for doing this type of art.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for the great tips and tutorial
Happy to help!
this is the first time I see ur channel.very good info.i didnt know you could pour paint with out flotrol or something else in it. ty❤😊
Thank you very much. Yes, it’s all a big experiment. Depending on the brand of paint you can choose to use just water alone!
Love it 🥰
Thank you.
I agree the wax paper made the skin wrinkled and it was hard to get off the wax paper! I bought those pink sticks from Amazon thanks to Mr Macdonald on RUclips but I didn’t know they were dental sticks😅
I would try freeform cutouts with UV resin for these skins!
That’s not a bad idea. At the time when I was making the skin jewelry I had not started with UV resin. Now you’ve got me interested in trying it!
How do you mix your paint? And what do you use?
To make skins, you can use any paint, any acrylic paint, including apple barrel, and Craftsmart. Not my choice in painting on canvas, but because skins go under cabochon, it doesn’t really matter. I use the same recipe for everything one part paint to two parts, American floetrol, and a little bit of water.
So many ways to mix! I started with Elmer's glue and water! 😅
Could you use nail polish the same way?😂❤🎉
Do you mean swirl colored nail polish and create skins? I don’t know. Acrylic paint is basically colored glue. I’m not sure if nail polish would dry with the density needed.
Small little puddles? Worth a try. Probably depends on the brand, etc. I use Pure. Even says vegan! 😅 seems to self level each record! Ima try a lil puddle! ❤
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When I tried pouring the paint to make skins they all cracked and I couldn't lift them up. I only added a little water to the paints
I’ve had really good luck with my paint recipe. I have found that when the paints crack, it’s because one layer is drying quicker than another layer. So you might want to cover whatever you have painted on with something like foil so that it doesn’t dry too quickly. If I remember right, I don’t try to peel the paint up at least for a week.
@agould105 The paint was all cracked and that was after only 48 hours. Couldn't use it as skin
I’m sorry to hear that. I’d try revamping your paint recipe and not letting the puddle dry too quickly.
hi can I use deco art paint.ty
Yes you can. For the jewelry. For painting I’d recommend you use tube paint.
I use my paint samples for work. Even real houseplant! Prefer the stains and glosses. Use Elmer's white to thicken or water to thin depending on the flow.
Tunes need floetrol, imo. But experimenting is they key to your art! ❤❤❤
Tubes. The thicker the more thinner u need. Various recipes.
Won’t the paint run into the other paint section? Wow two weeks is along time I try to make them thin layers which might take 2-3 days I hate waiting!!!😂
I hate waiting too but I’d like to be sure all layers are dried and cured. Yes sometimes they do run together but once they’re dry you can cut the skins apart with scissors
That is wasting your material. You actually can angle your scissors and cut around the piece.
That’s true you could angle scissors. But cutting a small square then getting to the edge worked well for me.