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Sarah Huang

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Dear all, This is a fluid painting that I am fond of. Fluid painting is a kind of amazing art with certain kind of special charm. Without specific shape or image, the painters' ability of color is one of the most important factors of a fluid painting. All in all, the controlling of color is crucial for a painter, so how can I gain this kind of ability? Your reply will be appreciated.

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Robert Jones, Napa

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If this is the style of art you admire, you couldn't really do better than approach the person who has created it to ask how it was done; or simply to follow them and study their approach as best you can. I don't know how the above painting was achieved - there are several possible ways, some of them more sound from an archival point of view than others: but if you were able to identify the painter, and presumably it's not one of your own, that might help.

Adele Elgood

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Does look fun - if of course you don't like getting migraines. Just kidding.
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Linda Wilson

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I think that I have heard of it before, termed as marbling. My understanding of it is that you submerge the canvas in water, float oil paint on water and twiddle with it, then bring the canvas up to catch the paint. At best it could be described as decorative art.
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Linda Wilson

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It's a lot less messy and far quicker on photoshop.
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Linda Wilson

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I've just looked on UTube and there are loads of ways to do it. You can do it with acrylic, nail polish, milk with ink. You can also plonk the paper or canvas on top of the top layer. You can also plop paint onto of a small canvas and pop it in a Ziplock bag and squelch it around. Just look up marbling or fluid painting.

Donna Crane

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This is something that I am finding out about from what I understand you mix acrylic paint with water and sometimes you add silicone and different paints in a cup and then pour it on to the canvas and it creates the most amazing designs. The object is to make the paint a pourable consistency to get these results - there are some amazing pages dedicated to this on FaceBook. Donna

Adele Elgood

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I love You Tube and find it easier to watch demonstrations than reading instructions, however sometimes you can be swamped with all the various techniques from different artists and perhaps the best way is to try each one out and see what suits you. As you will also see there are differing opinions from some of us here on the forum. I like the idea of playing with the paint - Syd thinks not. Who is right?? "Horses for Courses". Meaning everybody uses different techniques to achieve the results they want. Good luck!

Ruth Dolan

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Very difficult to control colour in a fluid painting, I should think. Having said that, I think the aim in this kind of work is not to control but to allow the paint to blend and form its own design. This one may have been created by pouring liquid paint onto a surface, or again, possibly created as one would create marbling, which it resembles.

Ruth Dolan

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Reading all the replies, I would advise...Experiment. Also, for colour knowledge, study the colour wheel to discover the relationships between colours and their complements. I think You Tube could help here.

Adele Elgood

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Having looked at a few videos on fluid painting on You Tube today, I think Ruth is absolutely correct. This seems more of an experimental painting technique whereby you choose your colours and either pool them straight onto board or canvas or layer them in a cup (some call this "dirty cup" ) and then pour onto the canvas. It is hard to gauge the result and that is, to my mind, the exciting part. Also you tilt the board in different directions to control the flow. Finally you use a blow torch to create "cells" (little bubbles of colour). Of course if you have watched some of these videos, you will know all this - the point I am making is that you will need to experiment. Go on Sarah, put on your overall, cover your surfaces and have a go. Don't forget to put them on the gallery when done. I must say I saw some beautiful designs but far too messy for me.

Donna Crane

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Yes Adele you are right about this technique and I can't wait to have a go ;) Donna
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