In many of my pieces I use Liquitex Pouring Medium. This material can be poured on for a crystal clear, glossy surface or tinted with acrylic inks to create a multi-layered effect. I’ve been working with it for years and am always excited to show you new techniques!
I’ve created several videos in the past where I talk about this “effect medium” (as Liquitex calls it), answer your questions, and experiment in real-time.
In these videos you’ll learn:
- how to use Liquitex Pouring Medium to finish your paintings with a smooth, clear, glossy finish.
- how to tint the pouring medium with acrylic inks
- vital tips and tricks
- answers to questions from artists just like you!
Watch all 13 videos by clicking “play” on the playlist below!
Here’s a list of materials and where to find them:
Liquitex Pouring Medium- 8oz.
Liquitex Pouring Medium- 1 gallon
Soft Body Liquitex Paint Set
Liquitex Ink
Throughout my career as a painter, I have explored the relationship of the self to the spirit. Recently I’ve used images of dried roses to reflect on ideas related to beauty, loss, and the passage of time. There are some lines in a 1980s song by Leonard Cohen and Jennifer Warnes, Song of Bernadette, that I think capture the part of the human spirit that inspires me most:
We’ve been around, we fall, we fly
Whenever I enter my studio, I am immediately drawn to the window. I never know what awaits there. Will it be a family of deer strolling through the pines as fresh winter snow blankets the landscape? Perhaps, a raccoon will stare at me with curiosity from behind the glass, wondering about my activities, as flowers bloom all around. The other day, I saw a tiny toad trying to take shelter from the rain.
My backyard is such a muse. I can’t get enough of its gifts. Thanks to the studio window, I am able to watch the most delightful and inspirational nature show to never be broadcast on television.
I am inspired by the places we visit. Volcanic stone used in m
One of the things that inspires me is old found papers I gather when I travel to other countries. My use of them in my art is not about sentimentality for the past; rather these ephemera evoke for me a feeling of the passage of time. I often use them with encaustic which provides both protection and a luminous veiled quality.
Through the scholarship contest, we will be giving away a full-ride scholarship to the mentorship program. If you have already registered and you win, you will receive a full refund on your purchase!
There is a quote that says, Creativity Takes Courage. I believe that to be true for me as I take an idea and move it through the process until completion no matter how crazy it seems. Visually I am stimulated by the many designs of nature, emotionally by the events of the world, spiritually by the creativity of others, mentally by what I read or think about.
