When you’re doing paint pouring, the paint often runs over the edge and into the box below. Is that paint wasted? NOPE! It becomes an acrylic skin that can be used in other art and play.  What can you do with that skin?  Lots!  In this video, I’m sharing how to use it as the background in your art journal.

Watch Using an acrylic skin in an art journal on YouTube.

What’s an acrylic skin?  It’s dried paint that isn’t “on” anything like paper or a canvas.

How do you make them?  This one was created from the drips and paint running off of poured paintings.  When you’re paint pouring, every drop of paint can be used!

Want to know more about paint pouring and make your own skins while making canvases? Check out my workshop, Paint Pouring FUNdamentals which includes 4 bonuses!

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Once the skin is glued on to your art journal page, you trace any shapes that call you with a pen.  The best one for writing on the glossy surface is a Sharpie.

As you’re writing, if you notice the pen seems to be “drying up”, write on paper to remove any residue that the pen tip is picking up.  This will make the pen last a long time.

Once you have the shapes outlined, then add more color.  Since this is paint, you can naturally put paint on top of it.

A perk of working on a glossy surface like this is that if you paint over the lines, a damp cotton swab cleans up the edges.

Art journal pages tend to have writing on there somewhere when I create them. If you can’t read this, never fear.  I can’t either.  What I do is scribble writing that is more about getting my thoughts and feelings out than writing legibly.

Here’s the finished page- no drawing skills needed to make this. Just tracing around the shapes in the paint!

Do you love watching the videos on paint pouring, but don’t know where to begin? Everything you need to know is waiting for you in Paint Pouring FUNdamentals. And you’ll make some gorgeous skins along the way that you can use in things like your art journal!

Wonder what you can do with all those poured canvases you’ve made? Of course, they look great hanging on a wall, but they can do so much more! In this video, I’m showing how to make paint pouring wearable- pins!

Watch Paint Pouring Is For More Than Just a Canvas on YouTube.

How do you make poured paintings? What supplies to use, how to mix the, how to get the results that make you happy?  Everything you need to know is waiting for you in Paint Pouring FUNdamentals so you can see how it’s done.

Not only do you get step-by-step videos but you get the systems for mixing paint without any eyeballing or measuring! Any kind of paint!  Plus 4 bonuses too but the early bird discount ends soon!

Start by cutting the canvas off the frame. If I was just going to cut it off, why on earth did I use a frame?  2 reasons.

1. These are inexpensive canvases.
2. Having the canvas on the frame makes it so much easier to get a good pour on it. Doing pouring on something that doesn’t have a firm frame or structure is a quick way to be frustrated.

To make the backside pretty and and a little bit of strength to the canvas, gel medium or other glue a piece of cardstock to the back.

The prints that you see me use in the video are gel prints that I’ve made. If you happen to have a stash of those papers, this is a great way to use them!

Once it’s dry, cut out the shape you want and add a pin back! I used 3-in-1 glue because it grabs quickly.

You’ll wow people with colorful, fun, one of a kind pins that you make with your own unique paint pourings!  These are great when you need a quick gift to give!

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