What I Learned from The Sandwich Pour!
This was my first time to video myself painting and my first time doing a sandwich pour where you layer white and colors then pour down the canvas. I definitely want to do another one and I learned some useful lessons this time around…..
Use more of the “sandwich” color! That is depending on the look you are going for. I wanted a little more negative space, in this case, titanium white. In one of the cups I did not fill in the middle with enough and ended up with a lot more color than I was going for. HOWEVER! I love the colors and love how it turned out so all is well after all….
Don’t be critical of yourself. Yes, we all hear this all the time. I am absolutely my own worst critic in every aspect of my life. The one thing I am learning through fluid art is that there are some things you can control and some things you can’t. Rather than get upset and give up (or scrape a canvas), sit with it, look at it as it is rather than how you want it to be and see how that feels. Once I did that with this painting I was pretty happy with it and actually fell in love with it.
Always do a close up. It’s so easy to rush on to the next thought, idea or task. But doing a close up of the painting allowed me to notice all of the details I otherwise would have missed had I just started cleaning up and moving onto the next task of the day. I love looking at the paint and feeling the movement, composition, colors and gloss of wet paint.
I hope this video was helpful to you. I have not done another sandwich pour so if you have some tips, suggestions or links feel free to share them with me!
Materials Used:
18" x 24" canvas
Acrylic Paints: - Liquitex Basics Iridescent Graphite, Sargent Silver, Deco Art Tin - Arteza Pearl Copper Gold, Pearl Lilac - Lumiere Burgundy
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Watch Sarah Mack's sandwich pour video: https://youtu.be/1mpnDLduQbY
***THIS VIDEO IS INTENDED FOR ADULTS***