#acrylicpouring #opencuppour #MinaVillegasArt #GiantCanvas #Inspiration

Hello Friends! Welcome Back to the Garden! Tonight we are shooting outside and the weather is absolutely lovely! I just got back from visiting my friends at Masse Art Studio in Texas last week, along with my dear Sarah Mack and Cathleen Ozmore. While Cathleen and I left on Sunday, Sarah was delayed because of weather conditions and got to stay with Lee & Jeremy for another couple of days and they did a gorgeous Open Cup pour on a huge canvas...which made me wish I was still there painting there with them! So tonight I am inspired by their awesome painting and will be doing an Open Cup pour on a 36x48 inch canvas. Lets get started!

Colors
Golden
- Payne's Grey
- Prussian Blue
FolkArt Treasure Gold
- Aquamarine
Arteza
- Pearl Pistachio
DecoArt Americana Decor
Metallics
- Obsidian
- 24K Gold
Basecoat:
Behr Satin Enamels
Interior Exterior
Paint & Primer
- Swiss Coffee

Pouring Medium:
Liquitex Gloss Medium
Paint + a bit of Water
Floetrol, GAC800
There is NO Silicone
in Any of My Paint.

The canvas Im using is a 36x48 inch from Arteza. It is not gallery wrapped, it is 5/8ths on an inch deep. There are pros and cons to using a canvas this thin and big. The one main thing I didnt like at all was the twisting of the frame while I was tilting. I much prefer the sturdiness of the gallery wrapped canvases. The good thing about this thickness of canvas is that its lightweight and probably cheaper to frame. I got this as part of a 5 pack.

I lay down a basecoat of my Behr housepaint, and tilt that around to spread it evenly. I place my rings and pour my colors.. Im actually shocked at how pretty it turned out, I really love the composition and the colors in this piece.

When I do it again I will keep my puddles a little closer grouped together, and I will not forget to get my corners covered with extra paint rather than tilting off some of the best parts. I lost some beautiful sections of blues on this one by tilting to get a corner covered, I should have used more of my housepaint basecoat on the edge instead.

I really enjoyed this pour a lot! I am definitely going to play with Open Cups some more!

Other exciting news.. HoA brought home a beautiful little 8 week old Rottweiler puppy! We are trying to decide on a name for him, I would love to hear which name you guys vote for, and any suggestions you might have!
Our puppy makes a quick cameo appearance at the end LOL I hope you enjoy meeting him!

Make sure you check out the amazing Open Cup Pour Sarah Mack and the Masse Boys did!! It came out wonderful and was so much fun to watch!! (and I'm so jealous 🤣 I wish I was there for that LOL)
You can find that pour here:
   • Sarah Mack 48x36 HUGE Open Cup In Per...  

Thanks again for being here, make sure you check out all these amazing artists !

Masse Art Studio
   / masseartstudio  

Sarah Mack
   / sarahmackart  

Cathleen Coz Creations
   / @cozcreationsart  

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Another exciting development is a new Facebook page called Exceptional Acrylic Artistry, which is Fiona Art, Sarah Mack Art, Mina Villegas Art and Masse Art Studios posting full length videos for you on Facebook! We are so excited to share these with you guys!

Thanks for being here with us today! Have a great weekend!
Be sure to check out Karen Durishin from Waterfall Acrylics premiering right after me!
   / @waterfallacrylics  

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