ART FOR MINDFULNESS COURSE **NEW** www.smartartcourses.com/art-for-mindfulness LINK IN BIO - plus $10 OFF with code MARK10 It’s a course that I have designed to help with mindful well-being. Learn about how to practice Mindfulness whilst injecting art and creativity into the process. You don’t have to be an artist, good at art or drawing to take the course, this is for everyone. What will you get? 🟠 3+ hours of guided exercises that you can adapt to suit your ability 🟠 50+ Guided and Non-Guided Exercises to help you inject art into mindfulness practice 🟠 LIFETIME access to the course, including all future updates 🟠 Use of course comments to interact with other members of the course, including myself! 🟠 A range of reference sheets and worksheets to help you approach the exercises 🟠 And much much more! Check it out! Hey Everyone! Thank you for being here today. I’m so happy you are here with me today to see what I created. If you are new to my channel, I’m so happy you have found me and I hope you enjoy what you see. It’s great to have you here. If you are a returning creative friend – thank you so much for your unending support; it really does mean a lot. Today’s piece is inspired by: one of the first ever designs I did. Using just three tones to create a piece that just says WOW. Technique used: Travelling Straight Pour What I learnt: Be careful not to muddy your colours; black and white even with the slightest of movements will always create a grey tone. That said, this was just about having fun and seeing where my creativity would take me. Colour palette: Gold, White and Black. (Windsor & Newton/Mont Marte Brands) Time Stamps: If you want to go to a specific section of the video, here are the main segments: 00:13 Straight Pour colour palette and canvas outline 01:00 Taping off the back of the canvas 02:11 Making sure the canvas is flat and level 02:33 Lets look at the colours and the consistencies 03:28 Layering my cup with the three tones and my words of wisdom :) 06:05 Layering the paints on the canvas 06:48 Let's get Pouring 08:46 Stretching out the design 13:01 Let's look at the wet version 14:00 Getting the drips off the edges - this is what I do to take the drips off 14:50 A look at the dry version Canvas: I use canvases from Loxley Arts: either the Gold or Ashgate brands. Pouring Medium: I use a ready mixed pouring medium here in the UK and this was made and produced by a fellow fluid artist. You can get that from her here: https://madebymelovedbyu.co.uk/products/artist-choice-pouring-medium Hair/Blow Dryer: I currently use the Remington D3010 and always use the cool setting unless I specify otherwise. This works for me due to the slim nozzle at the end. There are also other great alternatives and each artist has a dryer they find most comfortable with using. I have a video that shows you how I mix my paints for various techniques: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83e21oLJPww Please like and subscribe to my channel and hit that bell if you are enjoying what you see. Its FREE for you to do and it really helps me grow as an artist and helps me reach more people that may like to see what I do. It also notifies you when I release a new video. Your support is invaluable so thank you so much in advance. Other ways you can support me: people have been so kind and generous by just watching me and commenting on my videos. If you would like to make a small donation of support to me you can also do this (thank you in advance) by: Buying me a coffee! – link here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkJRatcliffe Donating via my PayPal – link here: https://www.paypal.me/markjratcliffeart Affiliate Links: the links below are unique to me and if you click on the links and make a purchase you are helping me get exposure and sometimes, I might receive a small commission if you make a purchase. It is FREE for you to do, so thank you in advance. I will only ever include links below if I use the products myself (which I purchase, I do not get anything for free!). I absolutely love Art Discount and this online store stocks and supplies so many materials. I buy a lot of my System 3 Acrylic and Windsor & Newton products from here. Please use this special link to make your purchases: https://artdiscount.co.uk/?sca_ref=999894.Z8nPWnwTBB I’d absolutely love to hear from you so it would be great if you could provide me with some feedback so either drop them in the comments or reach out via my social media platforms listed below: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/MarkJRatcliffeArt Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MarkJRatcliffeArt Email me with comments, feedback or please contact me with commission requests: markjratcliffeart@gmail.com I’ll be back soon with some more creations. Until next time, take care, stay safe and have a great week. Mark. #acrylicart #fluidartist #paint