Stain Painting with Acrylics (part 1)

17 thoughts on “Stain Painting with Acrylics (part 1)”

1. Is there any alternative to the flow release medium as I don’t have them available in my country.. can i use only water and acrylic paints or ink ?
   Thank you

2. SO HAPPY to have found this video. What kind of canvas are you using here? Unprimed? Is it like a textile? Would love to know what to ask for in my local shop.

3. Thanks Michele Theberge! Not sure if you will get this after so many years – I notice that in the workshop your canvas is not stretched. Given that the paint is staining/dying the canvas would you say it is ok to stretch the canvas after painting?

4. can't see anything…blurry

5. Damn. Females love to hear themselves talk Instead of ACTUALLY doing the demo

6. Very interesting another change in society a little resistance go paint change

7. What book are you referencing? I think I need to own it!

8. I hated having to take a practical art class in college. Everyone stood around looking so pretentious and bored. I had no idea what I was doing, except filling up my liberal art credits; and the things we did – like this activity seemed so silly. I'm sure if one is an artist, interested in textiles the whole event was fascinating. Unfortunately, I have no talent and only passed these classes if there was an assigned essay. Bless those who have the vision to create!

9. Hi there..Did you say that you used fluoride with the water, I could not hear you. Thank you for the video!

10. For your information the zoom on your camera is in Mine Craft mode!

11. We are using Liquitex Acrylic Inks in this workshop. I like them because they are very thin but the color is super saturated. If you want to use a fluid or soft body acrylic you will thin it out with water or flow-aid water, but you will lose some of the intensity of the color when you do that.

12. @devotedViolet The stuff I use to create that color bleeding effect is called Flow Aid by Liquitex. It is highly concentrated – you just need 1 part Flow Aid to 20 parts water but it really creates some vivid effects allowing the color to spread and feather out to a soft edge and really penetrate the canvas. I think you'd have fun trying it out at least. Let me know how it goes!

13. @deeeecraig Oil paints have acids in them that will eventually rot canvas, which is why using oil paints directly on untreated canvas is not recommended.
    Acrylic paints have a base of acrylic polymer emulsion which has no detrimental effect on canvas. You are safe applying acrylic paints directly to paper, canvas, wood that has not been treated or primed.
    Acrylic gesso is used to prime most artists canvases so it is widely understood that acrylic directly on canvas poses no problem.

14. Does acrylic paint or medium cause any sort of erosion in the canvas support during and after stain painting?

    I've wanted to stain, but others have advised that acrylic "hurts" the canvas just as does oil paint, and that the only archival safe method of stain painting is by using molding paste or acrylic porous ground on the surface of a board. I've tried it-it doesn't look the same as the 2nd generation New York School's work.

    Can I stain paint a canvas that is archival safe? How?

15. Thank you Michele, very good posting on stain.

16. Oooooooo! I love to hear this inspired you! Thanks for the comment.

17. Thank you for posting this. I'm not a painter but am a huge fan of Frankenthaler's work, and it's great to watch someone explain the staining technique.

Comments are closed.