As an artist, do you find it difficult to create for yourself? I find that I can be my own worst critic when it comes to creating or designing for myself. I have a tendency to get stuck in my head and frozen by indecision. I finally worked up the courage to tackle this 3panel acrylic dutch pour painting for my family room stairwell. The colors needed to be custom mixed to coordinate with the colors of our walls, floors and other artwork in the room. To make this set of paintings even more challenging, I had to custom mix the colors in large batches to make sure I had enough for all 3 panels. Phew! A lot of obstacles to overcome in this one, but I am proud to say that I am very happy with how they turned out!

Here is my best attempt at explaining how I created the custom colors for this painting. All colors were mixed with approximately 2 parts American Floetrol to one part paint, and water to thin.

Base colors:
Chalky blue (bottom): Liquitex Cerulean blue, Amsterdam Titanium White, and a couple different oranges to tone down the brightness of the color.
Warm white (top): Liquitex Titanium Buff, and Golden Titan Buff

Pour colors:
Titanium White
Liquitex Phthalo Blue
Light Blue: Cerulean Blue with a lot of Titanium White and Titan Buff
Liquitex Copper
Liquitex Gold

Paintings similar to this one are available for purchase on my website.
https://www.beccaharkins.com/

Music Credit:
I Don't See the Branches, I See the Leaves by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

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