Acrylic skins

Acrylic skins are made with acrylic paint and gel medium. Why not just mix the paint and gel medium on your journal page? Because creating a skin is more versatile. The skin can be cut, stamped, pr…

Easy acrylic skins to use in jewelry making or mixed media projects. Video tutorial on how to make acrylic skins and store them for later use. #video #acrylicpainting #acrylicskins

(journal spread with transparent acrylic skins, white on the left and black on the top right) A few months ago, I saw this brilliant video by Jane Davies, in which she demonstrated a technique for creating transparent acrylic skins. Go watch it, I'll wait. Genius, right? But naturally, I had to change things up, modify a few steps, and generally make the technique work better for me in my studio. It's those tweaks that I'll be demo'ing in this blog post. For those of you who are unable to…

Hi everyone! we are having some seriously dreary UNsunshine-y days around here lately! I usually don't mind winter much but this year - just ICK! i think perhaps i am longing for the start of traveling season with our camper! we have lots of fun things in the works for this year - can't wait! of course i may be grumpy because i am missing CHA for the first time in years! i can see all the new stuff online so that's no big deal. i miss the PEOPLE! all of the friends and fun that only happens…

Hi everyone! we are having some seriously dreary UNsunshine-y days around here lately! I usually don't mind winter much but this year - just ICK! i think perhaps i am longing for the start of traveling season with our camper! we have lots of fun things in the works for this year - can't wait! of course i may be grumpy because i am missing CHA for the first time in years! i can see all the new stuff online so that's no big deal. i miss the PEOPLE! all of the friends and fun that only happens…

Who hasn't tried it before? Acrylic pouring on objects such as boxes, frames, your husband's smartphone cover... The thing that really frustrated me was the paint that dripped down at the edges. It often looked messy. Well, you can cover objects with acrylic skins but then there's always the question how to stick it to

Painting with acrylic skins is a fun and versatile technique. I think about it as something between collage and painting as you prepare skins to be added to your painting once they had time to dry, and you can place them, cut them, stretch them, overlap them a bit as you would when working with collage.

Don’t want to waste the acrylic paint skins leftover from paint pouring? Turn them into beautiful works of art with these ideas.

Overview: An acrylic “skin” is a dry acrylic film that can be made of paint, medium or a combination of paint and medium, that is not attached to any substrate. While acrylic skins can be made with just about any GOLDEN Acrylic Medium, Gel, Paste or Paint, our Fluid Acrylics work particularly well since the ... Read more

Collage_Skins | Just Paint

Learn how to create flexible acrylic skins (also known as acrylic sheets) of varying thicknesses, sheens, colors, textures and sizes.

Acrylic pour, skins for jewelry

Watch this tutorial showing you how to make acrylic paint skin shapes! It's a fun and easy techique to play with so try it out!

Overview: An acrylic “skin” is a dry acrylic film that can be made of paint, medium or a combination of paint and medium, that is not attached to any substrate. While acrylic skins can be made with just about any GOLDEN Acrylic Medium, Gel, Paste or Paint, our Fluid Acrylics work particularly well since the ... Read more

What (Else) Can I do With Skins – Embellish a Pour! via @acrylicpouring

Painting with acrylic skins is a fun and versatile technique. I think about it as something between collage and painting as you prepare skins to be added to your painting once they had time to dry, and you can place them, cut them, stretch them, overlap them a bit as you would when working with collage.

Overview: An acrylic “skin” is a dry acrylic film that can be made of paint, medium or a combination of paint and medium, that is not attached to any substrate. While acrylic skins can be made with just about any GOLDEN Acrylic Medium, Gel, Paste or Paint, our Fluid Acrylics work particularly well since the ... Read more

Peeling acrylic paint from a craft sheet to make a paint skin

Whether you’re a new painter or a seasoned professional, painting skin tones in acrylic can be a daunting task. It can be tricky to attain tones that are lifelike and dimensional rather than dull and flat.