Acrylic skins

How to make and store acrylic paint skins from your leftover paints from acrylic pouring. I'll take some leftover paints, and pour them onto a plastic folder...

(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…

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…

MIXED MEDIA: COLLAGE ELEMENTS WITH PAINT SKINS An acrylic skin is a dried film made from paint, medium, or a combination of paint and medium that is not adhered to a surface or substrate. Once mounted, most collaged skins can be suitable for further painting in acrylic or oils. If the skins ... Read more

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.

Learn what an acrylic skin is and how you can use any acrylic product to create one. Discover non-stick surfaces to use and ways to customize your skin for th

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…

Learn how to make vibrant abstract collages with acrylic paint skins in this fun tutorial, using techniques from artist Staci Swider.

Love to layer? This video demonstrates how to create textured acrylic skins using Heavy Body Acrylic and then apply them to canvas solo, layered, or painted over.