Mixing Paint With Just Water? How To Mix Paint For Dutch Pours ~ Demonstrating 3 Brands Of Paint!

Are you curious how to mix paint “just with water” like everyone talks about? Do you wonder what the ratios are, and how you know when you’ve got your mix right?

Today I’ll show you how to mix tube paint (student- or artist-grade soft-body acrylic paint, NOT craft paint) with water to make a LOVELY thin paint that’s perfect for Dutch pours and other hair dryer pours!

I mix my paints by weight because a digital scale makes it SUPER easy to keep track of what you’re doing. But mixing paint and water can easily be done without a scale.

The key is to add the water just a little bit at a time, and mix until it is fully incorporated before adding more water. If you add too much water at once, your paint will stay lumpy and give you trouble when it’s time to paint.

The ratios I got while mixing were:
Blick Studio Acrylics - 2 parts paint to 1 part water
Master’s Touch Acrylics - 1 part paint to 1 part water
Creative Inspirations - 1 part paint to 1 part water

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I’m Anna, a mom of 3 living in small-town West Virginia. I’ve been fluid painting since 2019 and loving every minute!

Intro Music: “Good Days” by Yung Logos

[lilaydreos]

This is the best video I've seen for demonstrating the mixing of Paints and Water
Thank you very much

[laurasathre]

This has been SO helpful!! I've had all the problems you've mentioned. Now, I know why! Thank you for sharing the tips and info!

[NinaBug]

Thank you so much for this. Waiting to get all my goodies to start and this was so helpful.

[josho.]

Lol my first Dutch pour was a few days ago. I definitely made them too thin, but one came out really good! I'm only 3 paintings in so far.

[mariabenjamin]

This really simplifies things, I hope it works! Thanks

[laurasathre]

Again, the fact that different brands may require different amounts of water for mixing is just invaluable!

[lindaallen]

Thank you just found you and sending you to my friends. Great teacher.

[laurasathre]

I just found you and definitely subscribed!

[dargon]

Adorei a aula muito obrigado por partilhar seu conhecimento
Aqui no Brasil não temos muitas opções de tintas acrílicas
Só temos 2 tipos de tinta fosca ou brilhante
O uso de tinta acrílica de parede é uma boa opção usando pigmentos líquidos concentrados para criar outras cores?
Da para fazer tinta metálica misturando a base branca com a cor metálica?
Morro de vontade de fazer a técnica do secador de cabelo

[karendixon]

Is it tap water Anna? Great tutorial, thank you very much.

[normanbabineaux]

Curious, would you say the paint that your using can be compared to say like a type of house paint. In other words would you call it a water based paint ?
Some paints are oil based and require a different type of thinning / cutting.

[Trendycraft-vf]

Hi have a question do we need to polish the paint after painting

[RiseandSHINEdailyinspiration]

Question, I am a life casting artist. I have been dying to do painting pouring techniques but not sure how well it will work on aginate or plaster which are more pourous then canvas. I assume I will need to thin the paints in order to get them to pour. Any suggestions??

[SuperRocketdog]

Hello Anna WOW my second video of yours and it’s so so helpful! I kept thinking that I would have to get flotrol for pouring! Yipee I don’t!😂😂 thank you for sharing your experience.Hugs from England 💕💕😍❤️🐶🐶🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👏🏼👏🏼

[robertkat]

That gets expensive if you do a large canvas with only paint and water.