Easy painting technique - How to make a crackled finish (no crackle medium)

In this acrylic painting tip video, I'm showing you how to make a cracked background without a crackle medium! I'm going to show you how to create this effect with just water, paint, and a hair dryer!

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[nightynightshade]

I love the garbage bin skit😂 you two are a trip! I’d kill for friends like you🥰

[PinkMegs]

Lovely! Well done Lisa, thanks so much for teaching us!

[sambeawesome]

This is such a cool technique! I'd love to give this a go when I jump back into acrylics again. Thanks for sharing ^^ The end result turned out beautiful! :)

[melmarz]

this is so awesome and i love seeing different techniques from different mediums so i can learn but i only work in coloured pencil as i have tried other mediums and they just dont have the feel i have with coloured pencils, so can you show this for folks like myself thanks a bunch

[zyxvwu]

Thank you for your video; clear and direct directions and explanation. ❤🙏

[Upper_echelon_exotics]

This kinda happened to me on accident but I was painting a Christmas ornament. I was using the same color the whole time and I'm not sure what would have happened if I used different colors. It made kind of a cool texture even though that wasn't what I was going for. I'll think of it as a happy accident though because I do love me some texture!

[lofihigh]

awesome great work! What would you suggest to do differently if this technique is used for a large artwork, like a 60x 60"?

[LyndellElliott-zvrc]

The fox is my spirit animal, this is the most beautiful painting I've seen of a fox .... your so talented 🙌🧡🦊
How much would a paining of a fox like this cost ?

[babyruthless]

I think I'm going to try this for my mandala backgrounds 🥰🥰🥰

[deejay]

This is so cool Lisa ! So, does this cause the painting on top(the fox) to peel off or change?

[belbolser]

Very cool and love the look of it! Thanks for sharing

[iceeheaven]

That’s beautiful❣️👏🏽😃 I would like to paint my floor standing Jewelry Armoire. Is possible?

[KelseyLloyd]

Interesting! Do the cracks make it more difficult to paint your subject? Are there Divots?

[ColonelSandersLite]

So what's the actual dimensional texture of the finish like when dry using your technique? Is it a mostly smooth in the dimensional sense making it mostly visual effect or is it actually pretty chunky? The paint cracking like that has to leave *some* texture but it looks like your blue paint layer was a pretty thinly applied overall.

[Believe]

Can you do it without a hair dryer, i.e., letting it dry naturally?

[HeatherBryant]

As soon as I get my studio set back up I will be doing this lesson!

[carrieolson]

I have a watercolor painting of a garden scene as if you are looking out of a window to the backyard. I am trying to decide how I want to paint the "cross section and outside frame of the (imaginary) window." I am leaning towards a crackle technique and am wondering if this one would work on this particular painting. The painting is on crescent board, so it's pretty sturdy. Have you ever done this as part of a watercolor?

[hollieharlow]

Dumb question: how to get it to crack horizontally instead of vertically?

Thank you for this, I love it!

[oc]

Can you pls clarify what and how to do in simple points just don’t get it thank you

[ShilasSpellboundCreations]

This is awesome. Of course I see this, 3 days after I bought crackle medium 🤦🏼‍♀️ lol