You have to try this acrylic medium!! Acrylic landscape tutorial
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- If you’re having problems with your acrylics drying, I may have a solution for you, try this mixture!! Please don’t forget to LIKE and Subscribe!
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Would the Golden Open Acrylic Gel Matte Medium work the same way? Thanks! Love all of your work!!
Thank you!! It should if it says Open acrylics Gel because it will have an additive to keep open longer. Regular Acrylic Gel Mediums dry about the same time as acrylic paints do, but “Open” will stay active longer!
Hope you had a lovely Christmas karim. Super set up and I enjoy the close up shots too. I'll try out that medium technique, loved how the paint went on so smoothly when u did the sky. Good tip about muted colours to make other layers pop, that will now be my forever go to.. Hope you and your family are doing ok and staying safe.. We are in full lockdown here in the UK. It never seems to end. 🥰
Thank you very much Julie!! Now is the time to invest in yourself and immerse yourself into your painting, but sadly it’s during a lockdown! Still, make it a positive moment, things are crazy here in the U.S., so I dry home and paint and do videos for you guys, but I still have to work at my hospital job! Do the best you can with what you have !!
Thanks for another very informative video. Do you think pre-mixing the retarder and gel with a larger amount of paint and keeping it in a jar would work? You would then have a form of open acrylics at a lower cost ?
I’m not sure about the first part of you question because I haven’t tried it yet, but it’ll be interesting to do so for a test! On the second part of your question, you’re correct, you can turn any paint you have into a Golden Open like acrylic! You can play with the mixture to suit your painting style!!!
Just came across your page. Really informative. Excellent tutorial format. Can’t wait to watch more! Ty!
Thank you very much Dean!!!
Another beautiful piece. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I would love to see more seascapes with rocks and crashing waves.
Thank you, I’ll try and come up with something!!
I have to admit that I've had trouble getting my head round the proportions of the various mixes of retarder and medium gel. Could you please clarify for us? Thank you.
I know it sounds a little complicated, but it’s not that bad. You can blend a retarder and a flow improver medium together and you be able to spread the paint further and have more time to blend before the paint dries! You can also buy a retarder medium and mix it with and an acrylic gel medium ( Michael’s carry both) to get the thickness and feel of oil paints. So it depends what you’re trying to achieve: flow and blending time, use the first mix. If you want an oil like feel and have time to blend, then use the second mixture! Hope that helped. Let me know!
Thanks so much for the demonstration, and all the information you gave. I will keep this video it has so much info that I need. Do you prefer oils or acrylics?
It’s my pleasure Lesley!!! It all depends on my mood and how fast I want to paint and how big, Lol !!! Decisions, decisions!!
Thanks for another great video. Love watching you. I know you said you lived in Florida do you do the art festivals in West palm, Juno and Stuart?
No, but I do attend them from time to time! I love to see all these great artist in one place!
Thank you for the tips. I transitioned to golden paints, tho not fully. Have used retarders. Going to implement the medium to 30/70. Also purple and yellow - great color. And pay more attention to values. Thank you. Even though I have been painting for awhile - I still have so much to learn.
Thank you very much Diana, even professional artist are still learning, I’m still learning, that makes us progress towards improvement!! Keep doing it!!
Great format and inspirational. Thank you for the hints, it's always a
pleasure watching you
create beautiful works of
art.
Thank you very much Carmen!!!
I still can't make out when to use the 1-1 mix, the 1-8 mix or the 70-30 mix.
The 1:1 mix and the 70-30 mix is for oils!
So basically, if I want the paint to dry a little faster I’ll use more odorless mineral spirit (70%) than linseed oil (30%), if drying time is not an issue, you can mix a 1:1 mix. The reason you add the linseed oil is to give the paint more fat. Oil paints have linseed (fat) in them already, some brands have less than others. But I’m acrylics that’s not an issue, it’s not a rule, unlike oils! The mix in this acrylic video in particular I was just showing you that you can make a mix to give you a longer extended time to work your paint since acrylics dry quickly. You don’t even need a medium with acrylics once you learn how to control the water on your brush! Water is the medium, and it’s all I use, except for this tutorial.
Hi I’m watching you painting did you prepare this canvas first ?
Hi Tish, no prep on this canvas!
Thakyou by yours secrets!!!!!!!!!!!!!
S U P E R. V I D E O !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You’re welcome Gloria!!
Great on set up. Yes, nice to see palette next to canvas. Is that a canvas board? I use Flo-aid which gives me more blending technique.
Thank you Kathy, it’s a stretched canvas, 11x14!
You can use Flo aid, just don’t use to much other you’ll weaken the resin binder, that’s why I added Gel medium! It has a polymer binder, so the two work together in tandem, and helps thicken the paint a little!
@@GebahiArtworks will try it when I make an order from Jerry's
Super helpful ideas and another beautiful painting! Hope you and your family are well and you had an awesome New Years!!
Thank you very much Jackie, please do the same, stay healthy and have a great new year!!
Your undoubted skill in using water as your sole medium is all very well for you aces and masters of the acrylic. But we struggling newbies, in our ignorance, reach out for any help that might be available ! In my case, i only want to know the best mix proportion between gel medium and retarder, as an aid to slowing down acrylic drying time and thus enabling more successful blending. I've gone nowhere near oils, and don't plan to until, and if, I make good progress with acrylic.PS, i do appreciate your taking the time to answer our queries
For an acrylic mix you can make 1 part retarder to 2 parts gel medium! And if you feel it’s not staying wet long enough, then go to a 1:1 mixture. Eventually as you progress in your acrylic endeavor you’ll feel less of a need to use a medium because you’ll paint faster and you’ll want the paint to dry faster. Otherwise, your other choice would be to buy Golden Open acrylics. But try that mix first and let me know how it’s working for you!
Excellent ! that's exactly what I wanted to hear. Many thanks !!@@GebahiArtworks
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Hi Karim! I have a quick question. I wonder if using Golden airbrush flow medium with the gel would even extend drying time even more? I live in Arizona where it gets extremely dry almost all year, so anything that can help to extend drying time for my acrylics is always helpful. Thanks.
In that case, just use a slow dry medium and no gel! Just be careful how much you put in the paint, you only need a little! I would do a test sample by putting a dime worth of paint on parchment paper( or baking sheet) and add a little slow dry medium to the paint, doesn’t matter which brand, and see how long does it take to dry! Otherwise buy some Golden Open acrylics.
Thank you Karim!! Good sized canvas : ) And lessons on perspective too!! This is a great tutorial and a very pretty painting!!! Also the lesson on the medium!! Much appreciated !!!
Anytime, I’m glad you liked it!!!
During the summer, I absolutely have to use mediums. Sometimes I use Golden retarder but mostly I use Golden glazing liquid, which also slows down the drying time. As far as I know, it’s only Golden’s brand of glazing liquid that does that. I haven’t pre-mixed them like that but will give it a try.
Thanks for the tip.
No problem!! The gel I use is 100% acrylic polymer that helps with binding! But yes, you can use glazing medium.
Thank you. Learn a lot from you
Thank you Mark!!
Hi, Karim, am watching this b4 retiring to bed. Had a tiring day but i enjoy watching your tutes. Where's my African savannah landscape?
I still have it, don’t worry, I’ll do it, Lol !!!
Thank you so much for the extra picture of the actual project. Really helps me anyway, to see different perspectives
Anytime Karen!!
I have learned a lot since i started watching your videos. I love your paintings, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, especially at this difficult time. Stay safe and take care. Greetings from Canada.
I really appreciate that Humberto, thank you!!! Stay warm!!
Great painting and technique used here. Lovely.
Thank you very much Mary-Lee!!!
Excellent, going to try this. I have been experimenting with Atelier interactive acrylic paints. They are re-wearable with a mist of water and after they dry, there is a medium they sell to reactivate dry paint for about 24 hours!
I’ve tried Atelier before, it’s true but the thing I didn’t like about their paint was that it felt grainy when applying to canvas! So now Golden and Matisse Structure are my two favorites!
Thank you for sharing your tips and your art. You have an incredible ability to simplify the complex into...'Yes, I can to that.' And I have!
Thank you Linda, I try!!
Like the setup, much more interesting to see color mixing as you paint, thank you.
Thank you very much!!
Parabéns, belíssimo trabalho e melhor ainda mostrando a forma de fazê-lo, a técnica! Aqui de Manaus-Am!!
Thank you!!
Ps I loved seeing you use the palette.
Ahh, thank you, I’ll try and keep it that way, a lot of viewers seem to like it better since it la really side by side!
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Encouraging to use acrylic IPO oil....by adding medium. Thanks!
Anytime Virginia!!!
Great changes thank you!
Thank you Rodney!!
Love the set up and the medium tip!
Glad you like it!!
Dear Karim, Aswkm. Hope all well.
Can we use the golden retarder alone?
How long it stays wet? Does it become tacky? Can I mix it with liquitex matte gel?
Sorry many Qs. Pls help.
Hello Mohammed, you can use the retarder alone but in small quantities otherwise it’ll never dry! Depends how long it stay wet on how much you apply, so have to experiment, and it becomes tacky during the late stage of drying, so at that point I would wait until it’s dry to add another layer otherwise you’ll lift the bottom layer! You can mix Golden Retarder with Liquitex Matte Gel! Let me know if this helped.
Thank u vry much for reply. I will let u know my findings. Best regds
Thank you again! Another beautiful piece! You are professional, humble, informative, and so very talented! As soon as I get paid, I will be sending another payment to your paypal account. I learned more tips and techniques from you . I hope everyone here that learns from you is sending you payments in return. I cannot imagine learning so much from someone and not giving back in return! Also, I hope you do not find this as an insult. It's a crazy world we live in, which is why I preface this with care. Would you please reply with how you pronounce your name or direct me to where I can see how to pronounce your name? I want to be able to tell people who I am learning from while correctly using your name, out of respect. I'm pretty sure I know how to pronounce it but just want to be sure. Blessings to you and your family and thank you kindly for showing me how to paint the beautiful state of Florida I am from. - Tina B.
Hi Tina, I’m truly humbled by your compliments and generosity, seriously!! I do the best I can to help others so that they can succeed and hopefully put a little extra in their pockets for their efforts of learning a craft. I’m all about it, I learned from other professionals who took the time to provide free info, and some I did have to pay for but regardless, I’m just paying it forward! That’s why I don’t have a Patreon or anything exclusive, I have a job so I just share some of the wealth. And hopefully some can benefit from it and I would have left a positive legacy behind when I leave this world one day!
Thank you for supporting my work and my Channel, I can’t say it enough!
@@GebahiArtworks Thank you for such a thoughtful reply! You have a good heart! Where can I go to see or hear how to pronounce your name? Thank you again and blessings!
@@tmb9126 sorry about that, Lol, I forgot!
(Ka-reem)
@@GebahiArtworks I'm so sorry, no I actually got your first name. I want to be able to pronounce your last name, please. Thank you and blessings!
@@tmb9126 it’s (Gee-bah-hee)!
Merci beaucoup pour ces efforts
Mon plaisir !!!
Very nice. Very informative about the mediums. Love the colors.
Thank you very much Karen!!
Love your content. Do you ever use burnt sienna or orange to tone down your blues? Are you using a opaque or transparent burnt umber?
Thank you Jay!! I’ve used both, but orange is a little more on the yellow side, but you add white, it makes a cool grey!
I mainly use burnt umber! But raw umber is nice too but not as opaque as burnt umber depending on the manufacture brand !
Hey Karim, Happy New Year. I liked the new format very much. Great tutorial. Is there going to be a part 2 for the birds?
Happy New Year Luna!! I’m glad you liked the new format, I’ll do my best to continue with that. The bird aspect took another 45 minutes as well, and I wasn’t in a position to film it because of everything that was going on in the house, especially with kids, Lol ! But I can a bird eventually if you’d like to see that.
@@GebahiArtworks Always underline and bold the word always love seeing how to paint birds LOL
I learn so much each time I watch your tutorials. Thank you.
My pleasure, thank you!!!
Love your style and the new format as well. You inspire me!
Thank you very much Marianne!!!
Superb
Thank you very much!!!
Are the brushes you use on the softer or firmer side?
In between! If you have access to Jerry’s Artarama, it’s the CreativeMark ProStroke Powercryl brushes! And the ProWhite brushes, both great!
So Beautiful 🤩 stay connected
Thank you very much!!!
Thank you. Have a beautiful year!
Thank you, and you too Mooshibe!!!
One of my favorite tutorial on acrylic
Thank you very much Celso!!!
Love this setup for sure.
Thank you very much Tracy!!!