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I had a stab at doing a bit of action painting for the first time last night.
I used stretched canvas and applied thinned gloss and a bit emulsion.

Does anybody have any suggestions for paints?
I was going to try oil on canvas but what do I thin it with?
Any other suggested paints to apply?

Thanks in advance.

Jackson.

I'd go with acrylics - cheap, easy clean up, and you can thin with water.

EvilBastard wrote:I'd go with acrylics - cheap, easy clean up, and you can thin with water.

Thanks man. Easy to clean up sounds good. You should see the state of the garage after last night.

I'd go with vodka, cider, whisky, lager and pimms (for the ladiez).


Sorry, I thought you said p*ss artist

Hom_Corleone wrote:

EvilBastard wrote:I'd go with acrylics - cheap, easy clean up, and you can thin with water.

Thanks man. Easy to clean up sounds good. You should see the state of the garage after last night.

Or you could use bog-standard emulsion - anything water-based is going to be your friend here.

Emulsion was how we used to do it at art college

lazarus corporation wrote:Emulsion was how we used to do it at art college

They'd be a lot easier to "pollack" than acrilycs too - wouldn't need to thin them so much.

I am surprised how many of you are good with paint!

*Skips ready-steady-go routine, just runs*

I'd go for acrylics too but that's just a personal preference. I stubbornly told my art teacher that I couldn't paint until he introduced me to acrylics and inks. I later got used to using other paints as well although I don't think I ever tried emulsion.

Everyone has their favourites so experiment and see what works best for you.

I always found oils to be too much messing about.
Acrylics for me 9 times out of 10.

The works tend to have cheap but useable acrylics/ brushes etc.

biggy wrote:I always found oils to be too much messing about.

Oils have their uses...but not for this technique. To get them thin enough to, um, 'splat' properly, they'd be virtually transparent. And would take forever to dry between passes. And wot a feckin' mess to clean up after...Not to mention, if you're working in a closed garage, you'd probably kill yourself with the turpentine fumes

biggy wrote:I always found oils to be too much messing about.
Acrylics for me 9 times out of 10.

The works tend to have cheap but useable acrylics/ brushes etc.

Same here. Tried oils and liked the results, but had to wait literally months for my masterpiece to dry. I think if you're doing action painting you'll want something more immediate, less faffing about, so I'd say go for acrylics as well.

Thanks all. I think a visit to the Works is in order.
I made the mistake of trying to paint a grey gloss background before splattering black and white on top. It's bled more than a halal goat.

I could always make out that was the intention.

However, the first attempt came out OK (gloss and emulsion) and dried last night.

I shall be exhibiting them all shortly.

You'll be starting your own gallery next?

i find that my action painting is best done with items from Mac, Barry M and Ruby and Millie.
*runs*

I used to paint using Acrylics but that was models

Can you paint me a Batman picture?

weebleswobble wrote:Can you paint me a Batman picture?

Aye. I'll give it a stab. Loose interpretation OK?

Which reminds me. This came into my possesion on Friday. A think of real beauty.

Hom_Corleone wrote:

weebleswobble wrote:Can you paint me a Batman picture?

Aye. I'll give it a stab. Loose interpretation OK?

Which reminds me. This came into my possesion on Friday. A think of real beauty.

As loose as Boy George's bum (in 15 months time) That would be grand

Love the car, I'll be posting some Batman related stuff soon-Stay Tuned

boudicca wrote:...had to wait literally months for my masterpiece to dry...

Interesting factoid: some of van Gogh's paintings aren't properly dry yet.

markfiend wrote:

boudicca wrote:...had to wait literally months for my masterpiece to dry...

Interesting factoid: some of van Gogh's paintings aren't properly dry yet.

And his wallpaper isn't hung straight either.

Hom_Corleone wrote:

weebleswobble wrote:Can you paint me a Batman picture?

Aye. I'll give it a stab. Loose interpretation OK?

Which reminds me. This came into my possesion on Friday. A think of real beauty.

My favourite villain

I had a stab at doing a bit of action painting for the first time last night.
I used stretched canvas and applied thinned gloss and a bit emulsion.

Good on you you're probably using the best materials. I have lots of stuff from Africa painted with emulsion and gloss on canvas, bits of tarp and it's good stuff.

With some emulsions you'll get anti-fungal additives and 5 years weather protection

I am an oils-only girl myself. If you are keen on the layer-layer-layer thin oil effect, use 50/50 purified turps, artists linseed oil or #3 medium and a dob of colour. I went through a drip-look painting phase many years ago... If you get the colour balance just so it looks beautiful, like staring into water or fire....
I am not much chop with acrylics, sorry, they dry too jolly fast for me. Not enough pondering time!!! Good luck - have a lovely time.