Acrylic skins ideas

Turn dried acrylic paint into a kaleidoscopic mosaic!

For my original post on paint pouring, see HERE. You can also check out Leftover Paint Pour Projects Part 2

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...

Overview: An acrylic “skin” is a dry acrylic film that can be made of paint, medium or a combination of paint and medium, that is not attached to any substrate. While acrylic skins can be made with just about any GOLDEN Acrylic Medium, Gel, Paste or Paint, our Fluid Acrylics work particularly well since the ... Read more

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

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

(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…

In this article we introduce you to the new technique of the Acrylic Skin Stickers and how you can create these self-adhesive acrylic skins.

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…

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