THANKS A LOT AND A LOT AGAIN, DEAR CATHLEEN, BESIDES YOU ARE A SUPER GREAT ARTIST, YOU ARE AN EXCELLENT TEACHER, "WE HAVE TO FIND OUR OWN MIXTURES", OF COURSE. AGAIN, THANKS A LOT, ENJOY YOUR BEER, YOU DESERVE IT. GREETINGS AND BLESSINGS FROM MEXICO CITY. 👍👏🤗🌈

Thank you. I should have just looked this up instead of troubling you while you are with your family. God Bless you and yours. Sometimes we need reminders that our Inspirations have full complete lives of their own!

Can't believe you left your beer and your man for us😂....your FABULOUS !!!!!

People need to learn that "experimenting" is fun and educational. Great video!

hi you are the sweetest kindest lady ever. I watch several of you videos per day. you are my teach. Thank you so much for making this clear. I wish I had a way. to show you what I've learned. I've progressed more in the last 3 months than in the last 3 years. Thank you thank you thank you. Taffy

Cathy, this a diamond in the rough! A goldmine of information! Thank you so much for the visual explanation. Indeed, so many variables to the desired results. Now can you explain how to make videos, upload to KZfaq and that whole process? Just kidding. That’s what keeps me from posting! You rock! 🥰🌹

Cathleen....this has been the greatest.... simplistic explanation of how do do this....wow...I'm so excited.....my paints are obviously too thick!!!!! Thanks!!!

Very helpful 👍 and I love "thicker-er"..... 😉

You are a gifted teacher. Your lesson reminds me how some people prefer to cook by a precise recipe, but many people just "whip something up", based on principles they have mastered over time. For instance, you can play fast and loose making up a casserole recipe, but making up a cake recipe may require more precision, and possibly more failed attempts. You have inspired me, yet again.

Awesome demo. Preparing to paint for the first time. This is so very helpful. Thickerer! That had me grinning! 😘😘😘

🌈...you're so sweet...😊....and Molly is totally right! You have to find your own way because everyone's painting/pouring journey is their own. But ...it's so nice to have all these talented individuals to share the journey with...😊

Cathleen, you are so right. You have to find your own way. Trial and error. Thank you for taking the time to go over this again.

Just saw this video. Excellent demo on how to mix paints. Some artists try to show the consistency when they do a pour, but their hand hides it, or the color is too dark. This was extremely helpful because I've been struggling with consistency for a long time now. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your skill. It is deeply appreciated!

That's an awesome way of teaching paint consitencies. If you do not mind I'm going to call it "THE PAPER CONSISTENCY PLATE"! I mean that demo can't possibly break it down anymore. This method can be used by everyone.... mix the paints to what feels and appears the dripping off the stick, BUT THEN....BEFORE your actual pour. Pour a bit of each color out onto the plate and tilt it up for visualization of the rate at which the paints you mixed flow, and make adjustments if necessary. Thank you cathleen!

Thanks for paying it forward! Your demo is actually very simple yet an excellent show of mediums and paint consistency. Enjoy your beer!

Wonderful Cathleen! I think you answered a lot of commonly asked questions, The best thing is how you said we all find our own way, not that it’s easy… I remember how it was it first. Like everyone else I started and mimicked other artists, it was not the funnest time in my fluid art journey, but then! Mixing and playing with paint has become such a joy, and part of a beautiful process that I call my own. Thank you for spreading that powerful message. Art is so much fun, and it gets magical after we stop stressing about doing it perfect.✨🤘

Cathy, your painting technique is exceptional, of course you have your own personal way but it is does not match with other one. I love your painting technique and absolutely gorgeous design, don't worry what other says please keep going and stay with your formula. I love ❤️ your paintings.

You are a brave soul to attempt to explain this! SO MANY variables. "Find your own way," should be repeated and repeated.

I needed this video!!! Thank you so much! It’s so nice to hear that all of you exceptional artists felt how us beginners feel ❤

Wow. What great info for the different mediums and paints. I've been struggling to get the right consistency for a very long time. This is going to help a lot! Thank you for the demo.

Wow. This video is wonderful. Finally something is making sense. Hope you kepr it cold. Better yet start with a new one. You deserve it! Can't wait to try this out. 😊

Thank you sooooo very much and yes it helped a great deal. I have so many paintings that I feel are ugly because of the texture of the paint. You are the Best🌷

This is an area where I have been struggling. Thank you so very much for sitting down and explaining your techniques to us. You made it make sense, and I am ready to give it a try and "make my own way."

You are wonderful! Thank you for taking the time to help all of us! If you were close by I would buy you an ice cold beer! 🍺🍻⚘ Now to figure out why I have little bumps in my finished pours.😩

Bless you Cathleen for your generosity. 🦋

Hello from Charlotte, dear new friend. First thank you so much for this video, you are very generous sharing your time and knowledge, I really appreciate it. I can tell that you are a very special lady. I have learned a lot from watching your videos, I'm afraid of using metal paints I'm not into sparkles, golds or anything of that nature, but I'm going to venture and paint with copper after watching you paint with it I really liked the results you achieved, copper is a metal color I really like. I'll let you know how it goes. Love your town, I can see myself living there.

This is a tremendous service to all of us who are learning. ❤️ felt THANKS!

You are "my teach". Thank you for all your time and patience :)

Perfect explanation! I've found the climate in your location can determine how you mix your paints too. Here in Arizona, I'm not going to mix my paints exactly like Molly's who lives in Florida. Love this video, now my Sparky knows what I'm talking about when trying to explain high flow vs tubes because he watched it with me! Thank you!!🤗🥰💕

Best information on how to mix your paints have heard yet!

wow! while enjoying a beer, i came across your mixing paints video. you are an angel, your patience is great. really appreciated the video! cheers from Canada.😉

I keep a bottle with 20% GAC 800 80% water to thin out my paints, great video and yes frustration ia a part of art lol

Thank you so much Cathleen!! So many questions answered 💖I talked to you about your sweeps . Finally got consistency right I’ve been using plastic file separated but switching to paper towels and I think I’ll have it, thanks to you. I’m like you, you followed your teacher I’m following you 💕💕💐

Wonderful presentation on mixing! Thank you.

Head is swimming! I ❤️❤️❤️ your work. Beautiful!

I loved when you said, "sitting upstairs with my man." Thank you for sharing, we all do it so differently and we can all learn from each other.😁

I love this explaination, most helpful next to Molly's chemistry lesson of paint which I really enjoyed.

Finally,, SO well illustrated, easy to follow, BEST video for my students Thanks much

It is so complexe and you made it very simple and clear!!

Thank you for taking the time to teach us a very important lesson.

Finally understand how to mix the paints! You made it seem so much easier. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Thank you for sharing. That makes a lot of sense I would have never thought 3 have the different smaller bottles to help with the mixing.

Thank you. Excellent tutorial. Showing the various components and explaining is very effective. People learn in different ways.

You're a great teacher....wish we could get that MIX here in Canada!! Thanks Cathleen 💕

Wonderful Cathleen. Thank you so much for this super helpful lesson. 🥂👏👏👏you are an Angel.

Thank you Cathleen. This is great!

Thank you! Excellent explanations of what to look for/do!

Thank you so much! Seeing the paints move on the plate, Makes Sense now!

Lol I’m only half way through n I’m overwhelmed lol. Ty for showing us!

Thank you for this. You are an amazing teacher and much appreciated.

Appreciate you taking the time. Great learning.

Thanks sweetie! You’re an amazing teacher!❤️🙏

Thank you o much your so sweet I am just starting out and kind of enjoying it but finding it quite Complex but you give me the encouragement not to give up I look forward to seeing you much more xxx

Love your explanation! Thank you!

Thank you so much Kathleen. I have been watching painting videos for months now and have been taking notes from various artists. I have yet to buy my supplies and do my very first painting. This information is very much appreciated. By the way, language is something that often changes and evolves, you could make "thickerer" a new thing. Love from Queensland, Australia 😊❤🐨

A real GOLDilocks lesson to find what is "just right". It was most informative thanks Cathleen - your did a superb job, and I am certainly more confident of how to find my "just right" than I was before. Brilliant!

Thanks so much. This is about as clear as you can possibly make it without standing in front of someone, letting them feel the consistency with the stir stick. And your consistency for swipes is about the same? I wondered why my swipes sometimes slide away during the night....So, I have mixed paints that are thicker or thinner (I guess I make too much per painting.). I will need to go back to each and work on thickening them. Thank you for sharing your gifts with everyone.

You are a wonderful Blessing & A Great Teach Cathleen!!! Thank you for taking the time to help all of us understand more! One thing that confuses me is The Base Coat Consistencies! Should it be the same consistency as your other paints when doing a swipe & also do you use the same pouring medium or do you add Water??? And also I have the hardest time with Artist Loft Flow White for base coat on any type of Pour! I have no problem with Artist Loft Black as a Base Coat. Time for A Beer! Cheers to you & your Man Cathleen!

Thank you for doing this...very thorough explanation! Another possible difference I thought about is what kind of water you have...hard, soft, treated, minerals etc......

Thanks so much!! Finding my own way but not as scientifically as your demo. Thanks so much for doing that!! Good info about the Golden paints too!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love all of your artwork and the neutral colors you use. After watching your videos for the past 3 months, Im finally brave enough to buy the paints and this video helped me know the difference. I’ve seen the other videos about how to mix paint but you added extra details that I needed. I’m so grateful to you! You rock!

You really did a great job of explaining how you mix up your paints. I have a ton of paint and some poring mediums and one day I might get brave and try doing a pour. I even have a few canvases. I love painting rocks but I think I'd like trying to do a pour or even a swipe. Thanks for explaining the difference between the paints and what the best consistency should be. 💗

You are a smarty using such quality paints. I’ve always started with mediocre tube paint because it’s cheaper. Hundreds of dollars later I try Golden....ass backwards. Will I ever learn?? Wonderful work and thank you so much for your help. Now You’re going to get a bunch of questions about your base coat now. 😆😁

Great class. I feel a lot more confident to go and paint now thankyou so much💛

Thank you Cathleen, you're a gem.

Dear Cathleen with a “C”, that was great! Thank you! I know I’ll have to watch it a few more times (maybe more than a few) before it’s all sinks in. But I understand it way better than I did.

Perfect video. Thanks for the guidance and time you take to pass it forward. Cheers

You are the best I love your videos and your work

Thank you so much you are very helpful and a great teacher amazing explanation God bless you and your family 👏👏👏👏

You explained that very well. Thank you for doing this video!

All respect to Courtney but frankly you have outstripped your teacher by far..👍🏻🌈

Wow...really interesting and helpful...so as a beginner and I am using Sargent Art paints which doesn't say what type of body the paint is...soft body, medium body, probably 'nobody' lol...right now I add floetrol and sometimes glue/water to some colors, sometimes adding more paint, sometimes even glue on its own to thicken, until all my paints flow on a piece of paper like yours at basically the same rate. long story short.....I have no recipe lol ...Thank you for this!♥

First time I have seen your channel! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!! Had to subscribe... looking forward to more instructions from you.

You are an excellent teacher, thank you so much!

That was very informative and I wish it had been available 18 months ago! Consistency for the job! Consistency, consistency consistency! A different consistency for each paint style. You can feel it when you stir. When I give lessons the students still want a recipe - ALWAYS, I give them a lot of time until they get it right, even if it takes hours. If they are new to pouring, I always use just one brand for the lesson. You’re so right, in the end they have to be able to make it work themselves (or stick to only one brand - and that doesn’t always work as the paints still vary). If they/I haven’t got hours I might pre-mix the paints. Some only want to make one painting. Others are hooked! I tried for 3 months using lots of paint, lots of canvases and blood, sweat and tears, until I worked out my Dutch Pour consistency. I could make a good pour, but it wasn’t until I worked it out for myself that it became second nature. Other pours were easier than Dutch Pours, the consistency was more forgiving, as were swipes. I consider it therapy to spend an evening with a glass of wine, cups, paint and mediums. That gives me time to anticipate the joy of starting with new colours the next day.

You are very sweet! Thank your for the clear and concise guidance!

Awesome tutorial and happy pouring 😊🤗

I love what you do and the colors you use. I would say you are the most inspiring acrylic artist. I continually use your ideas hoping it will come out the same. Thank You

Great explanations on aspects of mixing. Thanks

I started using the Golden Acrylics soft liquid in the flip top bottles like this. They are so much better! The Golden screw top caps on the tube paint drives me totally crazy when they gunk up. They are so difficult to close and open after a while.

Thank you! You are Amazing! 💗 I do have a tip for mixing heavy body tube paint to prevent all those clumps. Start with a very small pm (1t) and mix til smooth, then add another 1t and repeat several times as you go, it will stay smooth. Love you and your work so much! 😚 💕

Thank you. I just started today. I am determined.

Thank you for this, I'm going to order me some gac 800!!

Perfect tutorial. You hit all the right buttons. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks so much for helping us. I really trust your wisdom. I am getting better at mixing my paint but there’s always something to learn. You are the master.

Thanks great video. I usually use Amsterdam paints however I found a very pretty gray in another brand and I thought I would try it. I mixed my paints the normal way and found that did not work for this particular brand. So it goes back to your point no your paints. Also when using a new brand mix slowly because it may not mix the way you expect.

Thank u for the chemistry lesson - it helps bunches!!!!!

Awesome video, very informative and I love your new words thickerer and thinerer. 😄😘

You are such a blessing! Thank you

You are so sweet and that was the best way to show how to mix pains I have seen you go get that beer and have a great time

Wow, this was very helpful, thank you!

Ha, the floetrol I have, I can use it for ring pours... when I just wanted to perfect 1 style, and move on to the next -)

Best tutorial I've seen!

Excellent information! Thank you!!!

Thank you so very much for this tutorial ! I learned allot by your demonstration. You are a Doll for sharing 💕✌️

Thanks Cathleen!

OMG I just saw this same issue in a Facebook group the other day about some girl ready to give up because she couldn't do anything right & her mix was all wrong & so on, and the amount of people on that one stream alone were giving this girl every INCORRECT answer about mixing that it just blew my mind ...I even saw someone say "Oh just mix your paints the same exact way for every technique. " .... & then I fainted !!! Hahahaha. I was the same way you were when I 1st started CONFUSED & OVERWHELMED and watching way too many artists so I just stopped and started taking little bits of info on what I needed just to get me started & then I just started trying different things & the very 1st pour I learned how to do was Melyd's amazing cloud pour which wasn't easy at first but within a day or two after I stopped watching how everyone else was doing it with glue or milk paint or satin enamels & just started tweeking mixes myself I nailed it & I've never had to ask that dreaded question again. Lol. The only thing I might ever ask any other artist about a pour I've never tried is if they prefer their mix on the thinner or thicker side & then I take it from there and do what works best for me and the paints & PM that I'M using. Never had a problem since thank goodness !!! 😜😜😜😜😜😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

Kathleen you are always so helpful, thank you for doing this video.

Perfect explanation! This is a good one to refer to so many new pourers. Thanks for your video on consistency and mixing ratios!

Thank you for this wonderful tutorial you are an amazing teacher. Thank you so much xxx