Description
Learn how to make acrylic paint skins (also called acrylic skins) you can use in mixed media collage, acrylic pours, and all kinds of mixed media art. In this tutorial, I show you how to mix your colors, pour them smoothly, avoid bubbles, dry your acrylic sheets, and peel them up for collage.
This method is also a great budget-saver: you use less paint and rely more on pouring medium, so you can create big, colorful acrylic paint skins without burning through your expensive pigments.
You’ll see how to create both transparent and opaque acrylic skins, how to choose pigments, and how to attach them to canvas or paper with gel medium. These flexible pieces are perfect for acrylic collage, creative collage ideas, mixed media collage art, and adding translucent layers to paintings.
If you’re a mixed media artist looking for new collage techniques, this is such a fun process to explore.
Happy painting—and let me know what you create! 🎨🌈
MATERIALS 🎨
POURING MEDIUM – Gloss
8 oz
Liquitex - https://rb.gy/anpojc
Golden - https://rb.gy/kb9ywf
16 oz
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Golden - https://rb.gy/pnhhnr
32 oz
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Golden - https://rb.gy/u6terw
Gallon
Liquitex - https://rb.gy/luxsnk
Golden - https://rb.gy/gflin3
COLOR
Golden Fluid Acrylics
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Golden High Flow Acrylics
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Liquitex Soft Body
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Liquitex Ink
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Plastic Squeeze Bottle
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Bubble Level
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Adjustable Levelers
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Disposable Nitrile Gloves
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📓 RELATED REFERENCES
Click link below to download free handout on transparent, translucent and opaque colors
https://themindfulartist.com/assets/COLORS-TRANSPARENT-TRANSLUCENT-OPAQUE.pdf
🖌 RELATED VIDEOS
4 Types of Acrylic Paint - Which is best for YOU?
https://youtu.be/leFKFdcCCRE
Do cold temperatures damage acrylic paintings?
https://youtu.be/iSf1iA9mVYc
Difference between cracking (from cold) and crazing (from top of paint film drying faster than the body)
https://youtube.com/shorts/QazAeQOWcfA?si=C2Yy7MiQH7oI5Kzd
Acrylic Inks with Pouring Medium
https://youtu.be/bn_egAQ-xAw
Acrylic Gloss Medium vs. Matte Medium
https://youtu.be/CUFDlpYGcNI
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