FLUID ART LESSONS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE...

"Why on earth would you pay for private Paint Pouring lessons when you can learn for FREE from Youtube videos?"

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You binge watch Youtube pouring videos. You practise the techniques. You're a member of several Facebook pouring groups and you've spent a ton of money on all the paints, equipment and mediums that you need to suceed at this pouring malarky.

 

So WHY are you still scraping more pours than you keep? WHY don't your pours turn out the same as your favourite Youtubers? WHY can't you seem to master certain techniques and WHY do you STILL feel you're not making  much progress?

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Right now, I'm going to let you in on just TWO reasons (there are usually many),  WHY you're not getting the results you want. 

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CONSISTENCY is EVERYTHING...really!

Pretty much every single fluid art technique requires a different consistency of mixed paint with medium.  Unfortunately,  there is  NO "one size fits all" approach to this. Get your consistency wrong for a particular technique and it's "game over" before you've even started. Plus...your consistency has to be consistent for each colour used on the same piece! 

Getting this right is a complete game-changer.  It's tricky for sure and is by far the NUMBER 1 challenge most of my new students struggle with.  Many Youtube creators do their best to describe consistency ("melted honey" seems to come up a lot!)  However, NOTHING can replace a veteran pourer/experienced teacher demonstrating IN PERSON exactly what your consistencies should be and helping you identify what you need to do when your consistencies are out of whack.  I place a huge emphasis on consistency in all of my lessons, particularly with beginners, because it's absolutely FUNDAMENTAL to your pouring success and you can't learn it from Youtube!

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We have different products in the UK.  The products readily available to us contain completely different ingredients to similarly named products in other countries.  

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Take one example for instance:  American Floetrol (or Flood).  It's absolutely NOT the same as Australian Floetrol OR UK Floetrol (Owatrol).  So if you're watching Youtubers based in those countries who use "floetrol" in their pours you are NEVER going to achieve the same results as them.  Equally, I've seen "experienced" UK based Youtubers flying floetrol in from the USA for their pours when they could be achieving the same results with home-grown mediums at a fraction of the cost.  

 

To really add insult to injury you'll also be WASTING A HEAP OF MONEY  if you're using the UK or EU Owatrol floetrol in all your pours.  You could be using far cheaper and just as effective UK substitutes (and no, that isn't just PVA glue...!)

 

You also have to consider the annoying fact that manufacturers regularly change product formulations over here, so something which performed well say, 6 months ago - can (and often does) STOP working when you purchase a new container and you'll have NO IDEA what happened!  

 

UK pourers face a unique set of challenges rarely considered by overseas Youtubers and odds are your favourite Youtubers, are American, Australian or European? 

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• MY STUDENT'S DEMAND THE BEST.  I'm NOT a celebrity Youtuber. I made the decision early on in my career to persue a fine art route and have won awards for my work.   However,  I am considered to be one of the best fluid artists in the UK by other experienced artists. I have students who come to me from all over the UK and some who fly in from overseas just for lessons. I don't believe in false modesty when it comes to teaching.  You can definitely find cheaper paint pouring lessons if you're looking for cheap but if you want the best and it feels a bit out of your budget right now there is the option to pay in instalments...or email me about gift vouchers.  

• SOME STUDENTS OFTEN COME TO ME AS A LAST RESORT! Most of them discovered paint pouring via Youtube videos or Facebook groups and thought pouring was going to be easy.  They quickly learn that looks can be deceiving.  By the time they approach me they have spent days/weeks binge-watching Youtube having wasted a ton of time and money on products which just don't work for UK pourers.  They are frustrated by their lack of progress, the number of pours they end up scraping and are thouroughly confused and overwhelmed, often mixing up products and techniques and wondering why nothing looks like it does when their favourite Youtuber does it.

• I HAVE HAD STUDENTS IN TEARS! Not in a bad way.  While it might sound crazy - this is only pouring paint after all...after months of struggle and sometimes on the verge of giving up,  my students often experience some kind of emotional release when in 3 short hours they learn MORE than they have done from weeks/months of Youtube videos and conflicting information from Facebook groups. 

• MY STUDENTS ARE BLOWN-AWAY WHEN THEY COME FOR A LESSON. Honestly, they're like kids in a sweet-shop! Imagine your favourite art store.  Literally, HUNDREDS of paints to choose from, ALL the tools you've wanted to try and the space to REALLY LET LOOSE!  All the while under the watchful supervision and expert tuition from a veteran pourer with 15+ years teaching experience.  What they create in our sessions together generally far exceeds any work they have ever produced on their own... and I've never had a student leave a session without a HUGE GRIN on their face, feeling excited to see what they're now capable of producing moving forward.  As a teacher, it's immensely satisfying!

• MORE MONEY-SAVING/TANTRUM PREVENTING POURING HACKS THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT! I've been a professional pourer for 9 years and was one of the first artists to pioneer the techniques back in 2016. Generally, students feedback that my  hacks are worth the price of a 1:1 lesson all on their own!  You WON'T find these anywhere else and certainly NOT on Youtube. 

• MY STUDENTS COME FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY...(in several instances they have flown in specially for their lesson/s from overseas) and are at ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS from complete beginners to advanced pourers.

• MY ONLINE COURSE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS "AMSR" SESSIONS (Googly it!:)) Students who have combined in person private lessons with me along with my online course they can access at their own pace, have made the fastest and most spectacular progress.  These are the pourers who have been willing to invest in themselves and put in the work.   Some have gone on to sell work via galleries, start their own Youtube channels, become Facebook group experts and regularly sell their work via shows and fairs. 

• MY ONLINE PAINT POURING COURSE IS UPDATED REGULARLY with all the latest information to keep you current about which products NO LONGER WORK and SUITABLE UK SUBSTITUTES which won't break the bank!  Once you sign up - you have ACCESS FOR LIFE so you'll never get caught out again!​

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