Paint Pouring: Mastering Fluid Art

Wonderful book. Great explanations of materials, why and how they interact. Beautiful prints.

I thought this book was an excellent reference for a beginning artist interested in fluid artistry ”how-tos”. I loved the photos and Rick’s explanations and descriptions. However, I lowered my rating for this book because I bought another book by Rick Cheadle sold here on Amazon, and under a *different* but admittedly similar name. I found it to be *identical* in every way exept for the annoying formatting in the other book. For those of you who buy a few books on topics you are researching, you won't need to purchase the book entitled ”Fluid Art Mastery: 8 Steps to Being a Paint Pouring Artist” if you purchase this one. And I do recommend this one for newbie pour artists, as it is very good. I just feel a little annoyed that I am having to return a book that is exactly the same as this one.Update: I have updated this review because I now have a bit more information under my belt and I don't feel that this book is as good as others available, whether for a beginner or someone with a bit of knowledge about fluid pouring. There are dozens and dozens of excellent YouTube videos for beginners out there, all for free, and all with clear and detailed step-by-step instructions. In about an hour I watched 6-7 basic videos (1 or 2 more than once) and got *FAR MORE* out of that than I did from reading this book. The videos provide detailed information including pouring recipes, tools, brand information, and the critical visuals that go far beyond this poorly written book. There are some very basic step-by-step directions, but detailed troubleshooting information is lacking, and several basic details are nearly absent from this book. For these reasons, I've downgraded this rating from 4 to 3 stars which is probably a little bit generous.

Very good and honest book on what worked for the author.

Absolutely LOVE this book. It not only advises you on recommended supplies but advises you on the inexpensive alternatives to stay on a budget. Provides paint recipes and paint type ratios. Provides in depth descriptions of the different techniques and how to accomplish each one. There's even a section on how to create jewelry using the overpours from your paintings. The book includes how to dry, store, protect and sell your art. Also a section on how to do a resin finish. Not to mention it's loaded with helpful hints throughout the whole book. I cannot rave enough about this book, especially for beginners' or even someone experienced who wishes to learn a new technique or some awesome hints. I will definitely be looking into other books by Rick Cheadle. I highly recommend this book. It's a perfect tool and a must have.

I just wish he had more advice to give beginners on how to get larger cells but besides that I agree with most of what he says about the glue and the color depth. Thanks Mr. Cheadle

Not that informative

Great book

This book was informative but stopped being useful about as abruptly as it began. The mixing recipes are really only 2 types. Expensive and Budget and just 1 of each. The techniques used were all ones I had guessed or experimented on my own. Included was a hammering method which just looks and sounds absurd and messy. Overall, I wish I had this book when I first started so as to save myself some headaches and money in mixing the paints. This book is for the beginner, if you have been pouring for a while, even a month, you wont learn anything.

This book is great and it is just what I have been looking for. I have reviewed the different chapters quickly, paying particular attention to mixing paints and how to use other mediums which what I want to master. It is very clear and very informative. I am looking forward to reading the book in full at the weekend. From what I have read so far I would recommend it especially for Acrylic Pouring artist new to this wonderful art medium.

If your starting out this is a wonderful book.Plenty of tips and advice.

Love this book

Very helpful and imformative

Great