Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this fluid art tutorial, I'll show you how to create beautiful lacing effects using a swipe technique with yellow acrylic paint as a cell activator. You'll be amazed at the vibrant colors and unique patterns that can be achieved with this simple method. Follow along and try it out for yourself in your next fluid art project!

My paints were all mixed with 1 part paint: 2 parts American Floetrol and thinned out with about 10% distilled water.

The Fluorescent red color was created by mixing equal parts liquitex fluorescent red and decoart metallic festive red.

Artist's Loft Titanium White amzn.to/4bRjm3C
Artist's Loft Mars Black amzn.to/3wnrVmk
Folk Art Color Shift Purple Flash amzn.to/423pCkl
Liquitex Fluorescent Red amzn.to/4aJLll8
DecoArt Dazzling Metallics Festive Red amzn.to/3wlFNO8
Liquitex PrismViolet amzn.to/4bERnnp
Folk Art Dragonfly Glaze Red-Violet-Blue amzn.to/3OHnDwz

Cell Activators are available for purchase on my website manolimotion.com.

Cell Activators:
Arctic White
Cosmic Black
Electric Yellow