The Art of a Hot Mess: A Experiment in Acrylic Flow

It's a cool hot mess, and can you still see our butts? Katelyn asked, as she gazed at the latest iteration of their art piece. No, uh, you can still see my butt slightly, Evan replied with a chuckle. Yeah, okay cool, Katelyn said, nodding towards the art. Out butts are there, we're a part of this.

The duo had set up an experiment to create a unique art piece using acrylic flow, and they were eager to share their progress with their audience. They had taken pictures of the art as soon as it was done, knowing that once they thought they were finished, the paint would start flowing and destroying itself. It's just cracking apart, Katelyn explained, "and it's horrible." We haven't looked yet, so we don't know what they look like, Evan added.

But before showing their audience the final result, Katelyn and Evan wanted to tell them about their sponsor, Vistaprint. If you haven't used Vistaprint before, it's a great service that turns your ideas into gifts, such as customizable holiday cards, canvas prints, phone cases, calendars, or even mugs. They went ahead and put the design on all of those things above, and because of editing magic, they were here.

Which one are you going to open first? Katelyn asked, eyeing the various items laid out before them. Uh, whatever one I'm opening, Evan replied, picking up a mug. Yeah, that's so cool, Katelyn said, admiring the weight and thickness of the mug. That's so cool, Evan echoed, adding his own approval.

As they examined each item, Katelyn couldn't help but ask if they liked their caption. Oh, that's perfect, Evan replied, smiling at the pun. This is from our butt print, Katelyn said, holding up a poster calendar. Look how good that is, our butts made this. Our butts made this.

The duo then announced that Vistaprint was sponsoring them, and they would be giving these items as gifts to their family and friends. If you guys want to use Vistaprint for your holiday gifts this year, you can go to vistaprint.com/EvanAndKatelyn and use the code below for up to 50% off select items.

Now, it was time to reveal what the art had turned into. Evan set everything up, trying not to look, but Katelyn hadn't seen these yet. Let's see what she thinks, Evan said, gesturing to the canvas prints laid out before them. Okay, no, no, no, back out, Katelyn said, backing away from the art.

But it was too late, Evan had already shown her one of the prints, and she gasped in surprise. The squid is gone, Evan exclaimed, looking at his favorite print. This one's my favorite, he said, admiring the colors. Oh, well mine kinda did, Katelyn replied, sighing. And then this one actually kind of looks cooler than it used to, it looks like we added a blur effect to the middle.

Despite the changes, Evan and Katelyn still felt proud of their experiment and the art piece they had created. They were glad that they took high-quality photos and now have canvas prints of them in their original state to give to their family as gifts. Thanks again to Vistaprint for sponsoring this video, they said, before spinning some more paint around.

As they set up the garage again, Evan suddenly remembered something. Ahh! What? Katelyn exclaimed, laughing at his misremembering. Oh my god, we forgot one, Evan said, holding up a print that he had forgotten about. That's on you, Katelyn teased, before they both burst out laughing.

The final result of their experiment was still worth showing off, even if some parts didn't turn out as expected. And with the help of Vistaprint, they could share their unique art piece with friends and family. Bye!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enKATELYN: Hey bebe.Ow ow!Hey.God dang it.Hey bebe.(funky music)Why you stop?(funky music)Yes!EVAN: Oh yeah.(laughs)KATELYN: This video issponsored by Vistaprint.More on them later.(funky music)EVAN: (laughs) Did you forgethow to do it for a second?Can you clip my mic up hereso that I can be a gnome?(Evan laughs)Hey guys, we'reEvan and Katelyn,and today things are goingto get a little bit messy.Hence these outfits.I just wanted towear these today.Oh, well I wore minebecause we're going to bedoing pendulum art today.We're gonna beswinging paint around,we're gonna be spinning stuff.This is actually an ideathat y'all tweeted to us,and when we watched the video,it's like a series ofmesmerizing clips of paintbeing flung and spun about,and we knew we had to try it.And the artist beingshown in these clipsis Callen Schaub.He's got a ton ofreally cool pieces.Of course, we turned toYouTube for research,and in addition to Callen,there's a lot of people showinghow to do this flow acrylicsand everyone kind ofhas their own setup.So looking at this art,it seems like there'sa couple elements.One is a spinning canvas.What?I just can't take you seriously.I mean, I take youtoo seriously now,because your hatis very glorious.It's not a hat, it'sa protective covering.Okay sorry, proceed.Looking at this art,it seems like there's a fewelements we need to prepare.One is a spinning canvas,and that's gonna be thebase for our pendulum art.We thought about reusing thefans that we've destroyedfor our DIY spin art video,but those would be too fast.Yeah, and another issome sort of swinging,paint-dispersing...mechanism.A pendulum.Pendulum.And there's kind oftwo different types.One is like a trough that leavesa big long line of paint.Another is a morefocused, laser-like beam,which is probably what I'lldo because I like that.It's a cup.It's a cup with a hole in it.Laser-like beam of paint.Yeah, so we'll each try one.Yup.Also, this video issponsored by Vistaprint,which we're very excited about,because by the end of this,we're gonna turn whatever wemake into Christmas presents,so wish us luck,and you're welcome,friends and family.(Christmas music playing)All right, so forthe spinny base,I thought I'd go legitand get this really coolload-bearing lazy Susan base.And it's great, exceptthere's no momentum.You can't just like spin it.My idea was to pull the lazySusan that we keep spices onin our pantry, andit works great!Look at it spin!(Evan laughs)We also want to extendthe surface of thisto support ourcanvases more evenly.So we're just gonnascrew this on real quick.KATELYN: Sorry lazySusan, you served us well.Okay, see if it spins.Aww!KATELYN: That seems pretty good!I'm surprised.I mean, you know.KATELYN: Well we're not goingto be punching it fromthe side, you know?It's a little bit wobbly.What if I screw itfrom the bottom?KATELYN: This seemskind of precarious.You get it?Yeah!Well, at least it can'tslip off, or slide off.KATELYN: Yeah.I mean, I think it'sgonna be secure enoughfor our purposes, ya know?Yeah.KATLEYN: So part one done!To the pendulums.Okay, so to mount our pendulum,we actually have a prettysecure mounting point,conveniently in themiddle of our garage.So we're gonna usethis carabiner,it's too fat,oh there we go.I was like, uh-oh.EVAN: Oh, adjustable height.Just imagine paintgracefully (woosh)(Evan laughs)Spinning across the floor.EVAN: I think we're goingto have to clear this areaof tripods and...Expensive lighting.Yes, yes.EVAN: So I mean, likethis is the basic setup.It has the spinny thing,it has the swingy thing.And now all we need to do isthe dispense-y thing. (laughs)I feel like this isone of the few timeswhere my build is morecomplicated than your solution.EVAN: I'll race you.(Evan laughs)Actually, don't rushwith the nail gun.Yeah, you don't want me togo fast with the nail gun.All right, so I'm taking thesimplest approach possible.I need some sort of a cupthat has a hole in it.I'm just gonna have acup with a hole in it,and I'm going to beattaching the hanging pointwith just duct tape.I thought about doingsomething with 3D printing,so that's not necessary.Ain't nobody got time for that.So this is one of the methodsthat we talked about earlierwe saw on the video.It ends up with moreof a point of paintthat gets spun around.I'm gonna try adifferent method.I just cut my piece of wood,they're not attached yet.A tray of paint thatwill swing back of forthand leave almost likea sheet of color.Yeah.(upbeat music)Look at that.Great engineering.(upbeat music)Well mine is done, look at this.Looks like it's wearinga crown, don't you think?Yes, it looks great.EVAN: Can you witnessmy test swing?Well hold on,I think we can do thetest swing after, right?But I want to dothe test swing now.Okay, okay, okay, okay.Show me your test swing.Do you have likea weight in there?All right, ready?KATELYN: Yeah.Ahh.KATELYN: Hey.Oh it's spinning.Cool.Is that you wanted?I think so.Because I startedit going this way.KATELYN: And now it's rotating?And it's already rotating,it's kind of going in adifferent direction now.So I think thisis going to work,as long as the hole inthere isn't big enoughthat the paint just goes fluhhh.So in filming, you shouldfilm at an upwards anglebecause that's themost flattering, right?(Evan laughs)I might need some clamps.Oh, don't, don't, don't do that!Sorry, sorry.Am I?Oh, my head's not in there.Now I know how you feel.EVAN: Nail guns are fun!There's something satisfyingabout just doingfast, janky work.You know, like, it's attached.EVAN: At the topyou were serious,and as you went down yoursmile got bigger and bigger.There we go!EVAN: Behold.Oh, we need somethingto hang this from.So I think I'm just going touse these picture hangers.There we go, yes.EVAN: Ta-da!Katelyn, I think we're ready.Are we ready?Is it time to like...It's time to covereverything in plasticso that we do not permanentlydestroy our garage with paint.(upbeat music)It's awesome!This is so cool.KATELYN: We're goingto be in our suits.Spinning paint around.KATELYN: Sweet.I think this ispretty darn good.(classical music)Let me just-my crotch is so low,it's like a challenge.Your foot is sideways,your foot is sideways.All right Katelyn, it is time.This is so fun.It feels like a sleepoverfor some reason.It's like our garageis all transformedand we're in these funny suits.Our onesies?I'm not sure why itfeels like a sleepover.We are ready.Everything is set up,we mixed all the colors.We're gonna usesome flow acrylics.And we'll have links tothe paints and mix-inswe used in a blogpost linked below.Yeah, and I think forthe very first paintingthat I'm gonna do,I figured out the holesize I'm gonna start with.So 3/16, and paint!Weee!KATELYN: Good test!And we'll see if thepaint goes out of thatin a laser-like stream.And for my first one, I'mgonna keep it really basic.White and gold with blacklines running across it.(classical music)I think that should be good.Oh, I hope it works.Okay, ya ready?KATELYN: Nope.This is the moment of truth.KATELYN: Wait!Oh my gosh, I'm nervous.I really hope I getthis angle right.All right, ready?KATELYN: Yeah.(classical music)Oh! Oh!Look at that, look at that!KATELYN: Hey, it's doing it!Yeah, yeah, yeah,yeah, yeah, yeah!Oh my gosh, I did it right!KATELYN: I hope wehave enough paintso that it keeps going.Wow, that looks so cool!EVAN: That looks great!This is very artistic, love.Dang, look at that!I know!KATELYN: I love it!EVAN: The lines are perfect.Oh, please have enough paint.KATELYN: I know, keep going.Oh wait, I want tohave my catch bucketso when I want to stopit, I'm gonna (woosh).Okay, ready?KATELYN: Yeah.Masterfully done!(classical music)Even our floor looks like art.Whoo, great, baby!Oh, thank goodness.KATELYN: That worked perfectly.That's fun.Well mine was a success,I think it's your turn.Yeah, I'm gonna try it.Yeah, it's your turn.Okay, so I'm gonna do thebackground of mine first,and I'm thinking I'mnot going to crazy here,because my pendulum layeris going to be insane.But I just want a littlesomethin' somethin'.EVAN: Hmm, bold.(Evan laughs)Okay, just like a pinkishbackground, you know?High five.(both laugh)Okay.All right, so thisis going to go, dump.Yeah.Dark teal, fuschia,red, teal, yellow.I'm going crazy with this one.You think that's enough?EVAN: I don't know.Okay, spin it.You ready?Ready.(Katelyn screams)Oh, it didn't do anything.Oh!Well, it's not what Iexpected, but it's cool.EVAN: Oh my gosh!KATELYN: What's happening?EVAN: When do you stopit, when do you stop it?Is it good, is it good,is it good, is it good?Ooh, well this looksprettier than the art.EVAN: I mean, thereare some cool thingsgoing on here.It's not what I wanted.EVAN: I guess more isneeded in the tray.Look at all those cells.KATELYN: This is what I wanted.EVAN: That's amazing.That's like beautiful.I know.My vision was not translated.I feel like I shouldjust start a new one.I don't really like thisone, it's pretty ugly.Audio going?We're recording.I just think I needa lot more paint,and I need to tilt it.So much paint.I don't reallyknow when to stop.I don't want tounderdo it again,I only have three canvases.My left hand is getting tiredbecause it's getting so heavy.I feel like this has to work.Fingers crossed.Yeah.(dramatic music)Okay.EVAN: All right.It is officially time.I hope this works,because if not,this is a lot ofpaint going to waste.Will you give me a spin?All right, I'll give ya a spin.KATELYN: Okay, readyfor me to release?EVAN: Yes.(Katelyn screams)Yeah!EVAN: Get it, get it, get it.(Evan laughs)(upbeat music)Oh wow.Wow, that's cool!EVAN: That's really cool.I can't believe bothlined up in the arc.It did it!I think it was the tiltand the more paint.EVAN: Yay!That's exciting.EVAN: Oh my gosh, look at that.KATELYN: I know, I made a mess.EVAN: Look at that right there.That looks cool though.KATELYN: It looks really cool.EVAN: It's so bold.(upbeat music)KATELYN: We have oursquid, see his eye?And then there's thenorthern lights right here.EVAN: Yeah.I love the tiny greenline right there.KATELYN: And also, lookat this little squiggle.Should I do one more?No, I should leave it.No, no, no, no.That looks cool.That looks really cool.Do you wanna do one more though?Or do you wanna try?EVAN: Yeah, Iwanna try this one.Yeah, okay, sounds good.Yeah, yeah, yeah.Okay, so what's your plan.So my plan is to go fora more color family.Golds and teals.KATELYN: Yeah?And I'm gonna addit on top of yours.KATELYN: Should be interesting.So there's a little bit ofKatelyn chaos mixed in there.KATELYN: Oh mygosh, that's a lot.EVAN: Yeah.KATELYN: So are you gonnalet it go back and forthmore times than I did?EVAN: I don't know.KATELYN: I think withthis much liquid,you kinda have to.I think you need to stop!You think I need to stop?KATELYN: Yes, this is liketwice as much as I had.Really?KATELYN: Yes!Really?KATELYN: Yes.Really?What, do you want me to say no?Yes.Okay, okay, I'm ready.KATELYN: Okay, give mea second, don't move.Oh.My heart is startingto like beat faster.I know, the anticipation.Give me one second.(classical music)Are you ready?KATELYN: Go for it.(Evan screams)Whoa, whoa!Whoa!KATELYN: Whoa, stop it!I should havestopped it earlier.KATELYN: Stilllooks really cool.EVAN: Oh my gosh.KATELYN: It's likeoddly symmetrical.Man, what a beautiful mess too.That looks really cool.Yeah, I like it!KATELYN: I like it too.EVAN: Oh wow, Iactually do like it.It looks like waves.KATELYN: It doeslook like waves.Should I have stopped after one?KATELYN: No regrets.No regrets.No regrets.I like it.You like it?Okay.I think it's just like asthe person starting it,we have certain expectations.I think the other personalways likes the other person'smore than they like it.KATELYN: I like thehints of color that my-like that tiny touch of red.Wow, so many good cells.It's like so much stuffthat you couldn't plan for.EVAN: Mm-hmm.KATELYN: So we'regonna tell the camerawhat we're doing first, andthen we'll do our butts.EVAN: Yeah.Okay, so we came up withan idea for our final pour.It looked like a team effort.This is an all out, we'regonna do everything,including using our butts.We're gonna put our butts on it.(Evan laughs)Instead of a hand print,you know they're too small,they're weak.Our butts are stronger.Yeah, hands are weak,butts are strong.Well, part of it's because wehave so much beautiful painton the floor-EVAN: I know!From our past pours,I don't want it to go to waste,and I feel like thisis the best way,so do I pull it up,because the crotch onthis is down to my knees.Yeah, pull it up, pull it up.Or do I just do whereit naturally is?EVAN: I don't know.I'll just do it whereit naturally falls,because this is wheremy butt is, you know?(Evan laughs)This looks so wrong.It looks likeyou're about to poo.(Katelyn squeals)No, more, more, more!More?EVAN: Yeah, really just like,yeah, yeah, yeah, there you go.Should I just do right here?Yeah, sure.I don't want to putmy weight on it.Yeah, there you go.(both laugh)It looks like an alien face.It looks like a littlecrack right there.Okay, you go, you go.Prepare thine booty.Okay, this is how you do it.You just reallylike, there you go.KATELYN: Bring it around town.Nice!That's a primo butt.Whoa, what was that?A big white spot.I think this isa great backdrop.It's a great start.Okay, so next upKatelyn's gonna do-The bucket!The bucket.And then I'm gonna do the swing.We're just gonna do it all.We're doing everything, goingall out for the last one.I'm sorry.My butt is so wet,I hope, is this?Wait.I might take my pantsoff, I don't know.Should I take my pants off?I just feel like alittle bit of dampness.Let's delete thispart out of the video.You look a little moist.There's some darkness.There's a darknessto your cheeks.Time to put thecolors in your bucket.How much should I do?How much did you do last time?Like halfway, at least.This is gonna belike chaos anyway,so we might as well just-Go for it.Oh geez, all right.Are you good?Yeah, I'm good.Yeah!Yeah, yeah, yeah.KATELYN: Oh, that's cool.Yeah, it looks greatover our butts.(Evan laughs)EVAN: There's interestingthings happening in the-KATELYN: Well because wemixed so many colors in there.EVAN: That's so cool.You wanna do another swing?Yeah, I could do another swing.Whoo!EVAN: It's going to be hardto do my thing over thisbecause this actuallylooks really cool.KATELYN: Nah, youjust gotta do it.EVAN: Oh man, thisdouble looks cool though,look at that.It double looks pretty cool.It also kinda reminds meof Halloween decorations.Well that was an awesome start,time to do the tray.Yup, we have anotherchaos rainbow in here.You ready?KATELYN: I'm ready.Oh yeah!KATELYN: Oh that's so cool,oh my gosh, how is it so cool?(upbeat music)Oh man, I kinda wanna do onemore swipe across that corner.Chaos!Wow, you know, it's a hot mess,but it's kind ofa cool hot mess.It's a cool hot mess,and can you still see our butts?KATELYN: No.Uh, you can stillsee my butt slightly.EVAN: Yay.KATELYN: Oh, there's thewhite from your butt.EVAN: Yeah, okay cool.KATELYN: Out butts are there.We're a part of this.(upbeat music)All right, so it's timeto take some photosof our priceless artand mass produce them forour friends and family.So we took pictures of theart as soon as we were donebecause as we knowfrom past experience,flow acrylic keeps on flowingonce you think you're done.It's just cracking apartand it's destroying itself.So by now a few days later,all of the paint could havejust slid off and it's horrible.We haven't looked yetso we don't knowwhat they look like.But before we show you guys,we want to tell you aboutour sponsor, Vistaprint.KATELYN: If you haven'tused Vistaprint before,it's a great service toturn your ideas into gifts,such as customizableholiday cards,canvas prints, phone cases,calendars, or even mugs.We went ahead and put it onall of those things above,and because of editingmagic, they are here.Which one are you gonnawant to open first?Uh, whatever one I'm opening.I think this is themug and the phone case.Are those the canvas prints?Yeah, they look cool.Ahh!Just show me, just pull 'em out.Really nice!Oh, they're sothick and weighty.We should show them.KATELYN: That's so cool.EVAN: That's so cool.Oh, this is the phone case.This is the phone case.So this is actually a gift,so it's not for aphone that we own,but oh that looks so good.Oh man, I'm kind of jealous now.Okay, the mug.Ooh.Is this something?Oh, that's our cards!Oh my gosh.EVAN: Ooh, shiny.(Evan laughs)KATELYN: Do youlike our caption?EVAN: Oh that's perfect.I think this is ourposter calendar?Oh, that is classy.This is from our butt print.Look how good that is.Our butts made this.Our butts made this.Thank you Vistaprintfor sponsoring us.I'm so excited togive these as gifts.I realize that ourfamily is watchingand the surprise willbe ruined, but you know.And if you guys wantto use Vistaprintfor your holidaygifts this year,you can go tovistaprint.com/EvanAndKatelynand use the code below forup to 50% off select items.All right, time to revealwhat the art has turned into.Words are hard.(upbeat music)Okay.No, no, wait, no, no, no.Back out.Aww, I thought youwere ready for me.All right guys, soI set everything up,I tried not to look,but Katelyn hasnot seen these yet.Let's see what she thinks.You know, they didn't changeas much as I expected.Oh, well mine kinda did.EVAN: This one's my favorite.What?What happened here?EVAN: The colors are less bold.Where's my squid?EVAN: Oh my gosh.KATELYN: The squid is gone.EVAN: The squid melted.This one did weird stuff.I feel like the othersare kinda what I expected.Yours still looks amazing.Our butt one actuallystill looks pretty cool.EVAN: A little too much.And then this one actuallykinda looks coolerthan it used to,it looks like we added ablur effect to the middle.This one's my favorite.These are our prideand joys right here.I'm glad that we tookthe high quality photosand now have canvas prints ofthem in their original stateto give to our family.Also thanks again to Vistaprintfor sponsoring this video.Well, despite the changes,still feel like this wasa super fun experimentand I just want to spinsome more paint aroundso let's set upthe garage again.All right, thanks so much forjoining us in today's videoand we'll look forward toseeing you in the next one.Bye!Bye!EVAN: Ahh!What?(Evan laughs)Oh my god, we forgot one.Oops.It's like the first one I didand I forgot that it existed.KATELYN: That's on you.That's on me.It looks about the same.Okay, bye again!Bye!\n"