When it comes to acrylic pouring/fluid art/flow art, I think possibly one of the areas that caused the most confusion for me (and perhaps for others judging by some of the questions I see people ask in acrylic pouring groups) is that in order to have success with this art form, it’s almost like you need to understand two components. The first component is what I call ‘acrylic pouring fundamentals’ or the overarching rules that apply to all acrylic pouring. The second is to then understand that each pouring technique i.e. flip cup, dirty pour, tree ring pour requires you to tweak these ‘acrylic pouring fundamentals’ to achieve success with that individual pouring technique. You can’t simply take the ‘acrylic...
When it comes to acrylic pouring and creating cells you can achieve this in two ways. One is with silicone which I will cover in a different post. The other is by varying the paint densities within your pour. To do this you need to understanding the density of the pigment's that are used when creating the paint mixture. The only issue, not all companies share their pigment densities! However, I recently came across a great blog that not only shares the different pigment densities of their paints, it also explains how a higher density mixture and a lower density mixture affect your pours! So instead of creating an ind epth blog post explaining this, instead I will include...
I know from personal experience once you are clear about your why and what you want to achieve, the next step is to set up your art space.
I am a self-taught artist and I remember many years ago, when I was learning about fabric painting, I would have large pieces of fabric on my lounge floor and bedroom floor, firstly so I could painting on them and then I had to leaving them out to dry. It used to drive my husband (and my knees) mad!.....
If you are someone who feels like you need a creative outlet in your life but don’t know how to get started or what to do with the things you create, then you have come to the right place 😊 having been someone who stepped away from creativity for a while and has now stepped back in, firstly I would love to give you a high five for saying yes to you!
It’s really interesting how life turns out to be quite unexpected. During my schooling career I was told by my art teacher that sometimes I showed moments of brilliance but most of the time my work was pretty ordinary, which at the time I took as code for ‘find another thing to do because art ain’t your thing!’
