I would like to try acrylic pouring in the future and recently searched for posts on this technique. Here's what I found:
A Craftsy article entitled Go With the Flow: 4 Fluid Acrylic Painting Techniques to Try offers these tips on acrylic pouring:
- "If poured directly, remember that fluid acrylics should not be diluted more than 50% in water as the paint might not adhere properly.
- Try moving the angle of the paper or the canvas to make the paint go in a particular direction.
- Fluid acrylic can also be mixed with medium without losing adherence. Use medium to give it just the right consistency to be poured on canvas. This will make the paint move slower than in its liquid state, which makes it easier to control.
- Pour some medium onto the canvas (gel medium, pouring gel or self leveling gel), add drips of fluid acrylic and then make some swirls on the paint using a skewer or a painting knife. The medium will become transparent as it dries."
On the Golden Just Paint site, there is detailed information on Understanding the Techniques of Pouring Acrylics.
You can also view an acrylic pouring tutorial on the site, Acrylic Pouring.
Check it out!
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