After a slow morning, I decided to try my hand
at acrylic paint pouring! I mixed and measured several colors
that are some favorites.
I tapped in push pins to the back of my canvas
to raise it off the surface of the table,
then leveled it by adjusting the pins.
I forgot to take a pic of the first one's start; but basically you pour on paint and tip the canvas this way and that to cover the top and side--- this is super messy but lots of fun!
I made the usual rookie errors in mixing--too much water
but I will be picking up some more paint and trying again!
It reminds me of the paper dipping I used to do
with acrylic paint on the water's surface.
Did any of you try that in your youth?!
I did look at a very interesting artist who uses these paint pours as a background for her 'real' paintings after it dries.
I am going to do that but it does require up to a week
to let the canvas to dry.
I had to have help from Bill to put the rubber glove over my brace! But even so, I had paint everywhere! I do not like being sticky so it was a bit of a trial but I can see why people love doing this!
That looks really interesting. I'm so bad at anything artistic, but I did do two of those wine and paint classes with friends and had passable results. Because I was TOLD exactly what to do! Ha!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you were able to do some painting though.
Blessings,
Betsy
Fun! I love watching videos of people doing that. I am amazed at what they can come up with just by pouring paint.
ReplyDeleteThat is really cool! I can picture some very cool artwork with this as the background…
ReplyDeleteFun idea! Using that as a background to a painting will bring out your creative skills even more. Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteNeat!
ReplyDeleteUsed to do the marbling effect with my kindergarten kids when I was teaching. I like watching Alisa Burke's journal videos -- she always starts with color layered backgrounds and then beautifully doodles all over them. Enjoy the process.
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