Acrylic Pouring Diptych With Almost Nothing !

by Soleon

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Intro: Acrylic Pouring Diptych With Almost Nothing !

You may have heard about this mysterious and peculiar painting technique : acrylic pouring !

Let's do together a diptych, with almot nothing ;)

Most of the tutorials ask for a lot of materials : here, let's just enjoy and experience the pleasure of this technique without many supplies to buy !

STEP 1: Create Your Mixture

Choose your colors and pour each of them in one plastic glass/glass pot (one glass per color). You'll need a lot of paint !

For each glass :

- 1/3 paint

- 1/3 pouring medium

- 1/3 water (It can be more or less depending on your paint)

Mix well with a stick : it should be quite liquid but still "elastic".

Let it rest for a few minutes to remove the bubbles.

Optional : You can add in one of your mixture few drops of silicon oil. This will create a "scale" pattern. I do not use this technique here, but you will find a lot of tutorials online if you want to try it !

STEP 2: Get Ready !

Let the fun begins !

1/ Take your basin, put two plastic glasses in it and place the first canva on the glasses so that it wont touch the basin (it will allow the paint to flow)

2/ Take a plastic glass (I prefer to use a bigger one for this step, that allows me to put more paint at once).

Pour the first color in it, then the second, the third... and so on. Follow your intuition !

STEP 3: Let the Fun Begin !

Put your canva on the glass full of your paints.

1, 2, 3 : upturn ! Don't forget to put your canva back in the bassin.

Take away the glass, and let the paint flow until it reaches the canvas' edges.

You can help spread the paint all over by moving your canva. You can also countrol the movements in the painting ! Round effect, hide a color...

For exemple, in the picture, you can see a tried to hide the pink color, by letting it flows under the dark blue.

Optional : You can add some paint again on the canva if you want to add a hint of color.

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You can now do the same for the second canva.

STEP 4: Enjoy !

Now that the paint has flowed, you can let the canva rest for a while. Be careful : it can take up to 48h to dry !

Here is the result :)

What about yours ? Don't hesitate to share your results !

9 Comments

Mazzamataz 4 years ago

A pouring medium can be Floetrol (a paint flow aid usually used in painting large objects with a spray painting gun) or a glue and water mix.

Soleon 4 years ago

A pouring medium is an additive used to improve paints :)

lscotese 4 years ago

What is pouring medium, and where do you get it?

Soleon 4 years ago

Hi ! A pouring medium is an additive used to smooth paints. You can find it on internet and in any kind of art shop.

Soleon 4 years ago

Thank you very much ! :)

Dumbphone 4 years ago

I love these, your paintings are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Soleon 4 years ago

Thank you very much ! :)