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Mum has done an experiment or two with acrylic pouring, which got me interested in that art form. I like how it doesn’t require such an intensity of thought as other art, it’s more about intuition and luck and being peaceful. So I decided to give it my first shot! Firstly, I knew I wanted to start small. So I opted for a medium-sized wooden coaster as my canvas: The other materials I used included:
My first step was to pour glue into each of three cups. Except...I couldn’t open that jug of glue! And I didn’t have any muscular people around to help me, so I had to settle for a different bottle of PVA, which was admittedly kinda old, but still runny enough, I hoped. No specific measurements done, just a small dollop. To that I added two small dollops of the acrylic paint (so the ratio of glue in the mix is 30%]. That ultramarine blue paint immediately disappointed me by being chunky as hell. But I hoped mixing would solve the problem. After mixing, the other two looked ok, but that ultramarine... I shuddered. This would definitely need thinning. So to each I added 3 spoons of water. (Note that the spoons are quite small, like a coffee spoon). The amount of water seemed good to me, making the paint runny but not watery. Next, I mixed in 1 squirt of lube (ha ha) into each mix. Then I poured about 2 spoons of mixture into a fresh cup. i tipped the cup on to the coaster, and let the paint sit for like 10 seconds. Then I lifted the cup off. I liked how this looked! Bright colour really popping against the black. I then scraped the excess out of the cup and put it around the edges of the coaster. This was followed by me carefully tilting the coaster until every surface was coated. It didn’t keep the vivid ultramarine of the initial pour, unfortunately. That blue just became many lumps across the surface. And no cells, sadly. But it was still an interesting looking object. Kinda planetary. Also, I used my finger to smear paint over the sides of the coaster. I still had plenty of paint left over, so I decided to do a second, smaller coaster. This time, I left out the ultramarine, so just turquoise and black would be used. I also watered the paint down a bit more, as it did seem a little bit thick on the previous instance. This result is really beautiful! Cells did appear this time, but only after I gently blew on the surface of the paint. Curious. Also, the black patches on the right were done by directly pouring black into spots where I simply couldn’t tilt the paint into. Believe it or not, I STILL had more paint left over. So I resolved to use it all up by pouring it on some art paper. Where the ultramarine and black are at the bottom, again, that was direct pouring. I then took photos of the coasters a day and a half later, when they were fully dry. This was done at night, so the light quality isn’t perfect; next time I’ll use natural daylight. But the thing to note here is that my smaller coaster’s pattern has changed more, and not for the better. That is probably a consequence of the thinner paint, it flattens and moves more as it dries. I’ve also read about how more water makes the paint visibly break up into granules, which is not really what I wanted to do. So next time I’ll make use of a acrylic retarder or some other medium rather than water.
Well, until next time! Jess xx
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