What is Acrylic Pouring Medium
Acrylic Pouring Medium gives the look of epoxy resin without the drawbacks of resin. It dries crystal clear but is flexible, non-yellowing, does not suffer from crazing and is water resistant when dry.Pouring medium has a long open time and plays well with any acrylic paints. It also mixes well with various additions like glitter, mica powder, and dry metallic pigments. These additions don’t become dull because pouring medium has a high gloss finish.
Why Use Pouring Medium
Pouring medium has some fun possibilities. You can mix paint with it and pour the paints in several different ways for abstract paintings. You can add acrylic inks and paints to it and manipulate it in many different ways. Here are some examples of pourings that I have done.
Windswept
Washed Away
These are examples of putting acrylic ink into pouring medium and manipulating it. You can also paint on top of the dry medium like this
Guardian of the Forest
I plan to take every other week to do a series of tutorial posts on Pouring Medium. Make sure you sign up for the mailing list so you can get notified when the blog post goes live.The breakdown includes the dirty pour, how to mix, several different ways to manipulate the paint for different effects and how to keep it from running off the canvas. I will also cover a bonus topic of what to do with the drips when you LET it run off the canvas on purpose!
I will be doing video tutorials right here on the blog. At the end of the series, there will be a FaceBook live event for questions. You can also comment on the posts with any questions you might have. This will be a fun and educational series to get you as excited as I am about using Pouring Medium. I hope you will post pictures of any projects you have done based on this series. See you next week for the first tutorial!
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Do you have a recipe for home made pouring medium Please? Can not get Liquitex or Floetrol in South Africa
Thank you for watching, Rethea! There has been a lot of discussion about using things like PVA glue (white glue), Mod-Podge and so on. These are brittle mediums and do not work long-term. My suggestion to you would be to go to the paint store and buy either the glazing medium or the clear base both in a high gloss finish. The more matte the finish, the more opaque it becomes. To be able to see the layers underneath you want as close to a perfectly clear finish when it is dry as possible. If your paint store does not use the term “clear base” just tell them you want the paint without the color so that it dries clear. If it is a little bit thick for pouring, you can add up to 25% water to the paint. Do not add more than that. Too much water will make crazing (tiny cracks in the dried paint) and lack of adhesion to the surface much more possible. Good luck with your search and let me know how things go. I would love to see some of your finished pieces!