Fluid Acrylic Pouring: Mixed Medium with Shari Carroll
Hello everyone and Happy Saturday!! I have something for you today that I’m so excited to share. I’ve played around with the technique of Fluid Acrylic Pouring and am so excited to say that we now carry an Alchemy Starter kit from IndigoBlu!! You’re going to love this!!
So…what is Fluid Acrylic pouring? It is a form of painting where you mix your paints with a medium that thins them and allows them to flow, then you pour the paint mixture onto your canvas. It is really fun and addictive!! You never know what result you’ll get!
To start the process of doing a pour, you mix the paints with a pouring medium such as Go-Flow (which is included in the starter kit). The suggested ratio is 2:1 Go-Flow to paint. The mixture should be about the consistency of Honey. It should come off your mixing stick in an even stream.
The sample I created is using a “Dirty” pour. I added paints a little at a time into a cup. I placed the canvas panel over the opening of the cup and inverted them to where the cup was on top. After letting the paint settle for about 3-5 minutes, I lifted the cup and let the paint spread over the panel. Interesting right?? It is so rewarding!!
I love how some of the colors mix and some stay separated. I let the canvas dry for a couple days before adding a couple coats of IndigoBlu Acrylic Lacquer. Without a coating the paint will look dull. The lacquer gives the canvas a nice glossy finish and the colors of the paint come back to life. Once the lacquer was completely dry, I used the panel to create my project.
I used Tim Holtz Small Tattered Florals along with Wildflower Thinlits dies to create the arrangement. To finish off my canvas, I added Believe from Simon Says Stamp and finally some Tim Holtz linen ribbon.
I have filmed a video of how to use the contents of the IndigoBlu Alchemy kit, you can watch the video below or on our YouTube channel HERE.
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Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoy this process as much as I do.
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Love this. Looks like messy fun!
That’s so pretty! It kind of reminds me of a geode and I wonder if you could add some crystal glitter to really get a geode effect. Thanks for sharing the video–so fun to see the paint come out and swirl around!
That looks like a lot of fun! And what a beautiful result you achieved. Your canvas is stunning.
This is really beautiful and you do messy really well with little mess! Thanks for showing how you created this wonderful piece!
WOW! This is really beautiful!! I know it must have been fun to make.
WOW! Love this! I keep thinking about getting into this but haven’t tried it yet.
Oooh…. i need to pull out some acrylics… beautifful project. Thanks for sharing.
This is absolutely gorgeous! Would love to give it a go!
It looks really cool, like marble
Gorgeous! My favorite project of yours so far.
What a process but the results are fabulous. Thanks for sharing!
WOW I have been wanting to try this. All in 1 easy kit? Awesome!
WOWZERS! This is gorgeous! Thanks for the video, so glad SSS has a kit for this technique!
What a stunning background!!!
I can see how this would be addictive! Gorgeous project!
Gorgeous Shari! That background is so pretty and those flowers just really grab me. Love it!
wow the patterns on the background are just gorgeous – thanks for showing how to use these new products:)
So COOL!
Really cool. Love the outcome and MESS works for me!
Oh how fun this is going to be!
Love how that turned out. Makes me think of an underwater scene! :)
Love the colors
Gorgeous and fun technique.
Oooh this looks fab!!
This is beautiful! I’ve been wanting to try this, but haven’t yet. It looks like so much fun!
Shari, this piece is gorgeous! I love it-and it would go perfectly in my living room, would coordinate with my colors! I am going to have to give this a try, thanks for sharing.
Shari, thanks for sharing this awesome, stunning project. I love mixed media and this looks like a super fun technique.
OH SHARI! This IS GORGEOUS! WHAT FUN!!!! LOVE the colors you chose & just the BEAUTY of this! TOTALLY GORGEOUS & FUN!!! (I can see how it would be addictive! LOL) ;)
P.S. JUST WAIT till I show my hubby this! ;)
Fabulous work! TFS
What a beautiful piece of art. Thanks for..
Paint pouring looks so fun! I’ve been wanting to try it! Beautiful project!
Great project. Looks like fun!
Oh my gosh!! Gorgeous! I love this. Way to go, Shari!
This color combo is perfect for decorating warm summer days, and the pattern reminds me to waves of an ocean.
Amazing canvas…so beautiful!! Definitely looks like a lot of fun!!
OOOH!! I’ve been mesmerized by this on YouTube lately!! It looks like so much fun!! That’s AWESOME that SSS carries a kit to do this!! It’s so satisfying to watch. Your project looks amazing!!
Gorgeous!! Very fun watching the colors do their thing!
Love this effect and the colors!!
Beautiful background and design. The finished product is gorgeous.
This is so cool! I really love the swirly look of the paint :)
This is fascinating. Thanks for the video.
What fun and, oh, so, pretty! I can see how this would be addicting!
I made one of these recently
at an expo. I never thought
to add embellishments to it
like you did, fabulous idea!
Carla from Utah
I’ve been wanting to try this!! The kit looks awesome!!
Gorgeous work of Art!!!
Glory Bee! I knew sooner or later someone would do this on a small enough scale that one might try it for cards. I’ve watched so many artists do acrylic pours and loved the results. Yours, Shari, came out just plain gorgeous. Thanks for the great (clear instruction) video.
Another super cool technique! Love how your project turned out. It’s absolutely beautiful!
How amazing is this…… Love it. Looks like a lot of fun with amazing results.
Very cool technique.
This is absolute stunning, what a great background and so much simpler than I thought. Thanks Shari for the great video tutorial and the gorgeous card!