Acrylic Pouring Evaluation

Acrylic Pouring

On Friday 9th November, I tried Acrylic Pouring for the very first time. It was fun, but I didn't really create what I imagined in my mind. The first acrylic pouring I did was extremely lacking, but then again it was my first and I got to grips with the technique pretty fast. At first I thought I had put too much paint into the tubs (first picture above), but soon realised that actually I hadn't put enough for what I really wanted to do, and thus I didn't create a big piece but actually it was rather small due to lack of paint and glue mixture. The solution we used to mix with the paint was PVA Glue mixed with water, which then made the acrylic paint more like liquid and so it was easier to pour.

The images above are of the first Acrylic Pouring that I created. I used the colours Cobalt Blue and Phthalo Green, which I then mixed with the glue solution. In my mind, I thought the colours would work rather well together, but on the cartridge paper that I used, the colours seemed to blend together. Under the right light, such as the studio lighting, you can distinguish between the two colours used rather easily, but in a darker environment you wouldn't be able to. I really like how under the light, the solution we mixed with the paint created a glossy effect.

The images above are of the second acrylic pouring I created. I had left over paint from my first piece, so I added more solution and poured it onto another piece of paper. Even though this was my second, I was more trying to go for the right amount of paint rather than making it look abstract and artistic. Thus, this was more amount finding the right amount of paint and solution rather than mixing colours together. I did, however, start to hold the paper in different ways to create lines and drips, which you can clearly see in the images.

This is my third acrylic pour, which I created on a different type of paper. It was like cartridge paper but I really liked the added gradient at the top. For this, I didn't actually mix the Phthalo Green and the Cadmium Yellow together, but instead poured them from the pots at the same time, so the paint reached the paper and mixed together. This is definitely my favourite that I created as the Phthalo Green and the Cadmium Yellow work together wonderfully. The glossy shine doesn't do the yellow any justice, however, in this piece but it does make the green stand out. I held the paper in different ways again to create the lines and different directions that the paint flowed in. 

This was my fourth and last acrylic pour. I didn't have a lot of paint left over, so I added more solution and actually added the Phthalo Green and the Cadmium Yellow into the same pot so both colours poured together. This created a swirl effect that I really liked. In turn, I then poured the paint into a swirl motion to create an interesting dynamic in my piece. I also held the paper, once again, in different ways to spread the paint out across the paper. The type of paper I used too was interesting as it almost felt like paper you would wrap a parcel in to send, but I think it held the colour and shape of the paint rather well.