Discover New Ways to Use Pouring Medium
In many of my pieces I use Liquitex Pouring Medium. This material can be poured on for a crystal clear, glossy surface or tinted with acrylic inks to create a multi-layered effect. I’ve been working with it for years and am always excited to show you new techniques!
I’ve created several videos in the past where I talk about this “effect medium” (as Liquitex calls it), answer your questions, and experiment in real-time.
In these videos you’ll learn:
- how to use Liquitex Pouring Medium to finish your paintings with a smooth, clear, glossy finish.
- how to tint the pouring medium with acrylic inks
- vital tips and tricks
- answers to questions from artists just like you!
Watch all 13 videos by clicking “play” on the playlist below!
Here’s a list of materials and where to find them:
Liquitex Pouring Medium- 8oz.
Liquitex Pouring Medium- 1 gallon
Soft Body Liquitex Paint Set
Liquitex Ink
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Remember How Much Fun Paint Can Be?
Do you remember the first time you painted? The pure joy of smushing paint about? The miracle of watching colors interact? The visceral thrill of seeing just what the stuff would do?
Sometimes, as we gain skills and get more “serious” about art, it’s easy to get caught up in outcomes and we forget just how fun paint can be as a material. But don’t you find that playfulness is often where you best “serious” discoveries occur?
Pouring with acrylics can take just about anyone back to that immediate delight of handling pure color. Here is a video to show you a basic technique with pouring :
But you ought to know there is SO MUCH more it can do! For instance, have you seen Brazilian painter Beatriz Milhazes’ exuberant canvas collaged with layers of acrylic sheets in eyepopping colors and forms?
I created this piece using pouring medium and string gel combined. See my post here for video with details on how I did it.
Here is list of materials that I used that will help you get started:
Happy Painting!
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Using acrylic mediums to created mixed media foil sheets
A couple of years ago, I was invited by curator Chandra Cerrito to create a piece for the exhibition she was curating at the di Rosa called Altered States: The Collection in Context of artworks related to the mystical, the transcendent and the transformative.
I was given a large wall in the gallery space overlooking a small lake. Inspired by a meditative state I had been studying and experiencing call the Sea of Connections, I decided to make a link between this state, the lake outside and the piece.
My intention was to create a piece that would reflect light, shimmer and glow. Based on my in-depth knowledge of acrylic mediums, I innovated a brand new material using acrylics over aluminum foil.
The finished pieced measured was over 6 ½ feet tall by 11 feet wide (198 cm x 348 cm).
Here’s I video I made for you showing exactly how I made the sheets:
And here is a video showing how I connected all those sheets to make the whole piece.
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