Acrylic pour painting

How to make it

1. 

   1

   Cover everything

   Lay plastic over the table and set 4 cups upside down to hold the canvas. Paint will drip off all sides.

2. 

   2

   Mix each color

   Mix each paint with pouring medium in its own cup, about 1 part paint to 2 parts medium. Add water until it flows like warm honey.

3. 

   3

   Add silicone

   Stir 2 drops of silicone oil into a couple of colors if you want cells.

4. 

   4

   Layer one cup

   Pour each color into one big cup, one on top of another. Don't stir.

5. 

   5

   Flip the cup

   Set the canvas over the cup, hold both and flip them together. Lift the cup and watch the paint spread.

6. 

   6

   Tilt the canvas

   Tilt slowly in every direction until paint covers the edges. Pass a heat gun over it to pop bubbles and open cells.

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   7

   Let it dry flat

   Set it on the cups, level, somewhere dust-free. Leave it 2 to 3 days.