Beginners Acrylic Pouring FLUID ART Course

Learn the essential materials for beginner acrylic pouring, including trays and tray liners, wooden sticks, mixing cups, canvases, acrylic paints, silicone or solid maker, color wheel, gloves, apron, and sealers.

Identify essential supplies for beginners acrylic pouring, including squeeze bottles for silicone, paper towels, brushes, spatulas, shooter cups, surface protection for table and floor, and a chef torch.

Level the painting surface to let the paint flow and stay on the canvas. Even slight tilts can ruin your pour, so use a level tool to ensure true level.

Learn about pouring mediums for acrylic pours, including liquid text pouring medium and gloss mediums, with Amazon links. We'll discuss making your own pouring medium later and garnishing your paint.

Select a clear school glue as your pouring medium, because it dries transparent and won't alter the color of your paint.

Learn how to create cells in acrylic pours by using silicone spray lubricants, including CRC heavy duty silicone and bike lubes. Avoid WD-40 and follow budget-aware recommendations.

Learn to mix acrylic pour paint with pouring medium for a honey-like flow, using the stick method to avoid thick or thin inconsistencies, silicone issues, and cracking.

Learn to mix a pouring medium for acrylic pours using a 60/30/10 ratio of PBA glue, water, and flow medium, with tips on weighing, shaking, and straining.

Learn the ideal ratio of pour medium to paint in acrylic pouring, starting at 50/50 and adjusting by paint quality (40/60, 30/70, or 60/40).

Choose colors with a kid's painter's kit, use a color wheel to predict outcomes, and create swatches while checking opacity symbols on packaging.

Explore acrylic pouring formulas, including Danny Clark's cells method - two parts flow, one part distilled water, and silicone drops - plus 60/30/10 and 70/30 PBA glue-to-water play mediums.

Discover how to form cells in acrylic pour painting using silicone additives and methods, including before pouring, in colors, and torching, plus the role of titanium white and color density.

Add 1–4 drops of silicone to your acrylic paint and mediums, stir with a wooden stick, pour from distance, flip cup, then torch and tilt to create small cells.

Learn essential safety when torching acrylic pours, including choosing safe torches (chef-sized only), wearing a face mask, goggles, and gloves, and understanding fumes from silicone and paints.

I show the essential gear for acrylic pour practice. Use latex-free or disposable gloves, an apron, and kitchen towels to keep hands clean and paint waste minimal.

Prepare all your colors before you add silicone, mark cups to show their use, and relax as colors settle, then flip and tilt to reveal cells.

Master a beginner dirty pour flip cup technique: place and flip the cup, apply white, tilt to center color, torch to form cells, and embrace the result.

Learn a swipe technique in acrylic pouring to create cells and lace effects by applying white to the canvas edge, saturating with tissue, swiping, and torching.

Explore negative space in acrylic pouring by creating white negative space on a clean canvas, performing a dirty pour, and using a torch to form circles and cells.

Demonstrates a regular pour technique by tilting a painted canvas to stretch colors, using leftover blue and purple with silicone for creative effects.

Learn how acrylic pour paintings dry from surface dry after one day to full cure in seven days, and how to store and prep for varnish after 30 days.

Learn how to clean and prep a cured canvas before sealing, using cornstarch to remove oils and silicone, wash, dry, then seal with varnish or resin.

Learn how to use spray sealers and varnishes to protect acrylic paintings, choose matte to gloss finishes, and test sprays on the back to avoid tackiness.

Explore how to sell your art through galleries, exhibitions, and online channels like Etsy and eBay, price privately, and cultivate patience as sales grow.

Preserve paint for future pours by preparing colors in squeeze tubes and shaking before use to remix settled pigments, then seal leftovers with plastic film to prevent air exposure.

Prevent crazing by thinning the paint and stretching it out; when the paint is too thick, it forms indents rather than cracks. Next time, apply thinner paint to avoid indents.

Lumps in acrylic pouring medium arise from poor mixing, old medium, or wrong flow medium; strain through a strainer to remove lumps and use flow medium promptly to prevent clumping.

Spray a light mist of water on both sides of a saggy canvas, then let it dry to tighten; avoid over-wetting as the canvas breathes again before pouring.

Learn how the leftover acrylic paint dries into a skin under your canvas on the pouring ground, and how to turn that skin into jewelry such as pendants or earrings.

Learn how to use a varnish spray for acrylic pours, for beginners, avoid sticky varnish, and test small canvases to prevent dust or hair from ruining finished pieces.

Identify holes and indents caused by silicone on a reusable canvas; wash it, let it dry for two to three days, then reuse to avoid paint loss.

No cells occur when you forget to add silicone to the gun or use dense opaque paint; if the paint is too thick, torching won’t help in a flip cup.

Identify why acrylic pours crack during drying by adjusting paint consistency to avoid being too thin or too thick. Maintain room temperature and minimize drafts to prevent cracking.

Keep your canvas leveled to stop paint from slipping off. Use a leveling ruler or leveling product on the surface, or you risk losing your hard work.