Abstract Fluid Acrylic Pouring with ink on Textured Ground #2 - Untitled

After my last few acrylic ink paintings, I ordered more colours from Artifolk and this is the result.

Untitled - poured ink on 12x12x1/2 inch (30x30x1.3cm) stretched canvas textured with painting knife and Matisse Impasto Medium 

I just love the way Art Spectrum, Liquitex and FW inks work so well together. Whether you just tip the canvas or blow through a straw the inks make some great and unexpected patterns.

Abstract Fluid Acrylic Pouring with ink on Textured Ground - Untitled

I wanted to see how pouring ink over a textured ground would look. I textured the canvas with a painting knife and Matisse Impasto Medium (MM2).

Untitled - poured ink on 12x12x1/2 inch (30x30x1.3cm) stretched canvas textured with painting knife and Matisse Impasto Medium

I used the same technique and ink as my last painting.

Water was sprayed over canvas then artist acrylic Inks (Art Spectrum Pigmented ink (blue, green, turquoise & white) and Daler Rowney FW in (sun-up blue & genesis green) were poured in lines (I wanted the finished work to be portrait and I worked holding the canvas in the landscape position) and tipped from side to side. I kept doing this until I was happy with the look. I also brushed the sides  with a soft brush so the ink runs would mix roughly.

Abstract Fluid Acrylic Pouring with ink - Untitled

Untitled - poured ink on 12x24x1/2 inch (30x60x1.3cm) stretched canvas

Water was sprayed over canvas then artist acrylic Inks (Art Spectrum Pigmented ink (blue, green, turquoise & white) and Daler Rowney FW in (sun-up blue & genesis green) were poured in lines (I wanted the finished work to be portrait and I worked holding the canvas in the landscape position) and tipped from side to side. I kept doing this until I was happy with the look. I also brushed the sides  with a soft brush so the ink runs would mix roughly.

Abstract Fluid Acrylic Pouring on texture - Untitled

I wanted to try pouring paint onto a textured surface.

Untitled - poured paint on textured ground paint pre-mixed with mediums on 8x8x1/2 inch (20x20x1.3cm) stretched canvas

Texture paste was applied through a stencil. When dry some Golden Glass Bead Gel was applied in a few places and let dry.

Jo Sonja Flow Acrylics OR Matisse Flow (pre-mixed in pouring bottles with mediums) Ultra Blue, Turuoise (Pthalo Blue + Pthalo Green 1:1), Turquoise Lt (Turquoise + White), Opal, and Titanium White.

 

 

Fluid Acrylic Pouring Experiments with viscosity

I've been experimenting with a different viscosity of paint to achieve different effects with pouring. I spray water on the canvas or canvas panel for the paint to run squeeze the pre-mixed fluid paints and twist the canvas. Apply more paint and/or spray water. Also blowing through a straw to push paint around.

Photo1 very thin mix of paint on 4x4 inch (10x10 cm) canvas panels

Photo1 is a mix of Matisse Structure Paint (I didn't have these colours in a flow paint), Atelier Painting Medium, and water. Ratio of 1:1:2. I like this mix, but it is very runny. No 3 is over dried drops of gel.

I had a bit more trial and error using different mediums and mixes of water before I found a thicker version I liked.

Photo2 thin mix of paint on 4x4 inch (10x10 cm) canvas panels

Photo2 uses a mix of Jo Sonja OR Matisse Flow Acrylic, Matisse Varnish (MM7), Atelier Painting Medium, and water. Ratio of 5:2:3:2.

Each mix produces different flows and runs of paint.