This is part two of my three part series on Pouring Pitfalls. We'll tackling specific issues my students shared about their fluid acrylic pours and how to handle them. You can check out Part One : Preventing Muddy Pours here!

This section is all about getting more cells in your pour. We'll talk about specific ways to handle your paint, incorporate your mediums, and use cell-boosters like silicone to get more cells in your pours. We'll also talk about techniques for handling your canvas to keep from bursting all those beautiful bubbles. This class assumes that you've had a bit of experience with fluid acylic but we're also going to go through the process of a pour step by step, with emphasis on tricks to increase the chances of cells at each step.

If you've never tried fluid acrylic and you're looking for more of a pouring 101, check out an intro pouring workshop here.

You can also check out albums from my Fluid Acrylic workshops here and see hundreds of example pours. Check out work from other students to help you pick a palette!

Grab your canvas and some paints and be sure to follow my profile to check out Section 1 and 3 of this series!

Other stuff: this class was created with the help of Board Productions who know how to kick it up a notch.The awesome artwork behind me is a mix of my own (colourful squares and purple mountain) local Ottawa artist Andrea Stokes (axe swinging girl) Unicorn creatures by my buddy Westin Church.

Steve Jackson

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