Paint pouring is when you mix acrylic paints with a pouring medium and then pour the mixture onto a surface. There are many different techniques.
This is the cup flip method.
- Mix 1/3 paint and 2/3 pouring medium(Floetrol) in separate cups for each color
- Slowly pour alternating colors into a pour cup
- Quickly flip the pour cup onto the center of your canvas
- Slowly raise the cup and tilt your canvas as needed
Mix Floetrol with acrylic paint.
Floetrol
Poring paint can also come premixed and ready to pour.
Pouring Paint
Mixing your pouring medium
Floetrol is a common pouring medium.
Cup Flip Method
In this video, the paints have already been mixed with the pouring medium.