This video is a THREE CUP, Fluid Art Acrylic Pour Open Cup Technique that may just be my best ever. This is an open cup pour with black negative space on an 18 x 24 canvas. This is also a great example of how you can turn a painting around when it doesn't give you the initial results you were hoping for. As I noticed in the beginning that the colors were not blending the way I wanted, I simply did a second pour over the first and achieved success! Please feel free to leave your comments on the end results and Subscribe to the channel. Thank you for watching! The following colors were used for the Fluid Art Open Cup Pour in this video: Black (Craft smart) Wine (Anita's Acrylic) Holiday Red (Craft smart) Orange mixed with Burnt Orange (Craft smart) With this technique, you should touch a little more black, as much color is displaced by the pour and you can not finish the edges with too little black. Have fun casting acrylic, do not forget to subscribe to my channel so you will not miss a recent video. Many Thanks Candice --------------- What do you need for acrylic pouring / fluid painting? In acrylic pouring or fluid painting, diluted acrylic paints are cast on the canvas using various techniques. This results in quite random results. Every picture is unique. ---------------- 1. acrylic paint ---------------- You can use what you like here. Acrylic paints from brand companies usually have a thicker consistency and therefore lower consumption. Cheap brands are often thinner, you need a little more color. These are the bands I mainly use. Look for what suits you and your wallet. Possibly. you have to adjust my Pouring recipe, which comes down below with your acrylic paint something. https://amzn.to/2IO2zBI (advertising Amazon.com*) https://amzn.to/2WQz7A6 (advertising Amazon.com *) --------------------- 2. The Pouring Medium --------------------- The only pouring medium I used was a 60/40 Glue & Floetrol mix with a bit of water. The Pouring Medium ensures that the acrylic paint is fluid and pourable. There are now many varieties available. Liquitex is also a good option, even without silicone oil beautiful cells are possible. https://amzn.to/2IO4hTE (Glue) (advertising Amazon.com*) https://amzn.to/2IRUThN (Floetrol) (advertising Amazon.com*) https://amzn.to/2WNHLPJ (Liquitex) (advertising Amazon.com*) https://amzn.to/2MU4Gcz (advertising Amazon.com *) -------- 3. Water -------- Only acrylic paint and casting medium is usually not enough, the color must be made a little more liquid, but I use normal tap water. At the end, the ready-mixed color should flow evenly off the stirring tool like warm liquid honey. --------------- 4. Final treatment ------------------ If the pictures have dried after about 3-5 days, the acrylic paint will not shine as well as when wet. To restore this shine, use the Pouring Medium. But you can also use special gloss varnish to create even more shine. https://amzn.to/31BZGN7 (advertising Amazon.com *) Otherwise you only need a canvas in its preferred size and a few cups to touch the colors. ---------------------- My acrylic pouring recipe ---------------------- 1 part color 1 part Pouring Medium 1/2 part of water !!! Important, the canvas must first be primed with Acrylic Pouring Medium or paint, otherwise the edges absorb too much paint. ---------------------------------------- Cast acrylic - quantity calculation How much color is needed for his canvas? ---------------------------------------- Approximately 0.3 grams per square centimeter, this is the complete mixture meant. Suppose you have a canvas of 40 x 40 cm = 1600cm2. Calculation 1600 x 0.3 grams = 480 grams of complete mixture so all colors, pouring medium and water added up. For a 40x40 cm two-color image, the mix looks like this: Rounded up to 500 grams so that no later color is missing: 100 g of colorful paint 100 g of fluid medium 50 g of water 100 g white color 100 g of fluid medium 50 g of water On the bottles is usually a milliliter indication, you can take that in grams, 250 ml color is not exactly 250 g, but the difference does not matter. You can find all the products I use in my videos here: http://www.moodstruk.com/shop-supplies.html Shop My Coloring Book: https://amzn.to/2WG7862