The acrylic pour paintings exhibit at the Y will come down at the end of the coming week. What fun it has been seeing the comments that people have written about what they have seen in these abstract shapes and colors. Thanks to all who have jotted down a title or two.
I am now experimenting with something else.
Everyone has a shelf full of glass vases - someone sent you flowers in a glass vase, the flowers are long gone and the vase is taking up space on a shelf somewhere. Try pouring paint over them! Carefully wash the vase with alcohol and find a way to turn it upside down on something stable. Very important!
When I first tried this I was eager to just do it and took some short cuts. I wanted to get started so I just turned vases upside down over a paper or styrofoam cup. I put the cup on wax paper, put the vase on the cup...and started pouring lots of different colors. It was really fun!!! However, when the paint dried, the cup stuck to the vase. That took a little work to get them apart. This is my first vase...
When the paint dried, it had a matte finish. It looks dull.
It is recommended that all these pieces be finished with resin. I have put two coats of clear resin on this. It brightens the colors and it glows!
Here's another one. I began this one with some yellow and green paints and it looked awful. I switched to some white and red colors and then added a little dark green...just because. This one was on a cup also, but did not stick as much because the vase lip did not touch the cup. The paint could drip off.
Here it is right side up. You can see the first pour - the greenish color on the inside. That's just looking through the glass - that's why it's shiny.
Here it is with its resin finish.
These next three are little - about 3 inches high. It was challenging trying to find something to hold them upside down... They were fun to pour, but two of the three stuck to the surface. I'll bet you can guess which ones!
Here are some close ups of how they turned out.
And, here they are in use! The picture is a little cluttered,
but they looked so cute on our porch this past weekend.
I have lots more to share...some more of the process, some lessons learned and some fun successes! Check back in a week or so to see some more!
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