Poured Paint ::: 8Aug2018, 11:30PM (or there abouts)

I've been watching some poured paint projects on FaceBook for some time now. Last week, I finally did a little more investigating, determined what, other than acrylic paint, I'd need, and decided to try my hand. At right, is my first pour.

If Jackson Pollock had done this, it might be art. As for me, it's just a fun experiment and a way to generate a background pattern in a non-digital way.

I poured on a 9x12 inch canvas so as print-on-demand designs go, it was a bit small. The solution, repeat. Of course, a simple repeat would result in clear lines between the motifs. But mirroring...
At left are 4 copies of the original using the "flip" tools in common drawing and photo manipulation software packages.
This is fun because you get something you didn't originally create -- that bit in the center only exists when I repeat the original image.

Because this was an experiment, I used mostly things I already had on hand. Some acrylic paints. A small canvas. Chop sticks. Paper cups. My only investments were pouring medium, flow improver, and silicon. Some of the acrylic paint was a bit old. In particular, the yellow had lots of solid bits in it. At first, I tried to take them out. Then, I decided I rather liked the little speckled effect I got from leaving them in. Although you can't really tell from this image, one of the paints I used was a silver glitter paint. The original canvas has a definite glitter quality but no obvious silver color anywhere. 

At right is what this looks like on a rather diaphanous scarf. Below is an iPad case.

Overall, I consider this experiment a success.
I didn't get what I wanted, but I did get something I like.
​I enjoyed it enough to do more, so, wait and see.

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