Becky Heaviside: Acrylic Pouring

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I have always enjoyed drawing and painting but really got into “fluid art” and particularly “acrylic pouring” during the first lockdown in 2020.

Acrylic pouring is an abstract art technique where acrylic paints are mixed with a “medium” and poured onto a surface to create colourful patterns. It’s a really accessible art form as even complete beginners can achieve spectacular results. The whole process is also visually very pleasing: excellent ASMR!

I like how the paint can surprise you – a tiny drop of one colour can take over your whole canvas, or conversely a big glug can almost disappear – and the marbled designs you can create.

The one thing that concerned me was the amount of waste from tilting the canvases and pouring off the excess paint, so I started to use this paint and the dried “skins” to make marbled jewellery alongside the paintings.

Watch me work

Demonstrations of acrylic pouring