I really need to start doing these pours earlier in the day so I'm not stuck working with the lamp. I suppose I get on to it late to curb my impatience and boredom while I wait for Hubby to get home.
This has been me the last couple of nights.
Last night I thought I'd try my hand at a swipe pour.
This is where you pour paint on the canvas, pick a side to pour a heap of paint on (I went with white), then you take a paper towel or a paint scraper or plastic and drag that from one side to the other side. The result should be a streak with cells...
This didn't really work out for me. It seldom does.
Dutch pour to the rescue
So I went back to YouTube to get more ideas and found out about dutch pours via this lady.
I loved the idea of letting the hair dryer do the work and just had to give it another go tonight after my swipe efforts didn't work out.
I started off with this..
Figured start with a small canvas to test my primary colour pour using the swipe method. I imagined the red, blue and yellow swiping together to create colours.
And nope.... It kinda worked and it kinda didn't. Basically I wasn't happy so I scraped the paint off and started again.
This time I went dutch and got the hair dryer out. I also ditched the primary colours and used my pre mixed bottles from yesterday.
Taaadaaa!!!
Loving the colours on this one fo sure!
With one win under my belt I thought it's time to tackle the bigger canvas.
And.... nope..
I did the dutch but didn't like how it turned out so I swiped to see if it could be saved with a swipe. Surprise, surprise it couldn't although it did look promising for a bit there, so I scraped the canvas and started again.
I like this one a lot better. It's got a lot more colour. Although when I compare it with the first pour/swipe I'm liking the negative space so might have to try doing a pour with more negative space.
But hey, check it!!!
Loving the colours and so far it's drying without cracks!! I think I have a win over here!!
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They all looked all right to me 🤣 I feel very ignorant right now 😆 I think you need more lamps.
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