How to do a Starburst Fluid Art Design #FluidArt #DutchPour #AcrylicPouring

I feel that I have mastered how to do Dutch Pours, so, I thought I would try my hand at Starburst Dutch Pours. The above photo is one of the ones I did. 

What is a Starburst Dutch Pour?

A starburst dutch pour looks like a burst star when you have finished blowing out the design. There are a few different techniques to get the end product, a starburst. But, the technique I used was laying down the paints from the centre and moving out towards the edge with rings of colored paint. 

You usually have a bright color in the middle , white , yellow or even black. 

Colors laid down ready to blow out.

Once the colors are set down, torch the air bubbles and blow out from the centre towards the edge until you get that starburst design.

Well, I tried 5 times to get that magical starburst. I failed mostly. Simply, I think because, my canvas was too small. I should have used a much larger canvas to give the paints more room to move.

Attempt number one above. Looks nothing like a Starburst. But, I do like the finished design. Just not what I was aiming for though.

Attempt number two above. Don't know what went wrong with this one, but, it is just one big messy chaotic mish mash of colors. But, I do like it too. But, it just is not a Starburst.

Attempt number three above.  Now, this one was starting to have that starburst look. But, as you can see on the right hand side, I had the hairdryer too close to the canvas and scraped it 😁

Attempt number four.  Nailed it.  Well, probably not the best Starburst that I have seen, but, yes, it looks like how one should be.  Problem is the centre was too big. And, ofcourse, the canvas too small. A bigger canvas would have looked far better.  The centre would have looked ok being that big. 

Attempt number five.  Back to the drawing board.... 😆   Don't know what happened with this one. I tried to save it by putting some yellow down in the centre.  Not really a traditional Starburst, but, I do like the finished product.

Will I try to do more Starbursts?? Not sure as yet. I know one thing though, I will use a bigger canvas next time, because, I do think the colors will have more room to blow out to give that Starburst look and the centre won't look so big. 

If you want to see a really beautiful Starburst, and what I was trying to achieve, check out the video below by Molly from Molly's Artistry.  Notice how her canvas is quite big. I think that is the trick to getting that starburst look. 

Will I try this technique again?? Perhaps!! This truly is a journey. But, one that I am enjoying greatly.

I also uploaded images of some these pours digitally enhanced to my Redbubble Store. They look really good on some of their products..

The first attempt on a shirt. Looks good. 

Shower Curtain  for my second attempt design.

And, the only one that truly looked like a Starburst in a clock design. 

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Ring Pour Technique - #Fluid Art #Art #AcrylicPainting #PaintPouring

 I recently did a series of Ring Pours in Rainbow Colors.

What is a Ring Pour?

There are a few different techniques for a Ring Pour.  This one that I did was what they call a Tree Ring Pour, as the rings look like tree rings from when you cut a tree down and see their growth rings.

The unique bands of color that circle each other without blending are the beauty of a tree ring pour. It takes more than mastering the physical technique of twisting your hand as you pour to keep this form of painting from becoming an undefined, muddy mess.

While transparent colors create soft blending affects in fluid art, opaque colors are the best if you want prominent tree ring contrast. Opaque colors are less likely to dominate or cover up one another so much.

How do You Do a Ring Pour?

The secret to making tree rings is to stack each paint color in your cup as much as possible to avoid them mingling. From the side, a perfect tree ring cup will resemble layers of cake.

Thicker paint makes this task easier in this situation since the colors are less likely to mix as you pour them into your cup. 

You should avoid using water to thin your paint in this method, if you regularly do so. You might also make your paint mixes thicker by utilising just heavy body acrylics (no fluid acrylics).  But, in these ring pours I did actually use pre-mixed paints. 

To avoid overmixing, carefully pour each color into your cup.  Keep in mind that the first color you put in your cup will be the last color to come out, and hence the most dominate. So, layer accordingly to how you want your finished pour to look.

Once you have layered the colors in the cup, the next step is to carefully pour the paint onto your painting surface of choice, canvas, board or whatever you choose.

I usually start from the center and slowly let the paint flow while making a circular movement to create the rings. 

Once the paint is down on your surface, you may want to check for air bubbles, and, then we do the tilt. 

Slowly tilting the canvas to each corner to let the paint flow, while trying to keep the circular shape as much as possible. Which is not always easy, and, quite often the end result is not circular at all. But, still quite stunning no matter how they turn out.

It's never a good idea to overstretch when you tilt, but it's especially bad for a tree ring pour. The more you tilt, the more the colors mix and become a muddy jumble. Use additional paint in your cup to keep your lines crisp so you only have to tilt your cup a bit to cover your canvas.

You can also add extra paint around the edges to help with tilting so that your ring will move more easily as you tilt.

My five ring pours all together in the picture above.  Below are some more images from my pour.

Below is a quick YouTube Video showing my Blue Ring Pour from above from start to finish.

The paints I used for the Rainbow Ring Pour Collection were all Mont Marte in a variety of rainbow colors.

I also uploaded images of these pours digitally enhanced to my Redbubble Store. They look really good on some of their products..

The Blue Ring Pour enhanced for a shower curtain.

The Pink Ring Pour in a Floor cushion.

The Green Ring Pour in an Apron.

Purple and Blue Ring Pour in a cute Skirt.

Orange Yellow and Red Ring Pour in a shower curtain.

As you can see by the above examples, the designs have come out beautifully on them.  Please check out my Redbubble Store for all the other products as well. 

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Purple Dutch Pour #FluidArt #PaintPouring #AcrylicPainting #Art #Artist

Feeling happy with how this one turned out. Very bright and colorful.  I feel I have mastered the Dutch Pours now, well, the basic ones anyways.

This Dutch Pour was done on a 12 x 12 inch canvas. Or, 30 x 30 cms for us Aussies.

Colors used for this pour -

I got my inspiration for the color scheme with this Purple Dutch Pour off Pinterest. Was not sure how they would go together, but, the finished pour is growing on me. Very bright and colorful this one.

Base -

Amsterdam Titanium White mixed with Jo Sonja Brilliant Violet to give that lovely purple base color. Colors used -

Monte Marte - Monastral Cerulean (Blue)

Jo Sonja - Jade

Expression Art - Blue Green

Amsterdam - Ultramarine Violet

Atelier - Silver

My paint recipe is based on Kanella Ciraco's Aussie paint mix. You can see her video on YouTube on how to mix. 

 Link to her video here → YouTube
 

Below is my YouTube creation video for this one.  

This creation is now also on my Redbubble store. Some of the products are shown below.

Aprons 

Mugs

Comforters 

Tops

As you can see by the above examples, the design has come out beautifully on them.  Please check out my Redbubble Store for all the other products as well. 

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