Admittedly this project wasn't a total fail. I'd been anxious to experience acrylic pour art ever since I started watching way too many YouTube videos on that subject.
I have to laugh, the box indicates for ages 6+. Young kiddos surely would be less fearless than I was (probably because their parents would have cleaned up any mess.)
I read the instructions several times & set up my work station in the garage.
Then set about stirring and mixing the silicone into some of the paint. The gray paint appeared to be almost clay like and no amount of shaking the bottle helped. Instructions said if it wasn't pourable a little water could be added. Which I did, more than once to no avail, undissolved particles remained. You can see them in the little cup at the bottom of this photo which shows the applied paint before the canvas was turned side to side, up and down to distribute the paint.
The smaller of the two canvases came out pretty well. Here they are drying propped up on plastic cups on a plastic covered table. The larger one required so much paint, by the time it was mixed, a 'muddy' appearance developed. It looks like a moon scape with all that little sand-like gray paint visible.
I'm happy I had the opportunity to try 'pour acrylic art' and really relieved I don't have the adequate space to explore it further. To do it properly the art should be spun on a lazy susan where the paint could fly off faster, maintaining more color separation.
Thank you Dianne for the challenge!
