10 August 2025 – Half Day – Lisa Tank: Acrylic Pouring

Description

Acrylic Pouring

Have you ever fancied a go at Acrylic Pouring, but don’t know where to start? Want a fun few hours making 4 paintings on small, but different shaped canvases? Here’s where you can start!

Paint pouring has become a very popular method of producing exciting and interesting, yet mostly ‘random’ and colourful paintings in a fun way.

This workshop is suitable for beginners or anyone who would like to spend time experimenting. No experience is necessary. There are various techniques which produce slightly different results, but all involve a mix of acrylic paint (or acrylic inks) with a pouring medium to get a smooth ‘double cream’ like consistency.

In this workshop I will show you different pouring techniques and you will create 4 small paintings. They will need to dry at least overnight before they can be collected from the gallery (ideally, in a few days afterwards). After our workshop, you will have tried out a few pouring techniques which you can put into practice on a larger scale at home, or another time.

I will demonstrate a ‘traditional pour’, a ‘dirty pour’ and a ‘Dutch pour’ with acrylic paint and a ‘puddle pour’ with acrylic inks, which you can try in the workshop.

Paint can be poured onto almost anything (pebbles, wood, paper, canvas – experiment!) but it tends to work best on a more solid surface rather than a canvas unless the canvas is well stretched, or relatively small.

Please note

• Wear old clothes and covered shoes (poring can be messy!). Aprons and disposable gloves will be provided. No toxic materials will be used, but care should always be taken.

About Lisa Tank:

Lisa delivers fun and lively workshops which enable students to produce lots of work to take home. There is a mix of demonstration, practice, background information and as much or as little support as required.