Acrylic Pour Painting always makes me so happy. The magic of fluid painting happens right before your eyes, without the need for any prior experience or skill as an artist. All you need is some free time and the right tools to immerse yourself in this enjoyable creative process.
But with so many techniques available, sometimes we feel overwhelmed and can't think of a project to do next. So I am giving you 36 acrylic pour painting ideas to spark your imagination. Once you've mastered these techniques, you might even be able to combine them to create other unique projects.
If you feel overwhelmed or frustrated with acrylic pouring, or need help getting started, then check out >>Acrylic Pouring 101 for Beginners. Learn the basics of acrylic pouring with this step-by-step training!
The Best 36 Acrylic Pour Painting Video Ideas
Despite the fact that they all use the same paint medium and mixing process, each of these individual acrylic pouring techniques has its own quirks within the pouring method. So I've compiled 36 ideas for acrylic pouring paintings with videos taught by various artists so you can see the step-by-step process.
With 36 Acrylic Pour Painting Video Ideas, you'll learn how to perform different paint pours, pouring tips and techniques, and what types of paints are used in various approaches after watching those videos.
So watch the tutorial videos carefully and let's learn together!
Let these acrylic pour painting video ideas serve as your guides to create unique artwork!
1. Christine Jeszeck - Flip Cup
Christine Jeszeck produced a wonderful Acrylic Pour video for the Online Painting School's YouTube Channel. This is a great video to learn how to do an acrylic pouring flip cup that dries with a gorgeous shine and beautifully shaped cells. She created her stunning artwork using Deco art paints and pouring medium.
2. Erika Art - Flower Chain Pull
Erika from Erika's Art Channel will teach you how to make a beautiful Flower Acrylic Painting using the Chain Pull Technique. White and various red toned acrylic paints from Arteza were used to make this stunning flower acrylic painting. Because the Arteza Acrylic Paints are one of the best acrylic paint brands, there is no doubt that the artist from this channel was able to produce a masterpiece.
3. Erika Art Channel - Ring Pour With Injection
This form of pouring art from the Erika Art Channel uses a different kind of method called Ring Pour with Injection. A mixture of blue, orange, yellow, and white colors were used in a pour cup. Then she injected white paint into various portions of the canvas. Astonishingly, the acrylic pour painting turned out so well.
4. Online Painting School - Tilt and Sip Technique
The artist from this channel used the tilt and seep technique to create shapes of soap bubbles in her acrylic pour paint. She used her own pouring medium mix, silicone oil, and colors like primary magenta, cerulean blue, hansa yellow medium, and titanium white. Using a torch after pouring will help the silicone to pop to the surface and create cells.
5. Jenny Post - Bloom Technique
Jenny created an acrylic pouring video demonstrating the bloom technique using Pourage Posse Paints by Christina Welch. The video demonstrates how well Pourage Posse Paints work with the bloom technique, however, you can also use Colourarte Primary Element Pigments for luscious and shimmering colors.
6. Debra Welty - Dip It From Pour
Debra from the Debra L Welty YouTube channel created an acrylic artwork utilizing a different type of approach that involves dipping rather than pouring the paint. By pouring a flip cup of paint into a pan and dipping objects into the lovely swirls of color, this kind of acrylic art creates wonderful decorations, jewelry, and other wall art.
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7. Heather Mader - Balloon Rolls
The dancing peacock painting was done by Heather Mader Art. The painting is unique since it makes use of a messy pour acrylic technique and a swirl of exquisite colors. She pours the paint onto the canvas while holding the cup high, uses balloon role techniques in this artwork and other touch of colors to make this art. Some of the colors she used were Decoart 24K gold, Blue, Yellow, and Green. Her pouring medium was Floetrol only with no silicone. The outcome is gorgeous!
8. Nilda Rodriguez - Straw Blow
In this video, different techniques were used to accomplished this beautiful flower. In this video from Online Painting School Channel, Deco Art Paints were used to create a colorful Flower painting. The paints were moved around by blowing them with a straw. Easy enough for a beginner!
9. Nilda Rodriguez - Tree Ring
Nilda Rodriguez created a stunning tree ring that resembles bright inner light in this acrylic pour painting. Overall, the paint has a wonderful appearance and resembles a dazzling galaxy full of light in the middle.
10. Rinske Douna - Dutch Pour
In this video, Rinske Douna, the queen of Dutch Pours, uses the Dutch pour technique to produce stunning color swirls and dazzling cells in her acrylic pour painting. It's quite satisfying to see how these gorgeous cells are created. Her color choices and artwork are outstanding.
11. Jenny Post - Open Cup
Jenny Post collaborated with Karen D from Waterfall Acrylics on these acrylic pours. In this video, you will find two Open Cup Acrylic Pours. They are pretty simple to make. Just pour the various colored paints directly into the open cup, let them mix with the base, and then slide the open cup over the canvas. Some of the colors used were Cadmium yellow deep, cadmium free orange, van dyke red, yellowish green, aqua blue, iridescent green blue, and naples yellow. Overall, the acrylic pours turned out fantastic.
12. Julie Cutts - Swipe
In this video, Julie Cutts from the "Pouring Your Heart Out" YouTube channel created a gorgeous coral effect in her acrylic pour painting. The colors are absolutely stunning. Julie used the swipe pour technique to create this lovely paint. The completed painting is stunningly beautiful.
13. Rinske Douna - Triptych
In this video, you will learn how to make an Acrylic Pour Triptych using the Dutch Pour Technique on three canvases. Rinske Douna's artwork is always amazing.
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14. Gina DeLuca - Straight
In this video, Gina from the Gina DeLuca YouTube channel demonstrates the greatest method for obtaining cells without the use of silicone: the straight pour approach. She gave her pour painting the title "Protect The Hive" because she chose a refined and exquisite color scheme. The colors she used were Phthalo Blue, Prism Violet, Quinacridone Magenta, and Cadmium Yellow Light Hue from Liquitex Basics. Her paints were mixed with Floetrol.
Check it out! Learn to create incredible cells without silicone. It was perfect right out of the cup, the cells moved flawlessly, and they didn't split up at all during the tilt. The outcome was amazing.
15. Karen Durishin - Cloud
In this video, you'll discover a fluid art technique known as "the Cloud technique". When satin enamel paint is mixed with one or more acrylic paints, the result is a "puffing up" of the paints that resembles a cloud. This method can produce astonishing and unexpected results. A fantasy-style cloud painting with a wide range of colors was done by Karen Durishin from Waterfall Acrylics. She portrayed a storm in the artwork as a manifestation of her emotions. The finished result was fantastic!
16. Fiona Art - Hammer Smash
Fiona from Fiona Art Channel used a unique technique to create Christmas table decorations. For her poinsettia flower art pour painting, she chose a wooden background. How does she do it? She created beautiful lacing blooms and cells from the colorful paints using the hammer smash technique. The artwork is stunning!
17. Erica Zupanc - Flower Dip
In this video, Erika from Erika Art Channel created an acrylic pour painting with Arteza acrylic metallic paints. The metallic paints are thick and easy to use in pouring medium. Her art technique of choice was the Flower Dip technique. She poured her color choices into specific shapes and then dipped the canvas to create a beautiful painting.
18. Fiona Art - Reverse Dip
To produce a mermaid flower pour paint, Fiona from Fiona Art used the reverse flower dip technique with a paper towel. She applied base paint to the canvas before layering on all her preferred colors. After covering the canvas with a paper towel, she carefully lifted the towel to reveal this stunning design. The cells are really lovely with all the perfectly balanced colors.
19. Anna Blount Art - Puddle Pour
Do you know what a puddle pour is in acrylic pouring?
In this video, you may see another technique called a "Puddle Pour" on the Anna Blount Art YouTube channel. This technique starts with multiple layers of paint puddles (one puddle over another) which then are tilted to produce an incredible effect. Squeeze bottles make layering the puddle really simple!
This piece was created as a part of Anna Blount's 31 Paintings for the New Year series to showcase many of the amazing fluid art methods. Great for both beginners and seasoned artists alike!
20. Lara’s Art Projects - Blow and Spin
In this video, you'll learn how to blow on your canvas with a straw and spin it to produce a nice designs. Lara laid her various paint colors on the canvas, blew the paint, and spun the canvas. This is an easy way of making art!
21. Mixed Media Girl - Colander
You can make unique art by using a common kitchen item, a colander. In this video from Mixed Media Girl, you will essentially discover a unique method for making fluid art paintings using a colander. The colander pour is exactly what it sounds like: you pour your paint through the colander and then work with the colander and paint to create lovely creations! This is a super fun way of making acrylic pour paintings!
22. Art By Susan King - Reverse Dip Swirl
In this video, Susan from Art By Susan King Youtube channel demonstrates how to do the Reverse Dip technique over a Swirl Pour. She created this piece of art by first pouring her paints in a swirl pattern, then drawing some shapes with sticks, covering it with plastic, and finally slowly pulling the plastic off to make a colorful flower design. The color combinations are stunning!
23. Wigglz' Art - Dragon Spin
The artist from the Wigglz' Art YouTube channel creates an intriguing fluid acrylic pour art using strings and what they call the "dragon spin" technique. The artist poured many colors over the strings and then twisted the strings in a swirl pattern. The combination of all the lovely colors created a funky-looking painting.
24. Tiktus Color Art- Black Hole
You can watch this video from Tiktus Color Art Channel to learn how to use the black hole technique to paint a small but very interesting abstract piece. Of course, you may change the size of the "black hole" by adding different amounts of black color to your basic pattern. Just don't use too much color; it needs to be able to spread so that there aren't big paint puddles left on your canvas. Let yourself be surprised—you can do it with ease and will be rewarded with an interesting outcome!
25. Brad Kasten Acrylic Pouring - Paint Pour Kiss
Brad Kasten of Brad Kasten Acrylic Pouring Channel created an eye-catching painting using the kiss pour technique. The primary colors used by the artist were red and gold. Bronze and a grayed-out purple are also combined. The end result is stunningly beautiful. Create yours right now!
26. Pouring Your Heart Out - Flip and Drag
Julie from Pouring Your Heart channel created this simple but gorgeous black and white painting using Artist Loft Paints. The artist used a mixture of 60% glue, 30% water, and 10% floetrol as her pouring medium. Then mixed 50/50 pouring medium to Artist Loft Acrylic Flow paints. She used three flip cups which then were dragged over the canvas. The end result is awe inspiring.
27. Mylene Ausdauer Arts - String Pull
Mylene from Mylene Ausdauer Arts Channel made this gorgeous painting using the String Pull Technique (using shoelaces). Her finished piece is an elegant black and white flowers painting. She applied a black paint base to her canvas, soaked the string in white paint, and laid the strings in an "S" pattern on black paint on the canvas. She then pulled the strings straight off the canvas. The unraveling of the strings created fascinating flower patterns.
28. Dirty Artist - Acrylic Pouring Waves
This Acrylic Pour Waves Technique was created by Dirty Artist Acrylic Pouring channel. The artist created this artwork by varying the speed and pulse at which the paint came out of the container. The artist's intention was to create a sunset landscape view of the ocean, and also use the DecoArt Satin Enamel to create clouds and wave effects. Her paints also contained DecoArt Satin Enamel, which was used to create all of the cells. Just have fun making tying new things!
29. Olga Soby - Butterfly Chain Pull
Olga Soby created this very colorful and gorgeous acrylic pour piece using the Butterfly Chain Pull technique. The technique is so satisfying and the mixed colors are eye-catching. Olga always creates all her artwork with such passion so no wonder they turn out so beautiful!
30. Olga Soby - Funnel Ripple
Here's another beautiful painting from Olga Soby. This funnel acrylic pouring technique creates a really interesting 3D ripple effect. It was created using a funnel rather than an open cup. This fantastic technique created cells even though no silicone was used. This method is ideal for pouring acrylic paint in the shape of a Galaxy.
31. Fiona Art - Split Cup
In this acrylic pouring video tutorial by Fiona Art, you'll see the split cup technique. She used copper and blue paints which look stunning together. She captured some really interesting details, and the sun shape that appeared behind the wave is so cute.
32. Tiktus Color Art - Egg Carton
In this video, you'll learn how to make an abstract painting out of paint and an egg carton. You'll need an empty egg carton and some liquid acrylic paint (you can find the step-by-step instructions in the video). The paints are mixed and then left to sit for 24 hours so that most of the air bubbles escape and don't ruin your pour painting. You can create fascinating pieces of art using this simple fluid painting technique. Try it out and see how fun it can be!
33. Olga Soby - Feather Swipe
You should see this swipe feather technique From Olga Soby Channel! Her enthusiasm for acrylic experiments will never fade! And you'll understand why after watching this fluid painting tutorial! Acrylic pouring is a fun and relaxing way to create abstract art that can be turned into shapes and forms both intentionally and unintentionally. Watch, enjoy, and give it a try!
34. Hope Designs by Mandy Rocha - Bloom
Mandy Rocha of Hope Designs channel uses the bloom technique to create beautiful little bloom coasters. The colors she used were Cadmium Yellow from Atelier Free Flow, Bellagio Blue from Colourarte, Belles of Ireland from Colourarte, Permanent Blue Violet from Amsterdam, Titanium White from Graham (used for the Cell Activator), and Anthraquinone Blue from Graham (also used for a cell activator). Ready to be mesmerized by the rainbow of colors in this piece?
35. Tiktus Color Art - Hammer Smash
In this pour painting video, Tiktus Color Art Youtube Channel will show you how to paint with a massive hammer. You can do it as well! The key is to use the hammer carefully!
36. Montemike - Pendulum
This video will show you how to use a Pendulum to create a pour painting on a 24x36 canvas. This painting is a creation by Montemike youtube channel. The main color used is pyrrole red, slightly watered down for flow. This is a fantastic painting that combines red and black for a striking effect. The pattern of the red paint on canvas is absolutely amazing. Overall, the paint is incredibly beautiful!
Final Say!
Fluid acrylic paint is used with many paint pouring techniques to create a endless possibilities of abstract paintings. Even if you don't know how to paint, you can make beautiful art with these techniques. By making a few minor changes to the techniques or combining techniques, you can create different effects and art designs.
Nothing beats the satisfaction of creating your own poured acrylic painting! I hope this compilation of videos and techniques is helpful for you to get you started with a few projects of your own. Experiment with art and make something lovely for yourself, friends, or family!
