Acrylic Paint Pour Using a Strainer

Welcome to the September Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop, hosted by Erlene @ My Pinterventures! The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you, too) to not just pin, but to make it happen by trying it out!

This month, I'm into paint pouring! I think this is a new trend that's happening right now. And it's very popular on Pinterest. But I'm going one step further with Acrylic Paint Pour Using a Strainer! I first saw this on a tv segment, Right This Minute and was completely fascinated with the results! Like the show said, "who knew strainers could create amazing art?" And without ever touching a paint brush, too! This is so me! Originally, I wanted to do this using a pumpkin instead of canvas. But I chickened out thinking I didn't have enough paint to cover a good size pumpkin all over! I didn't want just drips, so I played it safe with canvas.

Materials used:

• Oval canvas - 20"x16"
• DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paints -Cranberry Wine, Brilliant Purple, Frosted Plum, Light Orchid, Cotton Candy, White
• DecoArt Pour Medium
• Sink Strainer
• Disposable gloves
• Plastic cups
• Craft stick stirrers
• Drop cloth

First, it had been raining off and on all week, so I had to do this project indoors. I covered everything possible in the area that I thought would get paint on, including the throw rug on my wood floor. Then, I placed the canvas on top of three empty plastic cups so the paint could drip down and off of the canvas. Next, I put on a pair of disposable gloves and shook-up the acrylic paints and poured all of each one into plastic cups.

 Then I poured Pouring Medium into each color, probably about half the amount to the paint. I didn't think I had enough medium for equal amounts.

And stirred each cup.

I placed the strainer in the middle of the canvas and began pouring in each color of paint.

See the beautiful beginnings of the design!

 I continued pouring colors into the strainer with no particular color order.

The flow of the colors was somewhat slow. Maybe I should have added more pour medium.

So, I picked up the strainer and moved it to another area.

Look at that pattern - swoooosh!

I then placed the strainer down again and added more paint.

It still seemed slow going again, so  .  .  .

 I started tilting the canvas .  .  . back and forth .  .  .

 to make the paint flow to the sides and over the edge.

 That worked! And I didn't have too much overflow paint on the drop cloth, either.

This is so amazing!!!!

 I had a little bit of paint left over in the cups, so I placed the strainer on top of a 8"x10" glass from a picture frame and poured in all of the leftover paint  .  .  . 

 to get this beautiful design!

 Two amazing pieces!

It took a couple of days for the paint to dry completely!

What lovely wall decor!

 If you look at the glass piece on the left, do you see a figure with an eye, torso and hand?  Wow, that's what I see or imagine!

This frame is actually showing the back of the poured paint onto the glass - 

which looks like an explosion of colors, doesn't it!

Oh so pretty! I'm really loving paint pouring - especially using a strainer! 

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