Uploaded May 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Acrylic pouring with silicone, does it matter how well you stir the silicone into your paints? How many times have you heard “Stir it a lot for small cells and stir it a little for big cells?” That hasn't been my experience while making fluid art, so I thought I’d do a side by side comparison.
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In the end, once the pieces dried, I did not see a noticeable difference in the size of cells. The pour with more stirring did seem have slightly more cells of differing sizes in the end and the cells seemed to have more colors breaking through within them.
What I did notice on the piece where the silicone was not stirred in as well is that the surface after pouring was not as smooth across the canvas. There were divots where the silicone pooled on the surface. There were also several spots where the paint weave of the canvas could be seen.
Whereas the one with the silicone that was well dispersed through the paint with stirring had a smooth surface with no divots or pitting caused by the silicone.
List for RECOMMENDED SUPPLIES for creating Fluid Painting Art and Acrylic Pouring Art can be found here. amazon.com/shop/nickyjamesburch
Acrylic Pouring with silicone. Should you stir it a lot of little cells and a lot for big cells? Making fluid art with silicone.
PAINT COLORS - SOHO Urban Artist Acrylics
Silver
Ultramarine Blue -
Gold
Crimson
Paints were thinned with Liquitex Pouring Medium.
A video on how we usually prepare our paints for pouring can be found here. youtu.be/VX8HQTj9FC8
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Nicky James Burch - For business inquiries email fluidacrylicstudios@gmail.com
Acrylic Pouring with silicone. Should you stir it a lot of little cells and a lot for big cells? Making fluid art with silicone.
Music: Turn It Up by Johan Glossner. Blue Skies Turning Red by Daniel Gunnarsson.
Affiliate disclosure: Please be advised that some of the links provided are affiliate links and I do receive a small commission/store credit if you make a purchase using those links. This adds no extra expense to you. I appreciate your support of this channel! Thank you making any purchases through the links on this channel.
#nickyjamesburch #acrylicpouring #fluidart
Acrylic pouring with silicone, does it matter how well you stir the silicone into your paints? How many times have you heard “Stir it a lot for small cells and stir it a little for big cells?” That hasn't been my experience while making fluid art, so I thought I’d do a side by side comparison.
Treadmill Silicone - amzn.to/2rNV8CN
In the end, once the pieces dried, I did not see a noticeable difference in the size of cells. The pour with more stirring did seem have slightly more cells of differing sizes in the end and the cells seemed to have more colors breaking through within them.
What I did notice on the piece where the silicone was not stirred in as well is that the surface after pouring was not as smooth across the canvas. There were divots where the silicone pooled on the surface. There were also several spots where the paint weave of the canvas could be seen.
Whereas the one with the silicone that was well dispersed through the paint with stirring had a smooth surface with no divots or pitting caused by the silicone.
List for RECOMMENDED SUPPLIES for creating Fluid Painting Art and Acrylic Pouring Art can be found here. amazon.com/shop/nickyjamesburch
Acrylic Pouring with silicone. Should you stir it a lot of little cells and a lot for big cells? Making fluid art with silicone.
PAINT COLORS - SOHO Urban Artist Acrylics
Silver
Ultramarine Blue -
Gold
Crimson
Paints were thinned with Liquitex Pouring Medium.
A video on how we usually prepare our paints for pouring can be found here. youtu.be/VX8HQTj9FC8
Please support this channel buy using the links in this description to purchase your supplies. A small percentage of what you spend comes back to this channel at no additional cost to you.
Join the Acrylic Pouring Addiction Facebook Group.
facebook.com/groups/AcrylicPouringAddiction
Find pictures of my finished pieces on Facebook.
facebook.com/NJamesBurch
Nicky James Burch - For business inquiries email fluidacrylicstudios@gmail.com
Acrylic Pouring with silicone. Should you stir it a lot of little cells and a lot for big cells? Making fluid art with silicone.
Music: Turn It Up by Johan Glossner. Blue Skies Turning Red by Daniel Gunnarsson.
Affiliate disclosure: Please be advised that some of the links provided are affiliate links and I do receive a small commission/store credit if you make a purchase using those links. This adds no extra expense to you. I appreciate your support of this channel! Thank you making any purchases through the links on this channel.
#nickyjamesburch #acrylicpouring #fluidart
