Uploaded October 2017 | Updated September 2026, 15 minutes ago
So I wasn't overly in love with the re-pour using the peacock colors that I made. The shimmering metallics were nice, but overall I found it to be too dark, too much blue and green, not enough gold and purple. So I have decided to try to embellish that acrylic poured background by painting on a silhouette.
Because the pour is supposed to represent a peacock's tail it makes the best sense to carry on with that theme and paint the silhouette of a peacock in front of the tail. I found an image online, and using photo editing software I resized it to the correct size and then printed the silhouette on photo paper. I chose to use photo paper because it's firmer than regular printer paper and I thought it would work better as a template.
I drew around the template with a fine marker and then filled in with black paint. Pretty good I think. Check out the video for all the details.
Read the full blog post that accompanies this video: acrylicpouring.com/adding-silhouette-acrylic-pour-background
Learn and improve your acrylic pouring with the biggest community of pouraholics in world. Claim your free copy of the "5 Fundamentals of Acrylic Pouring" course here: acrylicpouring.com
Supplies I Used:
The original peacock tail canvas from this video - wp.me/p8BzWk-LJ
Black paint & a brush
Photo paper to make the template - amzn.to/3NhCVEQ
Polycrylic glossy varnish - amzn.to/3O9NjPX
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So I wasn't overly in love with the re-pour using the peacock colors that I made. The shimmering metallics were nice, but overall I found it to be too dark, too much blue and green, not enough gold and purple. So I have decided to try to embellish that acrylic poured background by painting on a silhouette.
Because the pour is supposed to represent a peacock's tail it makes the best sense to carry on with that theme and paint the silhouette of a peacock in front of the tail. I found an image online, and using photo editing software I resized it to the correct size and then printed the silhouette on photo paper. I chose to use photo paper because it's firmer than regular printer paper and I thought it would work better as a template.
I drew around the template with a fine marker and then filled in with black paint. Pretty good I think. Check out the video for all the details.
Read the full blog post that accompanies this video: acrylicpouring.com/adding-silhouette-acrylic-pour-background
Learn and improve your acrylic pouring with the biggest community of pouraholics in world. Claim your free copy of the "5 Fundamentals of Acrylic Pouring" course here: acrylicpouring.com
Supplies I Used:
The original peacock tail canvas from this video - wp.me/p8BzWk-LJ
Black paint & a brush
Photo paper to make the template - amzn.to/3NhCVEQ
Polycrylic glossy varnish - amzn.to/3O9NjPX
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![Purple Acrylic Pouring Swipe with Negative Space [FAIL]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xnHOXPMRMSQ/mqdefault.jpg "Purple Acrylic Pouring Swipe with Negative Space [FAIL]
Yay, its swipe time. But this time I am being much more subtle in my swiping. Its my favorite way to create a painting and I usually go all out and swipe the entire canvas. This time I will be much more controlled and swipe only a small area against a much larger negative space background.
Read the full blog post that accompanies this video: https://acrylicpouring.com/stripey-acrylic-swipe-rich-negative-space-background/
Learn and improve your acrylic pouring with the biggest community of pouraholics in world. Claim your free copy of the 5 Fundamentals of Acrylic Pouring course here: https://acrylicpouring.com/
Supplies I Used:
Art Alternatives paint in gold, orange and warm red - http://fave.co/2vt9ZVB
Blick Student Acrylics in chrome orange, violet, and bright red
Floetrol - https://amzn.to/3tQ5ZvU
Treadmill belt silicone - https://amzn.to/3OhOyNm
Gallery wrapped canvas - https://amzn.to/3O9muLH
Polycrylic varnish - https://amzn.to/3xLekT1
Squeeze bottles - https://amzn.to/3OadXIt
4oz mixing cups with lids - https://amzn.to/3Qxszn7
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