![]() Torch: For the final finishing touch, quickly torch in a sweeping motion 6-8 inches above your painting to pop any bubbles AND it will create more tiny cells too! It’s looking good at this point! You only want to tip your painting a few more times to get the look you want and keep enough paint on your canvas. Repeat until all sides of the canvas is covered. ![]() Then, in a quicker than slow motion, tip the paint to roll over the corners and then tilt back to keep some paint on the canvas after the paint flows over the sides. Step 5.Tilt the Canvas: This is the tricky part….you want to try and stretch the paint to the corners by slowly tipping the canvas in all directions. Keep Layering: You will see the magic start to happen as you layer the colors in the solo cup circle and they begin to seep out from underneath! Once you have plenty of paint seeping out the sides to cover more than enough space on your canvas, lift up the circle and lightly drag over the “inside the circle” paint to create cells that match the seeped paint outside to cup top on your canvas. This a good way to prevent a muddy painting. Make sure to use colors that differ greatly from the previous color. Pour: Pour enough paint to fill the circle and alternate varying colors with decent amounts of paint. Put the cut Solo cup circle in the middle of the UNPREPPED canvas with NO paint base. Prep: Cut approximately 2 inches off the top of your 16 oz plastic cup. For the glow paints, use 98% paint, a splash of Floetrol and no water. Megan believes that the glow paints already have such a great consistency, and you also don't want to dilute the color/glow power. Mixing the paints: For the non-glow paints, use about 80% paint, 15% Floetrol and 5% water. It gives your painting little temporary table legs! We love this tip!! If you do not have a hammer and nails you can use small plastic cups under each edge of your painting. This is to ensure that she can get her fingers under the painting after the paint is poured so she doesn't put big fingerprints on the side and mess up the beautiful flow of the paint and cells that pour over the sides. For every paint pour Megan does, she flips over the canvas and hammers in a small nail in every corner, leaving about 1/2” of the nail sticking out. ![]() Lay down a heavy-duty trash bag first (just to be safe), then if you want you can also add a drop cloth on top. trash bag / plastic sheeting / drop cloth (optional).Spray Acrylic Gloss Finish or Art 'N Glow Epoxy Resin.Fresh (unprepped) White Stretched Canvas.Art 'N Glow Glow Paints (your favorite colors). ![]() What is better than a beautiful acrylic pour painting - how about one that glows?! Let's follow along with artist Megan Hogeman as she creates an amazing glowing piece of art. ![]()
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