Dina Wakley Media June Release…Pouring Medium and Cell Creator!

Pouring paint is all the rage, and we've been developing a pouring medium for months. At Ranger, we're all obsessed with it!! We are so excited that release day is finally here and we can share. Big props to Steve, the Ranger chemist, and to the entire Ranger crew who worked hard to make this possible.

So what it is….Pouring Medium is an acrylic medium that you mix with Dina Wakley Media paint. This mixture becomes a pourable, fluid paint that you play with to create interesting effects. To help you create cells in your pours, we also created Cell Creator. Just a few drops in your pour mixtures creates serious MAGIC! You can also get mixing cups, spatulas, and bottles as pouring accessories.

A few points to note:

• A good mixing ratio to start with is 4 parts medium to 1 part acrylic.
• Drying time will depend on where you live. Here in Arizona, my pieces are dry within a few hours, but we don't have humidity.
• The pouring medium dries to a satin finish.
• If you add a lot of cell creator to a mixture, your cells will be small. If you add just a drop or two, they'll be bigger. You can play around with quantities and mixtures.
• The fresher your Dina Wakley Media acrylic paints are, the more easily they will mix into the pouring medium. Paint that is older and starting to dry out will be hard to mix. Definitely use fresh paint.
• What can you pour on? Pretty much anything. The medium sticks to Media Board, canvas, paper, wood, plastic, glass, metal, cardboard, and more. Out of curiosity, we poured on aluminum foil and we loved the result. Experiment and see what you can come up with.

What can you do with your poured pieces?

• Stand alone works of art
• Book covers
• Backgrounds
• Collage papers/painted papers
• Mask/paint on them
• MORE!

I will definitely be doing future posts with ideas for using your pours.

Here's a video I did to explain the medium:

 

Pics of some recent pours:

My friend Su is visiting from England and she had a blast experimenting with the pouring medium. She poured on this box:

And on this aluminum foil:

Are ya ready to pour with me? I cannot wait to see what you create!