Pouring Art: Gender queer, Bear brotherhood, Gender Fluid, Cuban Pride Flags

Written by Teresita Blanco (The Artsy Sister)

(Cuban Pride Flag)

Today, I wanted to show you my last pride month pouring arts. The videos for these pouring paintings are already up and about in my Artsysister Youtube Channel and Tiktok page.

So, you can go look at how I made these pouring arts. If you are new to this blog, let me tell you how I normally make my pouring paintings.

First, I add gesso to a wooden panel. I like working with a smooth surface. It helps the paint flow a lot easier.

(Genderfluid Pride Flag)

This helps me use up a lot less paint. It also makes the final version of the painting extremely thin. So, you need to add enough gesso to the wood to hide the grain. I like for the patterns of the wood to show.

So, I only add a thick layer of gesso. As far as paints, I like to mix and match my own. I pour my oldest acrylic paints into a bottle.

I then add medium until the paints are ready to be poured into a canvas. I do not have an exact pouring to paint ratio. I just keep adding both amounts until you get the consistency you like.

(Bear Brotherhood Pride Flag)

Making your own pouring paints is more of an art than a science. Once everything is ready, all you need is a theme.

Pouring painting is all about how you chose to move the paint. The final results tend to be a little random. This is why I take two photographs of my painting.

The first photo is taken when the painting is wet and the other when it is dry. While the paints dry, they may continue to move across the canvas.

(Genderqueer Pride Flag)

I place little bottle caps at the edge of the paintings to collect the runoff. Before that paint dries, I add it to a bottle filled with all my leftover paints.

It is important to never throw away paint that you can still use. I am quite frugal in this department. This time I used silicone oil a lot with the paints.

It creates interesting separations on the paint. Once the bottom of the painting dries, you will notice that the oil is still there.

I scoop it up with a paper towel. This keeps the painting from staying too oily. You should only try to scoop up the oil after letting your paint dry for two days.

The oil would have risen to the top of the painting, while the bottom acrylics would have settled down on the bottom.

The acrylics dry faster than the silicone oil. So, this shouldn’t prevent you from removing the silicone oil after it serve its purpose.

All that is left to discuss if the subject matter itself. These where the only pride flags I had yet to paint. I like better the colorful ones.

I do not have gray paint. The Bear one was pretty interesting to make. It helped that I had different shades of gold and orange.

I hope you like the pride month flags that I made. I think I ranted enough about my paintings for one day.

My name is Teresita Blanco, the Artsy Sister. Bye, bye and God bless.