What is Flip & Drag Pour technique?

It is similar to flip cup technique, but after you flip your cup upside down on the canvas and let the paint set for a while, you drag the cup in different directions, not just vertical.

What do you need?

- 1 canvas

- 1 cup for each color you will use

- different acrylic paint colors

- silicone oil

- heat gun

How to mix the colors?

Each color, except for the base, will be mixed with 1 part paint, 2 parts floetrol, 1/2 part water and after you obtain the desired consistency, not too thin, not too think, you can add 3-4 silicone oil drops.

For the base color, you mix 1 part paint, 1 part floetrol, 1 part water; this should be thinner than the other colors, but not like water. In this color you will not add silicone oil !

After you've prepared the colors, you cover the canvas with your base color, entirely, together with the canvas margins also.

In 2 or 3 cups, you start pouring your colors, starting with white, and alternating the colors you want to use.

After you filled in the cups, you flip them upside down on the canvas.

Wait for a few seconds to let the paint settle, then slightly lift at 30 degrees the cup and drag it to different direction.

Then start tilting the canvas until you get the desired composition. Depending on your canvas size, you will need different amount of paint. 

After this you can use a heat gun to pop air bubbles and help creating the cells.

Here is a tutorial for how I made the Symphony in green using the flip and drag technique.