INTRODUCTION

Paint pouring requires equal parts willingness to experiment, science, inspiration, and patience. The trick to creating paint-pouring masterpieces is knowing when to stop moving the paint around. As soon as you love what you see, STOP…and let it dry!

Creating fluid art can become quite addictive for you and the kids in your life! Playing around with endless color combinations, trying new pouring techniques, and adding glitter to your paintings will give anyone the creative giggles. Once you’ve set up your creative space, the joy of trying all the different techniques—and even making up a few of your own—makes paint pouring the perfect art activity for children of all ages.

The introductory sections in the book will help you and your children get your creative space set up before diving into the creative prompts, which will help you get your creative juices flowing. The creative prompts are not meant to be finished works of art; rather, they are designed to get you to loosen up and be fearless in your creative process. The step-by-step projects found throughout the book will not only teach you and your kids how to make incredibly colorful paintings together, but also how to use paint pouring as just one part of a finished art project, making that project extra special as you learn how to adapt it to different surfaces, color combinations, and more.

No experience is needed to get flowing. So, grab your supplies, set up your creative space, and let’s start painting!