The Art of Paint Pouring

Creating Cells

The bubbles and patterns you see in poured artwork are called “cells.” You can use a few products to create cells, including liquid silicone or dimethicone, rubbing alcohol, and Floetrol (pouring medium). Each product reacts differently to paint, so it will require some trial and error to discover how to make cells in your artwork, as well as which product(s) you prefer.

I use all of these products to create cells in my poured artwork, and over the next few pages, I’ll show you how using the same color palette of black, gold, and metallic turquoise.

SILICONE/DIMETHICONE

One way to create cells—and in my opinion it’s the easiest—is ...