How to Do A Flip Cup With Tiles

Just a quick video using up the rest of the cup of colors from the record pour video I released yesterday. That wasn’t a success, but maybe more luck with a flip cup?  I’m just using primary colors, red, yellow, blue, some white and adding a little bit of magic with my own sparkle medium.

Recipe for sparkle medium

• Extra fine iridescent glitter
• Floetrol(or another pouring medium of your choice such as Liquitex)

Step 1 – mix as much glitter into your medium of choice as you like.  Use in your pours or add selectively to your paintings with a brush. Done.

Having done a spin on the record, time now to try something different and see if I can get a different look with these exact same paints. The paint is leftover in the same cup as the record, but I did add a little extra white, a little extra yellow and a few more dots of the sparkle medium. I hoped to get a different blend of colors by adding more of the lighter ones this time.

I’m using the flip cup method on a 6-inch glossy tile. It looks great right out of the cup, but I can’t resist torching to add in all those extra tiny details. I think on a small scale canvas, small cells are fitting. On a larger canvas (I’m still plucking up the courage to do one) then the larger cells most likely look best and I might not feel the need to torch it.  What do you think?

Sadly once it’s dried, it’s rather disappointing again. The colors dried a lot darker and the bright red and blue looked lost. The details were still there, but it just wasn’t as vibrant. I decided not to keep it, and to keep on trying. So watch this space because there will certainly be another video coming up where I WILL succeed in dirty pouring with primary colors and not getting all that darkness!

As usual, here is a slideshow of lots more pictures while the tile was still wet, and close ups of all the lovely details. Only wish it had stayed so bright when it dried 🙁 Better luck next time.  I will be trying these primary colors again!