DIRTY POUR PUMPKIN

Nan W.
by Nan W.
2 Materials
$10
20 Minutes
Easy
I thought I'd try a dirty pour with some acrylics on a fake, cheap pumpkin. I thought I'd keep the colors autumnal... but now I'm eager to try blues and purples!




Gather paint choices, cups, gloves! (just got a mani!) mixing sticks, trash bag to protect work surface... and "acrylic medium" -- ask for it at Michaels or Hobby Lobby. (Use a coupon --- it can be pricey!)
Mix medium with paint.
Mix WAY more mixing medium than you think! ...so that it really flows down the sides of your pumpkin. (Maybe like 1 part paint, 4 parts medium)
Dump colors into other cup - in whichever order you chose. Maybe even do it twice... like I did!
Pour colors over pumpkin stem. Let them drip down the pumpkin... pick up and tilt the pumpkin a bit to get some "motion" into the paint! HAVE FUN!
Suggested materials:
  • Fake pumpkin   (acrylic medium)
  • Acrylic paint
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  • Sue Townsend Walters Sue Townsend Walters on Oct 20, 2018

    Is there anyway you could do a dirty pour on plastic pumpkins. I’m planning doing a planter with the plastic one, like the kind kid sure for Halloween, stacked and out dried flowers in. But I love pouring idea.

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  • Mara Mara on Oct 22, 2018

    What a delightful way to use the cheap pumpkins I bought end of season for a $ apiece! A long rebar through 3 in front planters. WOW!

  • Anna Ibarra Anna Ibarra on Oct 25, 2018

    Oh me like this so much. What fun with pre-schoolers.

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