This time we’ll create a Smoky Base Acrylic Abstract Painting. How about acrylic pouring with some rich vibrant colors on a dark base? I want to continue the gradient pour painting exploration. I have done gradient pour on black and white color split base, and then one on just white base. So, today is time to try a black or rather dark base for my abstract painting. I have some very beautiful warm reds, and yellow, and orange colors for my gradient. 

“Radiance” is a secret message for this piece. I have black and some violet for the base. I didn’t really overmix them. So, there is some pure black and pure violet. I don’t know if this is going to make a whole lot of difference because this violet color dries really dark. So might as well all look just black when this pour painting is dry.

Transparent Red 
Red-Violet 
Blue-Violet  
BLOWDRYER 
Torch 

This abstract painting is quite different from my regular style. Especially different from previous gradient pour paintings that I’ve done. What I don’t really like in this artwork is that because I place my puddles of color so far from each other. There is no continuous flow in the composition of this fluid painting. I added a finger swipe, and it did help to connect everything pretty well. But even with that, this pour painting looks more like separate bursts rather than a continuous gradient of color like I wanted to create. Because of all these glows in the base, this background looks super interesting. With pops of color and all this movement, the whole abstract painting looks super dramatic, super dynamic, and modern. I also love where I had enough white between my reds and a dark base. This acrylic pour painting looks absolutely gorgeous. 

I am happy with this piece, that’s awesome! I hope you enjoyed the process and looking forward to hearing from you! Happy creating!

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