Paint a Shoreline with Fluid Art
- Gee Pours
- May 24
- 2 min read
Updated: May 25
I'll be demonstrating how to paint a shoreline with the swipe technique - a very abstract take on painting a shoreline or beach that creates lots of beautiful cells!
Welcome back everyone!
I'm sure you've seen this style of swipe before - it's basically two sets of swipes from the middle outward using silicone oil, and I'll show you exactly how it's done.
Here are the materials you will need:
Water
How to Mix the Paint
First start by mixing the Glue All with water at a 70:30 ratio. This makes your pouring medium.
Next use 2 parts of the pouring medium to 1 part of acrylic paint.
Add one drop (literally) of silicone oil to everything but the base
I mixed 4 colors and 2 whites, one to use as base and another to swipe with.
How to Swipe
First apply the base in a puddle in the middle. It's better if you don't move your hand around. Just pour straight down the center. Pick up the painting and tilt to the corners. If you want to be frugal, tilt back into the cup with the base paint. Go from corner to corner and you'll have a nice level base. DON'T move it around with a swipe tool. It's not frosting, and this isn't a cake.
Apply the colors to one side at a time so you don't mix the sand side with the water side (it will make an ugly shade of green) add the white with silicone oil in the middle and swipe.
The great thing about this technique is you can mess up the swipe as many times as you want. Try a paper towel, a plastic card, or a swipe tool.
Repeat on the opposite side.
You may want to pick up the painting again and tilt it if you feel like there's too much paint left on the canvas after the swipes.
And now the best part, using a kitchen torch or a heat gun (on their lowest setting) gently heat the paint by making quick passes across the canvas to bring the cells to the surface. Enjoy this part :)
Want to learn more techniques like this? Have a look at my online courses:
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