Four Seasons

So I have been doing some more fluid art recently and I decided I wanted to do a four seasons set using a flip cup technique for all four. I decided to mix the paint with floetrol first to assess the consistency and then use floetrol and water to ensure this was consistent across the paints.

A flip cup involves placing the colours into a cup in layers, taking care which colours to put together. You then place the canvas on top of the cup and flip it so the cup is upside down on top of the canvas. The paint is then stretched and the composition created.

This was the Spring themed flip. Besides the blue, green and white that can be seen, there was also pink and yellow in the cup. Unfortunately, the pink and yellow disappeared completely on this one, so it is not as Spring as I was anticipating.

For the Summer one I used Cobalt Blue, Spring Green, Cerise, Christmas Green and Buttercup Yellow. Once again the yellow has almost completely vanished from the pour, however the other colours are still present. This turned out darker than I was anticipating, but it does have the feel of summer holidays to me.

This was the Autumn flip, which used Raw Sienna, Antique Metallic Gold, Brick Red, Umber and an orange (I cannot remember which orange I used). This one kept the definition between the colours well, and gave a woodgrain-like effect due to the cells that formed with the flip. This one really does represent Autumn to me.

This final one was for Winter and I used Pearlescent White, Metallic Black, Silver, a small amount of Christmas Green and Pearlescent Blue. All the colours are visible, with the green being diluted by the silver that was at either side of it in the layering. This has given an icy landscape.

I would love to hear your thoughts on which of these represent the season they are supposed to be for you.

I would like to enter them into the following challenges:

SimonSaysMonday - Not a card

CRAFT #777 Seasons/Weather

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz