Create a faux Pollock - easy DIY

Faux modern art is some of the easiest around. Canvases can be purchased inexpensively using coupons at Michaels of Joann’s or by purchasing art at a thrift store . . . .priming the canvas first and thereby starting with a blank canvas. Pick a beautiful sunny fall day . Spread out some old sheets to cover an area about three to four times the size of the canvas. You can use acrylic paint but its expensive and not as liquidy as leftover house paint. I save paint from all my jobs but you can easily just pick a color palette from paint swatches at your fave paint store - some of mine are Behr, Benjamin Moore, Sherwin Williams, etc. Many will sell you sample pots in any size in whatever colors you select. Use small, long paint brushes to throw the paint, or even sticks, screwdrivers, etc, anything that will get enough paint to be able to throw it onto the canvas. You can start with a white background - or for a bold look paint the canvas black or charcoal gray and use white paint. One you have your items assembled., put on some fun music, crucial, as throwing paint is a bit like conducting an orchestra. Be careful to only throw one color at a time and let dry slightly before you start the next. Unless of course you are going for a marbled effect. Play around with a piece of art paper first to get the hang of it - throw in arcs, circles, straight lines, blobs, etc. Throw past the edges of the canvases so the lines seem to extend beyond the canvas. Experiment with different throwing tools, you never know what look a tool might achieve. To see more faux Pollocks see the faux Jackson Pollack page under Portfolio. Another useful tipis to is to see some actual Pollocks at a museum so you know just what you’re after!