Welcome to the new Chain Pull Butterfly – Mixed Media Abstract Art tutorial. Let’s create a super contrasty joyous chain pull butterfly! And for this Mixed Media Art Project, I want it to be a side view butterfly with a little flower in a corner. So this butterfly is landing on a flower. This is a commission abstract painting and it’s going to be all full of really vibrant summery colors.

“Joyous Flutter” is a secret message for this pour painting. I really want it to be very happy, airy, and joyous. This time I’m working on a 16 by 16 inches cradled wood panel and really don’t need a lot of paint for this size. For the base, I want it to be very light and airy, primarily white with a couple of other colors like a little bit of turquoise, blue, a little bit of light yellow maybe a touch of pink. These colors are beautiful, so delicate together.

Iridescent Gold  
Blowdryer  
Torch 

I am super proud of this fluid artwork. She is easily one of my most favorite butterflies I have ever done. I also love that this pour painting is such a combination of different techniques. So there is dirty pour in the background, chain pull for the butterfly, of course, and some blown elements in a flower and in the grass. And they’re all very different, very different styles and elements yet they work amazing together. And for this fluid painting, I used just paint and water mixture. It worked differently for me, for the chain pull technique but it worked very well. So I’m definitely going to use this mixture again. I hope you enjoyed the process and looking forward to hearing from you! Happy creating!

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