Welcome to this new Vortex pour – Mixed media abstract art lesson. I have really missed my gradient pours, and in this fluid art tutorial, I want to go for the gradient abstract painting. But as always I want to try something new and change things up. This time I want to try using the gradient transition of violet and purple colors as a background for the main flow. 

So I have prepared colors from dark violet all the way to bright magenta, and I want to position them from the center out. So this mixed media art idea is going to be more like a radial gradient. The first color for my background, I have some really dark violet, and the last color is permanent magenta. And I have two colors in between. 

Light Rose  
Azo Yellow  
Iridescent Orange-Yellow  
Iridescent Gold 

I am so happy with this paint pouring idea turned out! This pour painting is dancing, and it makes me want to dance. I love how there is this depth effect – it just sucks you into the center of the painting with all this beautiful gold and shine. Super cool abstract art! I like that I added a bit more pops of primary magenta, the same as at the corners, it feels more in balance now. And again magenta’s dry much darker and much more transparent. So, it wouldn’t be so red, it would be a little more muted. And, yeah, I think it will really make the whole painting sing together better. I definitely love the overall art idea of the spiral movement in the background. I definitely want to explore it with more different color combinations. I hope you enjoyed the process and looking forward to hearing from you! Happy creating!

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