Beginner's Guide to Acrylic Paint Pouring

Join us in store and learn the basics of acrylic paint pouring as you paint a beautiful masterpiece!



1 hour Class size 4 to 5 guests       £35

Create a stunning work of art with this acrylic paint pouring workshop, perfect for all skill levels. A wonderfully calming way to get creative, you’ll fall in love with acrylic paint pouring as you bring the art to life.

Whether you’re looking to brush up on your skills or you’re completely new to acrylic paint pouring, this is a great way to learn simple techniques. The workshop will involve ring pouring and flip cup pouring, showing you different ways to pour your paint to achieve two beautiful results.

The Hobbycraft Artisan will take you through each step of the pouring process, guiding you with tips and tricks along the way. Enjoy mastering the techniques and sparking your creativity as you try your hand at this relaxing, artistic activity.

You’ll come away with acrylic paint pouring masterpieces!

Please note, our workshop spaces in some stores are located in open areas and we will endeavour to minimise interruption from other crafters.

This workshop is also available as a private workshop for group bookings of 4+.

Keeping everyone safe

At Hobbycraft, we want our workshops to be enjoyable, inclusive, and safe for everyone. Some workshops are suitable for children, and where this is the case, a parent or legal guardian is responsible for supervising their child at all times unless the workshop is clearly stated as suitable for independent attendance. Our colleagues and instructors are there to guide the activity and support a safe environment, and if any concerns about safety or wellbeing arise during a workshop, these should be raised with a member of staff straight away.

What you'll get
  • Fluid Pouring Art Set 47 Pieces 
  • 4 x coasters  
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Knowledge required

Perfect for beginners!

What to bring
  • Just yourself!

Please bear in mind this is a messy craft which is part of the fun but you may wish to wear old clothes or an apron

Location

Hobbycraft Reading - Forbury RP, Off Kenavon Drive, Reading, Berks. RG1 3HS

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  • 5/5 from Sara Phillips, attended Jun 2026: Fab class. Lovely teacher and really pleased with what we made. Should make clear that the paint pouring included a kit to take away.
  • 5/5 from Sheila Mistry, attended May 2026: Very enjoyable and rewarding class full of good tips and information. Excellent coaching
  • 5/5 from Carry de La Harpe, attended Feb 2026: Thanks Chris for a lovely, relaxed class and your careful guidance. We all thoroughly enjoyed it!
  • 5/5 from Debra Jennings, attended Oct 2025: What a lovely way to spend an afternoon. 5 ladies who are not very crafty managed to create some beautiful coasters with the help of Molly who was patient and kind. Extra bonus that we all left with a kit so we could continue our new skills at home
  • 5/5 from Lucy Lindsley, attended Oct 2025: Brilliant class really relaxing fun with friends
  • 5/5 from Ghaffar Ghoddusi, attended Sep 2024: Christine was friendly and helpful, guiding us through a new skill with lots of tips and tricks
  • 5/5 from Kazli Dixit, attended Aug 2024: Christine was amazing and had lots of patience with the art. Amazing skill to learn. Thank you.
  • 5/5 from Jodie Lovett, attended Apr 2024: We had a great time. Our teacher was friendly helpful and very knowledgeable on the craft. Thank you!
  • 5/5 from Helenna Mannila, attended Mar 2024: I loved this class - well worth doing, and you get the art materials to take away with you. The teacher was lovely and the class wasn’t as messy as I thought it might be (plastic gloves and apron provided)
  • 5/5 from Christine Vallis, attended Aug 2023: Grace was very welcoming and introduced us to the excellent box of materials. It was a good opportunity to investigate a craft, without expending great amounts of money if you are unsure whether you will want to continue with it. Very enjoyable.
  • 5/5 from N Thomas, attended Jul 2023: Teacher was fab can't believe I came home with kit to keep practicing. Great value for money. Perfect birthday present!
  • 5/5 from Susan Baldwin, attended Jul 2023: Great experience I went on my own but Christine the tutor made everyone feel at ease. Teaching style was great no one felt rushed and the hour (and a bit extra flew by). Very happy with the end result and items made. Also the quality of the items we used (and those we didn’t to take home) were very good value. If you are thinking about it just do it you will not regret it.
  • 5/5 from Jeanne Davey, attended May 2023: Christine was a marvellous teacher, was knowledgeable, patient, unhurried and great fun. My daughter and I made two brilliant works of art (in our humble opinions!) which we'll get to take home tomorrow when they've dried a bit. The class was very good value for money, and included plenty of supplies for us to continue this craft at home. We'll definitely do more paint pouring - and would love to attend more classes!
  • 5/5 from Fiona Moore, attended Apr 2023: Christine(tutor) was excellent, very relaxed and knowledgable. Greeat value for money, workshop price was cheaper than the materials provided. i learnt the basics of paint pouring which has inspired me to develop further. Totally reccommend this workshop and would book again.
  • 5/5 from Lovelle Bailey, attended Apr 2023: The teacher was nice and friendly explains everything I bought my son with me he thoroughly enjoyed the class also. He now feels confident and commented that he knows a lot more about pouring paint artwork Will definitely do the course with my other children.
  • 5/5 from Jarka Vaneckova, attended Jan 2023: Great fun. I enjoyed letting go of my barriers. It's a great medium to practise with. Thanks Grace, you were very welcoming.
  • 5/5 from Daphne Partridge, attended Dec 2022: This a great, fun class teaching us the pouring technique of acrylic paint. We were supplied with a full box of colours and equipment to take home after using in the lesson. Just two of us on the night so full attention and plenty of help received. Fully recommended.
  • 5/5 from Mrs Hummell, attended Nov 2022: Excellent tutor she put me at ease straight away. She taught me 2 techniques and was happy with the outcome.The box of paints ect was amazing and so well presented.
  • 5/5 from Susan Clark, attended Oct 2022: Christine my teacher was great, very knowledgeable, could answer all the questions and queries I had and full of ideas. I had one to one tuition which was really personalised and useful. The venue, upstairs in the shop was good, however I would probably have hand washing facilities available as the painting can get a bit messy. I think the workshop is great value for money, considering that you also walk away with a starter acrylic painting kit too.
  • 5/5 from Carol Rowe, attended Oct 2022: The class was very good and good value for the price, the box of equipment was great and after the class had enough left over to take home and practice some more.
  • 5/5 from Clare Varga, attended Oct 2022: Great value and Christine was great. Really practical ideas, encouraging and I loved all her little top tips! Would definitely do another class.
  • 5/5 from Hayley Hall, attended Aug 2022: Thanks Christine for a great lesson I found the lesson very interesting and looking forward to creating more pictures.
  • 5/5 from Lucie Vassiliou, attended Aug 2022: It was a fabulous workshop, ran by Christine who was both friendly and knowledgeable about paint pouring. She made the workshop so pleasant and inspirational. All materials were supplied and you got to take the rest of the kit home with you along with a blank wooden canvas, which is a great value for money.
  • 5/5 from Raphaella Courage-Simond, attended Jul 2022: We were blown away. We arrived and there was a big box awaiting in the office, they used this as it was cooler than the usual place (due to the hottest day of the year) which had all our daughters (8yrs) materials for the class and it had been wrapped in tissue paper. Lilly then showed her how to do the Acrylic paint pouring. She created 3 pieces and was totally ensconced. I couldn’t recommend it enough. I also thought it was incredibly good value for what you get.
  • 5/5 from Ludovic Briquet, attended Jul 2022: We have learned a lot, the teacher was great - kind, helpful and explained everything. Definitely worth the money. It was so fun that we wanted to do more. Thank you
  • 5/5 from Ira Agarwal, attended Jun 2022: It was a perfect experience! The teacher was very patient and she taught quite steadily. I am totally impressed by the workshop and the way hobbycraft presented it.
  • 5/5 from Sam Baggott, attended Jun 2022: Helpful and Supportive! She was very complimentary of the artwork and engaging with the session.
  • 4/5 from Niharika Singh, attended Jun 2022: It was very fun and relaxing. Got to be messy with the paints. Enjoyed a lot.
  • 4/5 from Carole Cowen, attended Jun 2022: Teacher very helpful. Course enjoyable but a bit rushed. Could have done with more time.
  • 5/5 from Jo Twomey, attended May 2022: Great class, excellent teaching & advice, and came away with lots of goodies to keep practicing
  • 5/5 from Sadiyya Khan, attended Apr 2022: I Really enjoyed the session.The teacher (Christine I think) was really nice and lovely.
  • 5/5 from Mandy Blake, attended Mar 2022: I enjoyed the beginners fluid art class, the teacher explained well what we needed to do, the paint kit provided had a good selection of colours to work with. Very messy but fun to try.
  • 5/5 from Elizabeth Melvin, attended Mar 2022: Our teacher Grace was lovely and very informative. I was impressed with the materials we were given and there was plenty paint and canvases left over to take home.
  • 4/5 from Keren Otto-Meerschaum, attended Mar 2022: Lovely teacher. Would gave been good if we'd had time yo explore more techniques, otherwise was great. Many thanks.
  • 5/5 from Pat Joel, attended Feb 2022: Christine our teacher, was very friendly and clearly very competent in this skill. I was a complete novice but felt enabled to do what I wanted to at the speed I wanted. I was very pleased with the variety and quantity of the supplied materials which I thought good value for money and found the venue perfectly acceptable. I would recommend bringing an apron or overall to protect clothing because it is quite a messy but very enjoyable process.
  • 4/5 from Linda Vousden, attended Feb 2022: I attended the evening class at Reading and was please to see that the class was set-up and started on time. We were a class of two, so it was nice to see and bounce ideas with someone as well as the tutor. Christine was our tutor, very easy-going and informative and made us feel comfortable and relaxed. She discussed various techniques and we were able to complete two pours each in the time allotted - which shot past very quickly. The large beginner kit, that was included in the price, was just right to start with; we were also given a framed board to use along with the canvases in our kit. I recommend taking along an apron and some hand wipes - it can get quite messy :) All in all it was a very pleasant and informative hour. Thank you Christine and Pat.
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