Acrylic pouring art studio delights kids and adults in Tamsui
Acrylic pouring art studio delights kids and adults in Tamsui
2025-10-15
An art form has recently become popular in Asia. Fluid art, also called acrylic pouring art, is a painting technique where paint is poured onto a surface and moved around to create marble-like patterns on bear figurines and canvases. FTV reporter Stephany Yang takes us to a fluid art studio to try it out!
Stephany Yang
FTV reporter
I’m here at an art studio in New Taipei Tamsui’s fisherman’s wharf. Here, you can make your own acrylic-pour marble bears.
Aside from the delicious food and scenic views, Tamsui’s Fisherman’s Wharf also offers a hidden creative haven, a fluid art studio. At this studio, you can choose your own colors to create beautiful canvases or figurines. Instead of using brushes, you pour on several layers over the bear figurine. This technique is called acrylic pouring. According to the teacher, each layer needs to flow just at the right speed to create your desired pattern.
Stephany Yang
FTV reporter
This is the final product.
Ms. Yen
Public relations
There are many different painting methods, depending on the materials used. For example, this foot-pedaling technique is something we learned specially from Hong Kong. By using your feet, you can control the speed and let the paint flow freely across the canvas. The effect also depends on the thickness of the paint, the faster you pedal, the wider and more dynamic the paint spreads, creating very different outcomes. Some pieces are made with fast movements, while others use slower, more controlled pacing. This method works well for larger flat paintings. There’s also a blowing technique, for example, with gold powder or when decorating a piggy bank. You first pour the paint in a fluid motion onto the surface, then use circular blowing to move the colors around. You can make the layers thin or thick, and finally sprinkle gold powder on top. Besides paintings and piggy banks, people can also create items like bear-shaped figurines. Visitors can choose their preferred style of fluid art: canvas painting, where you can also move the paint around with your hands, foot-pedal painting, for larger artworks, smaller items, like piggy banks or keychains. Many international tourists love these smaller souvenirs — especially the mini bear keychains, because they can finish them in about 20 to 30 minutes and take them home right away after visiting Tamsui.
This fluid art gallery is located near the Lover’s Bridge at Tamsui Fisherman’s Wharf and was established in May last year. The founders of the studio are from Hong Kong, hoping to provide a fun and relaxing studio for people to try fluid art.
Ms. Yen
Public relations
Actually, there are two owners, both are from Hong Kong and business partners, but one of them, the female owner, is actually originally from Tamsui. She wanted to open a shop related to art as part of her retirement. Since both of them are art enthusiasts, they decided to create a self-service art studio. At that time, they noticed that Taiwan didn’t really have anything like this yet, so she chose to open the first branch in her hometown, near Tamsui Old Street. Then, six years ago, they opened a second branch here at Fisherman’s Wharf. The newest one, which is here, the fluid art gallery is their third branch, which just opened in May 2024.
Here, visitors can use two creative methods to create their canvas or figurines. One method inspired by the owner’s experience in Hong Kong is a foot pedal to spin the canvas to spread thinned acrylic paints across a surface, creating vortex-like designs. Another method is done manually: after squeezing out the paint, participants rotate the canvas to guide the flow. Participants can paint coin banks shaped like bears, Spider-Man, Hello Kitty, and more.
Ms. Yen
Public relations
The main reason it’s so popular is that it’s very therapeutic. During the painting process, it has a meditative and self-healing effect — because when you paint, you really focus, and it helps you forget about your everyday worries. You also get to play with colors and explore how they interact with each other. The reason it’s become so popular both abroad and in Taiwan is that it doesn’t really require any painting skills. For traditional art, you often need to know how to sketch, mix colors, or master specific techniques like watercolor or oil painting. But with fluid art, there’s no need for technical skills or limits, there are no rules or boundaries. It’s free-flowing and spontaneous, which is why both adults and children love it.
Stephany Yang
FTV reporter
The process only took 20 minutes. After drying, you can take it home.
No professional skills are needed, so even beginners can try. If you are ever in Tamsui and want a fun way to unwind, this fluid art studio is the perfect spot to relax and create.
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壓克力流動畫 新藝術形式大解密
2025-10-15
最近在亞洲流行一種新的藝術形式—流體藝術，也稱為壓克力流動畫。這是一種繪畫技法，透過將顏料倒在表面並加以移動，創造出如大理石般的紋理，常見於熊造型擺飾和畫布上，一起來看看!
[[民視英語新聞記者 楊怡安]]
“來到新北淡水漁人碼頭的藝術工作室，你可以在這裡體驗最新藝術形式-壓克力流動畫”
除了美味的食物和迷人的景色外，淡水漁人碼頭還藏有一處創意小天地—流體藝術工作室。在這裡，你可以自由選擇顏色，創作出獨一無二的畫作或立體公仔。這項技法不使用畫筆，而是將多層顏料倒在熊造型公仔上，稱為「流體壓克力」。根據老師的說法，每一層顏料都需要以恰到好處的速度流動，才能呈現出理想的圖案效果。
[[民視英語新聞記者 楊怡安]]
"這是完成作品"
[[公關 顏艾玨]]
“現在有滿多不同的作畫方式取決於它的媒材，像這個腳踩的方式，就是我們特別從香港那邊學到的，那就是腳踩，他是可以決定速度，然後讓顏料自由自在的波動，但是這個也跟你到顏料的厚度有關，速度越快，它播撒的範圍跟面積就越大，所以有時候呈現的方式就會非常不同，可能這個就是會速度很快，那也許有一些就會用踩的，速度可以比較慢，這個是比較大幅的平面畫作，可以這樣做。也有用吹的，就是像金粉，我們這個存錢筒，你先用流動的方式，把色彩上到這個存錢筒之後，然後再用圈的方式讓顏色流動，可以薄，可以厚，然後把金粉灑在上面。除了這個錢筒，還可以做個像熊的。民眾可以選擇什麼種流體化，大概就是畫布，像這樣子的話，也可以直接用手讓顏料去流動，然後第二種方式就是用腳踩，那他的畫作也可以滿大幅的，你看這個這一幅就滿大幅的，然後也可以選擇我們這個存錢筒，甚至有小的鑰匙圈。我們現在很多外國觀光客來到這裡，因為他們可能只來淡水一天，想要直接把這個作品帶走，他們就會選擇小小的熊熊鑰匙圈，這個大概只需要20到30分鐘就可以完成”
這間流體藝術畫廊位於淡水漁人碼頭的情人橋附近，於去年五月成立。工作室的創辦人來自香港，希望提供一個有趣且放鬆的空間，讓大家可以親身體驗流體藝術的魅力。
[[公關 顏艾玨]]
“其實是兩個老闆，香港人一起合夥的，那其中一位女的老闆，其實他本身是淡水人，他就是為了退休的路，想要開一家跟藝術有關的店，因為他們兩個跟我本身對於藝術都是愛好者，所以就選擇自助畫，那時候就是發現說台灣其實還沒有，所以他就選擇他的故鄉，在淡水老街那邊先開了第一家，然後6年前在漁人碼頭這裡開了第二間，那流體是我們的第三間，它是2024年5月才開的”
在這裡，訪客可以透過兩種創意方式來製作畫布或雕塑作品。其中一種方法是受到老闆在香港經驗的啟發，利用腳踏板旋轉畫布，讓稀釋過的壓克力顏料在表面流動，形成漩渦般的圖案。另一種則是手動操作，擠出顏料後，旋轉畫布，引導顏料的流向。大家可以彩繪各式各樣的造型存錢筒，包括熊、蜘蛛人、Hello Kitty 等等。
[[公關 顏艾玨]]
“那麼受歡迎的主因，第一是它很療癒，在作畫的過程就有冥想，和自我療癒的功效，因為畫畫其實會讓人很專心，你會忘記日常生活中的煩惱，然後可以玩色彩，跟色彩的互動，那在國外跟台灣之所以那麼受歡迎的主要原因是，它基本上不太需要畫畫的技巧，像一般我們畫畫，可能都需要比如素描，調顏色，但是流體化它基本上是不需要技巧，而且不需要設限，沒有框架，因為很自由、自在、隨心所欲，所以受到大人小孩的喜歡”
[[民視英語新聞記者 楊怡安]]
"整個過程只花了20分鐘。等乾了之後，你就可以帶回家了"
不需要任何專業技巧，即使是初學者也能輕鬆嘗試。如果你有機會來到淡水，想找個有趣的方式放鬆心情，流體藝術工作室或許是不錯的選擇。
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