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The painting technique of Jackson Pollock. To try Pollock’s technique I decided as a base to use metal foil and acrylic primer. The celebrated painter Jackson Pollock created his most iconic works not with a brush, but by pouring paint onto the canvas from above, weaving sinuous filaments of color into abstract masterpieces. Pollock’s technique typically involved pouring paint straight from a can or along a stick onto a canvas lying horizontally on the floor. Pollock largely avoided droplets, in