Art and science come together in this fun activity.
Totally addictive, stunning results, this is definitely one to try.
Surgical spirit dropped on wet watercolours was our favourite. If you try one process, try this one!
What you’ll need:
Watercolours (I used inks watered down but paintbox watercolours will work exactly the same)
Watercolour cartridge paper
Paintbrush
Pipettes (if you’ve not got a
pippette, a kids medicine syringe works well)
Surgical spirit
Cling film
Coin and kitchen roll
Salt
What to do:
Paint cartridge paper with watercolours.
Add one of the following: pipette drops of surgical spirit, sprinkle with salt, lay crinkled cling film on top, wrap a coin in kitchen paper and print.
Leave to dry.
Add embellishments on top such as sharpie pens, stitching, glue and glitter.
NOTE: work in a well ventilated room, or outside, for the surgical spirit experiment.
Inspired by the brilliant tutorial from Skillshare. It’s well worth a watch.
Watercolour inks, water, paintbrush, surgical spirit, pipette, salt, kitchen roll and cling film (not pictured).
Surgical spirit on wet watercolour.
When dry, the back of the surgical spirit painting is just as pretty as the front.
Salt on wet watercolour.
Coin and kitchen roll resist printing.
Clingfilm scrunched up on wet watercolour.
Working on top of dried surgical spirit painting: adding different colour watercolour splodges.
Add embroidery stitches on top.
Draw with sharpies on top.
Sharpies dotted over the top of surgical spirit painting.
