I added some light green and black to the bottom of the painting. Keep in mind, that every time you add salt, you need to allow the painting to dry before you shake it off!!! Now it’s salt time! The right salt, the one that actually works. I added black paint to both corners, and purple to the middle right, blending them all together.
The difference is this time, I wanted an intentional white space in the middle, so I didn’t wet the page, but just added several shades of blue paint with a wet brush, leaving the space I wanted. I started this painting much like the first one: tape the paper with making tape to the board, warm up and drip some wax. Painting 2: Fun Watercolor Alien Landscape I have also experimented with white paint on an old toothbrush, but I wasn’t thrilled with the result. Then I used white acrylic paint, and a small round paintbrush to add stars all around. Next I added some yellows, oranges and reds to the painting, and dripped some rubbing alcohol in spots.īack to a bit more red and orange in the highlights. You can really see the crayons, oil pastels and wax coming through. I worked all around the painting, making dark swirls and designs. This is the usual sea salt I had at home, and it did close to nothing.Īfter the failed experiment with the salt, I started adding black paint to the edges of the painting, and pulling it out to the center. Normally salt absorbs some of the water and pigment, making fantastic designs over the watercolor. Here is my paper after I spread the paint with the straw. For the following step, I used the straw to blow on the watercolors to make interesting shapes and designs. Next, I sprayed a bit of water with a spray bottle right on the paper, and added some color to it. It’s a bit hard to see right now, so I had to tilt the page to help make it more visible. I also added lines, dots and other fun shapes using crayons and oil pastels. I started by warming up a bit of wax and just dripping it on the paper to make star like shapes. You can do this with wax, you can even do it with soap, oil pastels have an excellent result as well. The thing is that not just crayons can do this. Therefore, whatever you draw with the crayon will show up as white when painted over with watercolor. If you have never done crayon resist with watercolors you should! The idea is that the crayon will leave a wax residue that watercolor can’t penetrate. Next I got out some wax, a white crayon, and a white oil pastel. I started by taping the paper to the board with masking tape, it will help keep the paper straight when it’s wet. Painting 1: Fun Watercolor Galaxy Painting
Here I used all that I learned from the first two and made it look exactly how I wanted. The last one was quite a bit more intentional, and it’s the bottom right one. The second one was that alien landscape on the bottom left, and that was fun also. It was excellent practice for playing around. The first painting I did was the pink one on top. The regular sea salt that I had at home didn’t work at all, and the fine grind salt was just diluted in the water.
I have found that the best results happened with this kind of salt. Not all salt will work well with watercolors. For all the fun stuff you would need a few more items: a straw, white crayon, white oil pastel, a candle, a little bit of white acrylic paint, rubbing alcohol and salt! Salt is important and is probably my favorite effect. ***This page contains affiliate links.***įor all three paintings I used these kind of watercolor paintsand this kind of paper, and of course, you can’t forget brushes.
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