How to Make a Watercolor Spray Bottle
I've seen this idea in a few different places, so I'm not exactly sure where I exactly got the idea. The basic idea was that you load up a spray bottle (or water gun in some cases) with watered down paint, hang up a sheet in your backyard and let your kids go crazy.I wanted to try the same idea with watercolors. I'm working on something that I want to have the feeling of a waterfall and I thought it would be the perfect time to give it a try.
Materials:
- Spray bottle
- Water color paint
- Water
- Canvas
- Also, optional - paintbrush, paper towels, newspapers
Get the paint into the bottle. Eventually I just squeezed it in the bottle, at first I was being more careful.
Add water to the bottle and shake it up. I added too much water. I added more paint, but it was sort of helpless. I think it's because my spray bottle was so big it threw me off.It worked out okay, though, because I was trying to get the look of a waterfall.
My spray bottle would only spray upright, so I had to sort of hold up the canvas, which caused my paint to run. This was perfect for my project, but it may not be for yours, so be aware.I used a paper towel to block off areas I didn't want to spray with paint. It's good to put down newspaper to catch the stray sprays.
This is how it turned out. I thought I was going more for the speckled look and was sort of disappointed at first, but as I continued on with the project I realized it was perfect.The project is still a work in progress.