Art Project #17; Spray Paint Resist
My kids were so excited at the thought of using spray paint for our art project!
I was so happy to have found a project that they were all excited to do. I'm realizing more and more that this 100 days of Art Challenge is going to take us a good several months to complete with only doing one or two art projects a week but it really is a struggle to come up with ideas that inspire the boys.
I first found this idea on Create Art With Me and just knew my boys would love it.
And boy was I right!
We had so much fun.
Using some heavyweight card stock (I think ours was 140 lbs) and some acrylic paints we made up colorful backgrounds. It is very important to use waterproof paint or else the paint will just wash off in the final step.
We set our paintings out to dry in the sun and gathered up the rest of our materials: some liquid dish soap and spray paint. We had a few colors to choose from. Ian picked black, Evan and Alec wanted gold and I chose to use white.
Once our paintings were dry we brought them onto the lawn and drizzled dish soap over them.
We QUICKLY sprayed over the entire thing with spray paint. We noticed that if we were slow to work the dish soap spread out quite a bit and made wider/darker lines through our picture.
Again we set our paintings aside to dry in the sun.
After a few minutes when the paint was dry we hosed off our paintings, washing away all the dish soap and all the spray paint that was on top of the soap. We had neat patterns with colored sections of paper shining through.
Honestly I think my boys just enjoyed using spray paint and I told them I'd find a few more projects we could do using spray paint.
I was so happy to have found a project that they were all excited to do. I'm realizing more and more that this 100 days of Art Challenge is going to take us a good several months to complete with only doing one or two art projects a week but it really is a struggle to come up with ideas that inspire the boys.
I first found this idea on Create Art With Me and just knew my boys would love it.
And boy was I right!
We had so much fun.
Using some heavyweight card stock (I think ours was 140 lbs) and some acrylic paints we made up colorful backgrounds. It is very important to use waterproof paint or else the paint will just wash off in the final step.
We set our paintings out to dry in the sun and gathered up the rest of our materials: some liquid dish soap and spray paint. We had a few colors to choose from. Ian picked black, Evan and Alec wanted gold and I chose to use white.
Once our paintings were dry we brought them onto the lawn and drizzled dish soap over them.
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| Here you can see the spray paint flecks floating in the dish soap |
Again we set our paintings aside to dry in the sun.
After a few minutes when the paint was dry we hosed off our paintings, washing away all the dish soap and all the spray paint that was on top of the soap. We had neat patterns with colored sections of paper shining through.
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| The soap washed off very quickly |
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| Our final paintings. |
Honestly I think my boys just enjoyed using spray paint and I told them I'd find a few more projects we could do using spray paint.
Others in this series:
Project 3: Star Wars Crafts
Project 4: Watercolor compass circles
Project 5: Floral pens
Project 6: Watercolor outlines
Project 7: Scratch art jellyfish
Project 8: Oil pastel flowers
Project 9: Fingerprint dandelions
Project 10: Beaded Sun Catchers
Project 11: Bird crafts and snacks
Project 12: Symmetrical, color mixing, butterflies
Project 9: Fingerprint dandelions
Project 10: Beaded Sun Catchers
Project 11: Bird crafts and snacks
Project 12: Symmetrical, color mixing, butterflies
Project 13: Water gun art
Project 14: Watercolor Kits
Project 15: Dragonfly Silhouettes
Project 16: Painting pet rocks
Project 17: Spray Paint Resist
Project 18: Water bottle windsock
Project 19: Stained glass made easy crafting kit
Project 20: Tin can windsock
Project 21: Firework glue art
Project 22: Qixel art kit
Project 22: Qixel art kit
Project 23: Makit Bakit Kits
Project 24: Wood burning cutting board
Project 24: Wood burning cutting board
Project 25: Making our own rafts
Project 26: Spray Painted Canvas
Project 27: Paper bowl jellyfish
Project 28: Tin Foil Art
Project 29: Oil Pastel Bubbles
Project 30: Chalk Pastel painting
Project 31: Washi Tape Votive holders
Project 32: Drip Painted Pots
Project 33: Sun Art
Project 34: Tissue paper transfer
Project 35: Stained Glass dragonfly
Project 36: Art Museum field trip.
Project 37: Taking a Family Art Class
Project 38: Painting Minecraft T-Shirts
Project 39: Painting Pikachu
Project 40: How to Draw Books
Project 41: Wax resist Watercolors
Project 42: Splatter Paint Canvas
Project 43: Fine line fall leaves
Project 44: Fairy Village field trip
Project 45: Oil Pastel Resist Leaves
Project 46: Tissue Paper Leaf Art
Project 47: Bat Silhouette Painting
Project 48: Beginner Photography
Project 49: Making Harry Potter Wands
Project 50: Drawing Cat Faces
Project 51: Making Homemade cards
Project 52: Learning the Art of Zentangle
Project 53: 3-D printing
Project 54: Gingerbread Train
Project 55: Paint Swirled Ornaments
Project 56: Loom band ornaments and bracelets
Project 57: Candy trees
Project 58: Strand of light chalk drawings
Projects 59-64: Christmas Crafting Kits from Oriental Trading
Project 65: Painting Ceramic Village Pieces
Project 66: Washi Tape Cookie Cutter Ornaments
Project 67: Learning Origami
Project 68: Art Books and Artist Study
Project 69: Playing Go Fish Art
Project 70: Edible Chocolate Art
Project 71: Geometric Hearts
Project 72: Marble Swirled Hearts
Project 73: Solid Tempera Paint Drawings
Project 74: Qixels 3-D Maker
Project 75: Making Cupcakes
Project 76: Window Marker Art
Project 77: Shamrock Zentangles on Scratch Paper
Project 78: Painted Pandas
Project 79: Minecraft Digital Art
Project 80: Charcoal Drawings
Project 81: Chalk Pastel Lighthouse Drawings
Project 82: Dying Easter Eggs With Bleeding Tissue Paper
Project 83: Painting Pottery
Project 84: Drawing En Plein Air
Project 85: African Savannah Paintings
Project 86: Woven CD Garden Decoration
Project 87: Working with Clay
Project 88: Art Lessons with Art Academy
Project 89: Melted Bead Wind Chimes
Project 90: Perler Bead Projects
Project 91: Ivory Soap Carvings
Project 92: Ice Cube Tie Dye
Project 93: String Art
Project 94: Multimedia Ocean Paintings
Project 95: Balloon Splatter Painting
Project 96: Making Mosaic Stepping Stones
Project 97: Glass Bead and Glue Sun Catchers
Project 98: Coloring Book Art
Project 99: Metal Stamped Bookmarks
Project 67: Learning Origami
Project 68: Art Books and Artist Study
Project 69: Playing Go Fish Art
Project 70: Edible Chocolate Art
Project 71: Geometric Hearts
Project 72: Marble Swirled Hearts
Project 73: Solid Tempera Paint Drawings
Project 74: Qixels 3-D Maker
Project 75: Making Cupcakes
Project 76: Window Marker Art
Project 77: Shamrock Zentangles on Scratch Paper
Project 78: Painted Pandas
Project 79: Minecraft Digital Art
Project 80: Charcoal Drawings
Project 81: Chalk Pastel Lighthouse Drawings
Project 82: Dying Easter Eggs With Bleeding Tissue Paper
Project 83: Painting Pottery
Project 84: Drawing En Plein Air
Project 85: African Savannah Paintings
Project 86: Woven CD Garden Decoration
Project 87: Working with Clay
Project 88: Art Lessons with Art Academy
Project 89: Melted Bead Wind Chimes
Project 90: Perler Bead Projects
Project 91: Ivory Soap Carvings
Project 92: Ice Cube Tie Dye
Project 93: String Art
Project 94: Multimedia Ocean Paintings
Project 95: Balloon Splatter Painting
Project 96: Making Mosaic Stepping Stones
Project 97: Glass Bead and Glue Sun Catchers
Project 98: Coloring Book Art
Project 99: Metal Stamped Bookmarks
Project 100: Water Balloon Art
How fun! And the final projects are neat looking.
ReplyDeleteI loved the end products; the boys do too and all told me they could not wait to share them with my husband this weekend.
DeleteThese are really neat! I think we will try it!
ReplyDeleteGood luck! They were a lot of fun.
DeleteWow! Those turned out super cool! I had no idea you could do that with dish soap.
ReplyDeleteI didn't either. Made me wonder what else I could try this technique on!
DeleteI agree with your boys. It's fun to work with spray paint. I don't think I'll ever be a graffiti artist, but I'll look forward to your future projects at Creatively Crafty #ccbg :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! It was fun and we've used spray paint a few times now for craft projects.
DeleteWhat a fun project! Those turned out really cool!
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Thank you!
DeleteFunny, I thought I commented earlier but apparently my comment didn't go through.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun project! Those turned out very cool!
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DeleteWhat a cool idea, looks like you had the bestest of times X #fabfridaypost
ReplyDeleteIt was so much fun my youngest asked if we could do it again real soon.
DeleteThat is really cool. I think I'll have the kids having a go at this. Looks pretty easy to do in theory. :)
ReplyDeleteWe just did another variation of this project yesterday (and I'll share about it soon). My boys spray painted a canvas, set it aside to dry, then dripped the dish soap over the painting and applied another color of spray paint over the top. When the top layer had dried we used the hose to wash off all the soap and reveal the color underneath. It really is easy and since I don't mind paint in the grass it's perfect to do in the summer.
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