Watercolor, Glue and Salt Painting - Take One!

Ohk so there are so many ways to do paintings with these 3 ingredients out there that I wasn't sure which one to try :/

So I decided we will try them all..so we can put it to rest which one gives the best results.

All you need for Take One...

Clear glue
Watercolors
Table salt
Watercolor paper
Paint brushes
And of course a krafty toddler! :)

So for take One, this is what we did...

1. We dropped the clear glue all around the watercolor paper. You can do a meaningful pattern or just abstract. We left it to dry completely.

2. I got my kiddo to paint all over the dried, glue dripped paper with generous amounts of paints n water. The trick is to have it really wet.

3. Then I got her to sprinkle the salt on the wet paint anyway she pleased. 

R. And that's it. The salt soaked up the wet paint and crystallized giving a starburst effect the the painting.

So in this technique, the glue just forms a pattern underneath the paint keeping the pattern visible in white under all the colors. The salt crystallizes by absorbing all the colored water on the paper and gives a star-burst effect to the painting. "Magic" as my kiddo says !! :)

Here is a closeup of how it looks.

Take Two and Take Three coming soon !

Keep Krafting !