How To Make Watercolors

I ve been wanting to test this recipe for how to make your own watercolor paints for awhile now.
How to make watercolors. This day we decided to try watercolors from our pretty flower petals. The transparency of watercolors is one of the underlying qualities that make watercolor painting so beautiful. Please keep in mind that this isn t the only way to go about watercolour.
Plus a look at featured artist. You can buy watercolor sets at many stores but you can actually make your own with dried out markers that. Watercolor paints offer a fun easy way for children to express themselves creatively.
They re nicer than any dollar store watercolours we ve ever used. How to make watercolor paints from flower petals. If you ve already tried diy puffy paint and diy fingerpaint find time to add these watercolors to your collection.
A technique you can try is to layer your watercolors. Made with ingredients that you likely already have and customized into a palette that s saturated smooth and a total joy to put on paper diy watercolors are really going to change the way you stock your art supplies. You do this by adding a few drops of clear water at the beginning of each painting session to pre wet the paint.
The first of hopefully many tutorial videos to come. In this video i show you exactly how to make your own paint with a recipe so simple it ll surprise you. The results were very light but the fun of the process and the thrill of creating something with our own hands for free i might add outweighed any disappointment.
They re a little chalky when they dry but not as bad dollar store paints that we ve been using recently. It s what i ve learnt through my years of practicing so take. Save loads of money by making your own watercolor paints.