Straw Painting Techniques

Experiments and extensions once your child has had enough paint blowing add a brush and invite him or her to paint test regular narrow straws against fat milkshake straws.

Straw painting techniques. After the paint blowings have dried add another layer of paint blowings. Continue and allow bubbles to pop. Step by step painting techniques you ll want to try. Then add more paint over small pieces of the surface.

Point your straw at the droplet and angle it in the direction you want the paint to splatter. A straw blown painting is an interesting painting activity. Spin the object while blowing so you can cover the whole surface with bubbles. Pour your paint.

This way the medium will dry see through and the new paint will cover the base layer of paint in small areas. Don t waste time asking how to paint this or that check out these paint hacks. Our favorite was the fat straw. By moving a paint filled straw around on your canvas and blowing into one end you ll be able to create designs that would be hard to do with a typical paintbrush.

Pour a thin layer of a paint medium with no acrylic paint in it that dries clear such as gloss medium or floetrol over the painting. This creates remarkable designs that are not easily made with a brush. Place a drop of water on the petal of the trillium. Then fill your brush with yellow or color of your choice and add the color to the water droplet.

Cutting the straws shorter helps as not so much effort has to be put into blowing. So take a deep breath and go for it. Make sure the paint is just thin watery enough to be blown otherwise it s hard work. Straw painting using plastic straws and ink or any water based paint one can create original abstract art.

Cut a little hole near the top to stop them being able to suck up the paint. Rather than using a brush to apply your paint you ll use the air in your lungs. Simply add dots of your painting medium by using a medicine dropper onto paper and then blow through the straw.