Hey fellow artist, Do you want to do something fun while being quarantined? Want to create something but no Art Materials? Lucky you! Today I will share some ideas to improve your skills by using objects that are mostly found in your home.
True, materials are essential in bringing your artistic vision to life. It is a weapon for inventive and gifted minds. Pastels, watercolors, and acrylic paints in a multitude of colors that gives life and meaning to your artwork. The medium, blending and choosing colors that gives an artistic expression to your creativity.
The availability of Art materials today is hard due to some restrictions brought by the Enhance Community Quarantine. Temporarily closed art supplies stores and the difficulty to go out is the main problem for some aspiring artists. In my situation, I left all of my art materials in my Boarding house, which is a bad decision that I’ve made.
Bored, I did some digging on the internet and came up with great ideas to help you out with your restless creative minds. Many artistes became resourceful and found some ways to deal with their restive imagination. Here are some of my Ideas and Abby ‘Splodge’ (2013)
1.Coffee Painting
Well, Coffee is an artist’s best friend, it serves as a stimulant that increases your wakefulness and the ability to focus when doing projects or commissions. Aside from this kind of purpose, it is also used as a medium. Coffee painting is an amazing art from a common household item. It is created by simply adding coffee and water. This type of paint varies by the strength of different tones made by the coffee.
2. Egg Yolk and Spices
This is also known as Tempera painting which dates back 600 years ago where oil-based paints have not yet existed. Egg yolk has the same consistency as paints. Mixed with colorful spices, it can create beautiful shades of color that can be used as an alternative for acrylic paints. The egg white can be also used as a glaze or varnish on the finished painting.
3. PVA glue and Pigment
Same as the egg yolk, PVA Glue has the same characteristics as the Egg yolk, the stickiness, and viscosity. To make this, I used my leftover chalky watercolor, PVA Glue and a small amount of water to create this kind of paint.
4. Charcoal
Not a painter? You’re in luck, Try this method. Charcoal can be found everywhere, the kitchen, the griller or just burning small amounts of wood. Use sandpaper to create powdered charcoal or create a pencil size charcoal for sketching. I recommend using some brush to remove excess charcoal powder to make your sketch clean.
Of course, we should not forget the tools to be used in making these kinds of art. No Brushes? Here are some ideas that can help you to make some by Ana Dziengel (2013)
DIY Paint Brushes
Materials:
•Clothespins
•Scissors
•Paint & Paper
•Fun Items for brushes!
Brush Ideas:
•Sponges
•Twine
•Burlap
•Felt
•Feathers
•Pipe Cleaners
•Pom Poms
•Cosmetic wedges
•Cotton Balls
•Foam
•Muffin Liners
•Netting
•Crepe Paper
•More?????
Instructions
1.Step One Gather your materials and cut larger materials down to size. We cut strips of the fabric and foam to fold into brushes.
2. Step Two Use the clothespins to clip in each material and make a brush
I hope you will apply these resourceful creative Ideas. Enjoy the quarantine with a pinch of creativity. Glad to help.
To Get more information here are the References:
Dziengel A. (2013)STEAM Challenge For Kids: Make DIY Paint Brushes,https://babbledabbledo.com/16-homemade-paint-brushes/
Splodge, A. (2013)Top 10 Ways to Make Your Own Paint,http://www.sciencemadesimple.co.uk/exploring-science/make_your_own_paint
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