Easy Glue Resist Watercolor Painting Idea For Kids
Kids will love this glue-painting technique. It is always so fun to use art materials in unexpected ways. Learn all the ins and outs of a watercolor glue resist painting technique.
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This simple watercolor paint technique is perfect for even your most hesitant painter. Children of all ages can create their own masterpieces using watercolor paints, bottled glue and paper. This glue resist technique is great for holiday crafts (we see you spider webs) or just plain abstract art.
How do you do a glue resist?
- Bottled glue on white paper and paint with watercolor paint onces it dries.
- You can also use oil pastels or chalk pastels on top of the dried glue on black paper to complete glue resist.
- Use glue to add texture to a canvas before painting with acrylic paint.
No matter what way you plan to do a glue resist, you must let it dry first before adding color.
What is a resist painting?
Resist panting is when you put something down first that does not allow the paint to stick to the surface. Glue, oil pastel, crayons or rubber cement can all be used to resist watercolor paint from sticking to the designs.
What kind of glue works best for a glue painting technique?
We are always fans of Glue All. Washable glue may become tacky if you went it after it dries
Recommended Supplies
- Bottled Glue (we don’t recommend washable glue for this even though we have seen it work)
- Watercolor Paint
- Heavy Drawing Paper or Watercolor Paper
Step-By-Step Tutorial
Before You Begin
Come up with your design. You can practice in a sketchbook or lightly sketch on your project. Just note that if you push too hard with your pencil you will see it under the glue.
Step 1: Draw With Glue
Use a glue bottle to draw image or design on white heavy drawing paper or watercolor paper.
Step 2: Let Glue Dry Completely
This technique is best done over two days. Allow the glue drawings to dry completely before painting.
Step 3: Use Watercolor Paints
Once glue is dry, use watercolor paints to add to your painting. Colors next to each other on the color wheel will mix well.
Step 4: Let Dry
You could use a fine tip black marker or other drawing materials to add extra details and designs to the project.
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Tips For Drawing With Glue
- Beginners and children may have more luck lightly touching the paper with the glue bottle tip as they draw.
- Encourage children to draw pretty quickly to avoid getting a globby mess.
- Make sure that the glue bottle is not clogged and works well.
- Fuller glue bottles will help your artists get more of a continous line.
Technique FAQs
You can always find ways to cover the Elements of Art. This is a great kid’s project for them to understand texture and color mixing.
Oil pastels, crayons, glue, rubber cement, masking fluid and even tape can be used to resist watercolor paint from sticking to your paper or surface.
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Easy Glue Resist Watercolor Paint Technique
Equipment
- Paint Brush
- Watercolor Paint
- Optional: Pencil
Supplies
- Bottled Glue
- Heavy Paper Tagboard or Canvas Board
Instructions
- Come up with design and sketch it out if neccessary. Use glue bottle to draw image.
- Let glue completely dry.
- Once glue is dry, use watercolor paints to add to your painting. Colors next to each other on the color wheel will mix well.
- Let painting dry and enjoy.
Notes
- Beginners and children may have more luck lightly touching the paper with the glue bottle tip as they draw.
- Encourage children to draw pretty quickly to avoid getting a globby mess.
- Make sure that the glue bottle is not clogged and works well.
- Fuller glue bottles will help your artists get more of a continous line.
- You could use a fine tip black marker to add extra details and designs to the project.