MAKE ART SUPPLIES at home!
MAKE ART SUPPLIES at home!
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Make your Own PAINT!
Make your Own PAINT!
To make your own paint at home, you need TWO important parts!
To make your own paint at home, you need TWO important parts!
- Pigment - This is the paint COLOR! Below, you will find a few ways to make pigment at home
- Base - This is what you mix the color into, so you can use it as paint!
Here are some ideas for household items you can use as pigments!
- Kitchen Spices Paints
The best pigments are already in powder form - like kitchen spices! Ask an adult, and look at the spices you have at home!
Here are some that work especially well, but you can try ANY:
Mustard Powder makes YELLOW paint!
Turmeric Powder or Curry Powder makes ORANGE paint!
Paprika, Chili Powder, or Thai Red Curry Powder makes RED paint!
Ground Ginger, Ground Cloves, Cinnamon or Ground Coffee makes beautiful BROWN paint!
Spirulina makes GREEN paint!
For your base you can use: just water!
*Add more powder to make the colors darker, or less to have transparent (see-through) paints that are like watercolors!)
2. Fruits and Veggies Paints
2. Fruits and Veggies Paints
Fruits and Veggies can also be great pigments, and you DON'T need a base when you use these!
Frozen Berries
Thaw frozen berries over a bowl (raspberries and blackberries work best!)
Collect the liquid (you can save the actual berries to eat or use later!)
Fresh Veggies or Berries
Measure three parts veggie/berry and one part water (raspberries, blackberries, kale, carrots, and beets work best!)
Blend mixture together
Strain or scoop out the big pieces, so you are left with only liquid!
*Cornstarch (or flour) can be added to these mixtures to make your paint thicker!
3. Candy Paints
3. Candy Paints
Candies with a hard, colorful shell work best as a pigment! We recommend using Skittles, Runts, Gumballs, or Nerds - but you can try with anything you have!
Separate out the different colors into cups (add more pieces if you want brighter colors, and less pieces for if you want lighter colors)
For your base, pour enough clear syrup (like corn syrup) into each cup to fully cover the candies (if you don't have syrup, water will also work!)
Let the candies soak until they turn your base a beautiful color! Your paints will smell great too!
3. Makeup Paints
3. Makeup Paints
Make sure you ask permission if you are borrowing items from a family member!
Eye shadow and blush work great as pigments! Just add water for your base and mix together for beautiful paints!
Nail polish, eyeliner, lipliner, lipstick, and lip gloss can work as paints all by themselves!
Here is Patty making some beautiful, abstract art with paints made from things in her kitchen cabinet!
Here is Patty making some beautiful, abstract art with paints made from things in her kitchen cabinet!
You can apply paint using your fingers, a Qtip, a cotton ball, a pencil eraser, or anything else you can think of! Or, you can...
You can apply paint using your fingers, a Qtip, a cotton ball, a pencil eraser, or anything else you can think of! Or, you can...
Make your Own brushes!
Make your Own brushes!
Brushes have TWO parts!
Brushes have TWO parts!
- Bristles - This is the part that gets dipped in paint and put to your paper.
- Handle - This is what you hold!
Here are some ideas to make your bristles:
Here are some ideas to make your bristles:
Folded paper towel
Folded coffee filter
Piece of felt, fabric, or cotton
A small roll of yarn
Piece of sponge or other scrubber
Here are some ideas for your handle:
Here are some ideas for your handle:
Chop stick
Popsicle stick
Actual stick (from outside)
Pencil, pen, marker
Clothespin
Then, attach your bristles to your handle using a rubber band, glue, tape, or any other way you can think of!
Then, attach your bristles to your handle using a rubber band, glue, tape, or any other way you can think of!
CLICK HERE to see some more ideas, which work especially well if you have a clothespin at home!
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