Art: Water Color Effect

Posted byKara WilliamsPosted inUncategorized

One of my favorite techniques in art is the “Watercolor Effect”. The “Watercolor Effect”, is a style of art on paper that looks like water colors but is only pens and water. You can do all starts of colors to make things like space, the ocean, etc. Here are the supplies and steps in making the “Watercolor Effect”.

Supplies:

  1. Paper
  2. Markers
  3. Plastic Bag
  4. Scissors
  5. Spray Bottle Containing Water

Step One:

Use scissors to cut plastic bag in half.

If you need to, you can use a EXPO Marker to outline where you are going to cut.
This is the wrong side in the photo, but use the side of the plastic bag without the printed labels.

Step Two:

Use markers to scribble in sections on the plastic bag.

You can find these pens at https://www.amazon.com/Brushpens-Painting-Drawing-Lettering-Mehrfarbig/dp/B07DZV9W6F/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=brush+marker+pro&qid=1611710591&sr=8-3 (any water base pen should work)
The markers above the plastic bag are the exact markers I used.

Step Three:

Spritz the plastic bag with the spray bottle full of water (Warning: Don’t spray too much water on the plastic bag otherwise the colors will mix).

This brand of spray bottle works nicely because the each spritz is very fine droplets of water.

Step Four:

Flip plastic bag over onto piece of paper.

Don’t mind the cup and table spoon in the picture (I could not find a spray bottle at the time, so I experimented a little bit).

Step Five:

Rub finger across back side of plastic bag to embed the marker into the paper.

Step Six:

Slowly lift up paper and then you have the final result.

FINAL RESULT!

Here is the video link from the lady I learned this technique from. Check her other videos out on Pinterest!

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