Foam can be painted several ways.
You can use white paint to sponge it on over the top of painted water,
or sponge on masking fluid and paint the water over the top.
You stamp it with a piece of mat board, or see what effects you can get
using cloth, bubble wrap, a wad of foil, or anything else that you can
paint on.
One
of the most entertaining methods for painting foam, however, is
described here. This technique can be used for bubbles or interesting
texture on rocks as well, and is definitely something you should try at
home.
Begin by whisking up a bowl of soap bubbles. Shampoo, dishsoap, bubbles
for kids...they all work, but some bubbles last longer and those work
best. These bubbles were made with baby shampoo.
Use
a fork to transfer a bunch of bubbles to your watercolor paper. Use as
big a glob as you want your foam to be. You can either put them on white
paper and drop in the blues of the water, or you can put them on dry
paint and drop in white paint
Use
a syringe or baby dropper to carefully drop some color to the bubbles.
Be gentle; you don’t want to pop the bubbles or use so much paint that
you cover the effect.
And don’t try to paint the paper through the bubbles; you’re dropping paint on the top and letting it flow down by itself.
That’s
it! When the bubbles have all popped and the paint is dry, this is what
you get. It looks just like foam, because that’s exactly what it is.
And this is something that you can’t paint nearly as well any other way.
Experiment
with using different colors and different surfaces, then branch out and
see what else you can use to create textures in your paintings without
damaging the surface.
Rubbing alchohol, dirt, sand, plastic wrap, blow-drying paint, using
inks...there’s so much to try! Let your imagination run wild. This is
what problem solving in painting is all about.
Want To Learn More...
A seascape is a landscape drawing that features the ocean and elements along the shore of the ocean.
Seascapes
have been the subject of drawings and paintings for generations but
recently it seems to be a hidden gem that is forgotten by budding
artists.
Drawing seascapes offer challenges and artistic possibilities that make them ideal subjects for artists of all levels.
Artists
who do attempt this form of drawing usually get caught up on focusing
on the wrong elements which makes it hard to get a life like portrait.
Once
you know the elements that will make or break your seascape you will
never look back and will have more confidence in your ability.
Warm Regards
Chris Elmore
Drawing Made Easy
Chris Elmore
Drawing Made Easy
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