You may have some oozing or spillover of paint into the protected area of the canvas. If you find the contact paper is stuck to the canvas because of large amounts of dried paint just use the X-Acto knife to loosen it. ItРІР‚в„ўs best to wait until itРІР‚в„ўs dry so that you donРІР‚в„ўt drip wet paint onto the shape of the canvas that was protected by the contact paper. Once the painting is dry itРІР‚в„ўs time to remove the contact paper applied to the canvas. We even dribbled paint directly from the bottle!

Change up the colors and experiment with different ways to apply the paint. Mix the color of your choice, load up your brush and fling it on the canvas!Р”Р‡ling, splatter, and drip to your heartРІР‚в„ўs content. We taped up the sides to create a deeper box for added splatter protection. Place your canvas on the bottom of your cardboard box. Once youРІР‚в„ўve cut out your shape, carefully peel off the back and apply it to your canvas.Р”Р‡ill small containers with the colors of your choice (we chose colors loosely based on our inspiration piece).

*Adult supervision required if using X-Acto knife! The results are focused more on the act of the painting itself rather than carefully controlled results. Drip painting is in the category also known as action painting.Р”Р„ction painting is the spontaneous act of randomly splashing, splattering, dripping, pouring, smearing, (you name it) paint onto a canvas rather than carefully applying it. This was because he wanted viewers to look at his art in its simplest form РІР‚вЂњ pure painting, without preconceived ideas about what theyРІР‚в„ўre supposed to be looking at.Р”Вrip painting is a form of abstract art where theР’В paint is literally poured or dripped onto the canvas. Some of his paintings donРІР‚в„ўt have titles, simply numbers. PollockРІР‚в„ўs most famous РІР‚Сљdrip periodРІР‚Сњ paintings were created between 19. He is most known for his unique style of drip painting. Jackson Pollock (official name Paul Jackson Pollock) was an American painter and an important artist in the abstract expressionist art movement. This project results in a spontaneous painting that makes for great personalized wall art. More info on this extraordinary painter can be found on wikipedia: en.wikipedia.ItРІР‚в„ўs time to get messy (contained mess РІР‚вЂњ donРІР‚в„ўt freak out) with this action painting art project inspired by Jackson Pollock. Did you know that Jackson Pollock's art is defined as Abstract Expressionism.They will relish the opportunity to channel their energy into paint splattering! This is a particularly fab project to do with active boys.You can show your child examples of Pollock Paintings to help inspire their choice of color and splatter style.In the centre of the lawn is an ideal location. Acrylic paint is not water soluble so please be sure that you do not do this activity anywhere were you mind having paint splatters.Be sure to walk all around the canvas as you do this. To be bigger dollups and splatters, use a teaspoon - scoop up the paint in the spoon and then fling it at the canvas. Flick a paintbrush to get small splatters. Now let loose! Splatter paint all over the canvas, layering the colors on top of each other.Using a teaspoon, slowly add water to each pot, stirring in between, until the consistency of the paint is about that of runny honey.Put about a tablespoon of each of these into small pots. Choose the colors you wish to make splatters with.Paint the entire canvas in this color (or colors).

Splatter paint wall art