How To Do 30 Painting Techniques

Check out 30 painting techniques below and learn how to do it

1- Printed painting

How to make: Paint on a table or any support, then place a sheet on top, press with your hands and then remove it again. You will see that the paint from the table has passed onto the paper in an inverted fashion.

2- Painting with melted chalk

How to make: Place the crayon lightly against the candle. Once the wax has melted, use chalk quickly on the paper, achieving a beautiful embossed effect.

Tip: This technique requires a lot of care and attention for using fire. Adult supervision is very important when performed by children.

3- Faded paint

How to make: Dip a cotton swab in alcohol or bleach and draw on tissue paper.

Tip: Use brightly colored papers for best results.

Do not leave children alone handling alcohol or bleach.

 4- Painting with crepe paper

How to make: Cut the crepe paper roll into pieces, moisten with water and press onto the white sheet.

Tip: If you do it in the classroom, leave little water available to the children and choose strong colors for the best result.

5- Painting on crumpled paper

How to make: Crease and uncrease the paper, then paint over it.

6- Inked string

How to make: Dip a medium piece of string into the gouache paint and then place it on the white sheet. Wait a bit and remove the string.

7- Mirrored painting

How to make: Paint with colored glue or gouache paint, fold the sheet in half and open it again. You will see that the paint will look the same on both sides of the sheet.

8- Painting on the crushed laminate

How to make: Crumple and uncrease laminated paper and paint with colored glue on top.

Tip: You can use laminated paper painted with glitter glue to make a treasure.

9- Painting in the newspaper

How to make: Cut a piece of newspaper and then paint over it with pen or gouache paint.

10- Painting with sieve

How to make: Place the sieve on the paper, paint with gouache on top, then remove the sieve and see the result.

11- Sponged paint

How to make: Cut a sponge into pieces, the size you want, dip it in the gouache paint and press it onto the paper. Repeat the activity until you form the paint you want.
Tip: If using several colors of paint, you need to separate a piece of sponge for each color, so as not to mix.

12- Painting with clay

How to make: Wet your fingers, run them through the clay and draw them on the sheet. Repeat the activity until you create a nice drawing.

Tip: Don't tear off pieces of clay to put on the sheet, just run your fingers through the clay to paint. For best results, apply white glue over the top to prevent the soil from crumbling after drying.

13- Painting with cardboard

How to make: Cut a small piece of thick cardboard and you will see that it is formed in layers. At the end of the cardboard, tear off a layer so that the wavy layer is exposed, as that's what you should paint with. The corrugated layer of the cardboard gives a different effect to the painting.

Tip: If you paint by making waves on the paper, the paint will look really cool. You can alternate waves in shades of beige, dark blue and light to illustrate the seabed. Then take the green paint and make vertical waves imitating seaweed, and finish by pasting little fish.

14- Painting with a cotton swab

How to make: Use cotton swabs instead of brushes. Dip the tip of the swab in the paint and enjoy.

15- Painting with fork

How to make: Apply gouache paint on a sheet and then lightly run the tips of your fork over the paint and see how it will look.

16 – Painting with popsicle stick

How to make: Take a colored sheet, cover it with gouache of a different color and then make a nice design with the Popsicle stick. You will see that the paper color will appear where you passed the Popsicle stick.

17- Secret painting

How to make: Draw with white crayons or candles on the white sheet and then smear brightly colored gouache paint over the top. The secret design will appear in the painting.

18- Drip technique

How to do: VYou can develop the technique at home or at school, and all you need is: a large canvas or paper, paint in various colors, and tree branches to make the paint drip. In the classroom, the work can be collective, but instead of twigs, use pots with a hole on one side and put on calm music for the children to get into the artistic mood. The result is great.

19- Painting with masking tape

How to make: Glue scattered pieces of masking tape onto the sheet, paint with gouache in the spaces where they remain on the sheet, let it dry and then remove the tapes from the paper.

20- Painting with vegetable stamps

How to make: Vegetables such as potatoes, carrots and beets can also be art instruments. Cut them into any shape you like (happy face, star, heart, etc.), dip them in the ink and stamp the leaves.

21-Painting with a tree branch

How to make: Make a thin paint with gouache and water, then wet a small tree branch and sprinkle it on the sheet of paper.

22- Painting with marbles

How to make: Take a rectangular cake tin, place a white sheet inside, drip colored paints, place marbles on top and slowly stir the shape so that the marbles move over the sheet and the ink. After painting the sheet, remove it from the mold, leave it to dry and expose your beautiful art.

23- old painting

How to make: Make a strong coffee, dip a piece of cotton in the coffee and press it onto the white sheet. Repeat the activity until it covers all the paper and then let it dry.

Tip: With antique painting you can simulate an ancient scroll or make a historical mural.

24- Painting with glue and aniline

How to make: Draw with white glue on the sheet of paper, wait for it to dry and then cover with aniline. The glue design will stand out on the aniline and give a really cool visual effect.

25- Painting with sponge stamp

How to make: This painting technique works like a gouache ink stamp and it's cool because it's easy to control the amount of ink that comes out of the bottle, which results in less mess at the end of the activity. See the step by step:

Separate the following materials: pet bottle or any plastic pot with a lid; a fork, a hot glue gun, foam; scissors and gouache paint.

Heat the tip of the fork in the fire and pierce the bottle cap. Then use scissors to cut the foam into circles and glue it to the lid without closing the holes.

Put the ink in the bottle with a little water and cover.

Now just use your creativity to paint!

26- Painting with hands

How to make: Use your hands as stamps and create different shapes like: animals, trees, fish and so on.

Tip: Get ideas from the video of Mister Make

 26- Splashed paint

How to make: Dip a tennis ball in the paint and throw it on a large piece of paper placed on the floor.

27- Painting with cardboard 2

How to make: Cut pieces of cardboard, dip in ink and quickly stamp on the sheet of paper leaving a fine mark. Join the ink marks together and form a beautiful landscape.

In the video of Mister Make you learn to make a tropical painting with cardboard.

28- blowing technique

 How to make: Drop small amounts of paint onto the sheet of paper and blow through a straw. The more you blow, the more spread the paint will be and the cooler your paint will look.

29- Drained paint

 How to make: Use a syringe to spray ink onto the sheet. You will find that you will get different results whether you squeeze the syringe quickly or slowly.

30- Painting with steel wool

How to make: Draw on a sheet of magazine, cut out and place on top of a white sheet. Then run steel wool (popularly known as bonbon) around the edge of the design and you will see that the ink from the magazine will go onto the paper and leave the outline of the design on it.