Fluid Art - Cosmos

Anyone can draw! This technique does not require any prior drawing experience. This is very easy.

For this picture I've used light turquoise, blue, dark blue, dark purple, white and gold colors. You can take other colors, but keep a white color for the base. Also gold color can be replaced with silver.

Canvas 40x40cm

Paintbrush

School glue 250-500ml

Water 250ml

Disposable gloves 2-3 pairs

Disposable plastic knives x5

Disposable plastic table spoons x2 (to measure glue and water)

Disposable cups 11x200ml

Oilcloth

Acrylic paint of 5 colors. It would be great to also buy gold or silver paint. They are usually sold separately.

Glitters

You can paint on the table or on the floor. Most importantly - use oilcloth to protect the sufrace from drops of paint.

Also, make sure that you have a place where the canvas can dry after painting during 18-24 hours.

White paint will be the base, and we will need a lot of it. Mix 20 tablespoons of school glue with 12 tablespoons of water and 7 drop of white acrylic paint in a disposable cup.

For each of other colors mix 7 tablespoons of school glue with 4 tablespoons of water and 1-10 drops of acrylic paint in separate disposable cup. The more paint you add - the stronger color you will get.

Use plastic disposable knives for mixing. Make 50-70 strokes for each color while mixing.

During mixing, bubbles will appear in the paint. Wait 10 minutes for all of them to come to the surface, and simply remove them with the disposable knife.

See the video to understand how to work with the paint.

Just in case keep paper towels or wet towels to quickly clean the paint from the places where it should not fall.

In case if paint is too thick, and does not flow - try adding a little water.

Paint should cover an entire canvas. Use disposable knife to fill smaller gaps.

Don't be afraid of paint dropping from the edges of the canvas - this is expected. Don't forget about oilcloth and paper towels to protect your working surface.

Glitters can make your painting more "alive". It will change it's look and feel depending on the lighting conditions.

Pick glitters which match colors of a paint. When adding glitters make moves as if you are seasoning your salad.

Let your painting dry for 18-24 hours. This step is very important. Remember that your cat should not step on the wet picture.

After the paint fully dried, we can add some fine details. You can take acrylic paints and simply draw planets.

Just enjoy painting such a picture. You never know what will be in the end.

You can do this with you kids or together with all your family.