Spray Painting on Paper

Painting is an Art. Love for painting comes from the person who understands the importance of Art. Basically when we are kids we just draw or scribble around, but as we grow up, our understanding and imagination power increases and instead of just putting the colors on paper, we transform the colors into a beautiful painting. As a kid, we usually begin to explore things in and around us, then learning from our surroundings bring out our talents and specialties into our hobbies.

People all over the world try their hands in painting, they show interest in Art. But few may get excelled in painting, so there is an activity for them called the ‘Spray Painting’ that could be helpful to those who are still not given upon their interest. This painting allows them to express their creativity, imaginative, stimulative and developing skills. It is not only an activity for the children, but even the grown ups can possess their interest in this painting.

Children love Spray Painting for many reasons:

1. It is a fun-filled activity without any boundaries.
2. Children do the painting independently.
3. They love the spread of the colors which is eye-catching.
4. They find their freedom and express happiness while doing the activity.
5. They are not forced to limit their use of colors.
6. They can sprinkle the color anywhere on the surface provided to them. 
7. This activity is inexpensive and not too messy.
8. It is very easy and precise for the young group.

Spray Painting

There are varieties of Spray Painting for children such as:

• The outdoor Spray Painting- where children are allowed to spread the colors on a big platform or sheet.
• Object Spray Painting- where we usually select an object like leaves of a plant, stencils, shape cut-outs etc. we keep the object on a sheet of paper and spray color, after the color coats thoroughly and dries, we lift the object from the paper where it will leave an impression.
• Tape Spray Painting: in this activity, we put a tape on the desired paper or surface, then children randomly choose their own colors and spray the paint on the surface. Then we remove the tape from the surface and you will get the texture on the paper.

In this session of the Spray Painting, we are going to prepare a stencil ie, patterns cut-outs in a piece of paper. We are using a very simple tool for this activity ie, a used toothbrush, therefore here you need not have to spend much money on any articles. This activity is not messy, however, in preschools, we usually give our children to wear a painting smock or apron. The toddlers love to do this activity with the toothbrush.

For this Spray Painting, I’ve used acrylic colors adding water to make the paint thinner. You can also use Tempera or Poster colors and make sure to add the proper ratio of water with the paint to make the fluid flow. I would recommend using non-toxic and washable paint for this Spray Painting.

Materials Required:

1. A4 sheet of paper/ A Chart Paper (2 pieces)
2. A toothbrush (any old used toothbrush will do)
3. Poster colors/ Acrylic color/ Tempera paint/ washable liquid watercolor
4. Pencil
5. Scissor

The procedure to make the Stencil:

1. Take a sheet of paper (A4 sheet or a piece of old newspaper will also do)
2. Draw the designs or patterns on the paper with a pencil (I’ve made a drawing of a shoe flower)
3. Slowly cut the inner wards of the designs using a safety scissor.

This is the outcome of the stencil I got

It is always safe to first test on a sample paper before you create a messy painting, so lets move on to the procedure.

Procedure:

1. Firstly keep the unused A4 sheet of paper on the floor (or where you want to do the activity, it should be a flat surface)
2. Put the prepared Stencil upon the paper and move your hands slowly (so that the papers should not move from their position)
3. Dip the toothbrush in the paint and hold it as shown in the pic.
   
4. Hold the toothbrush with the paint on its bristles over the paper, gently run your thumb along the bristles so the spray falls on the paper. To get brighter color spots, hold the brush close to the paper for finer lines of a spray of colors around the shape cut-outs.
5. Sprinkle the bristles of the toothbrush with your thumb on the complete paper. Then leave it to dry for 10 minutes.
6. Remove the stencil paper. Now the colors will leave the impression of the shape cutouts on the chart paper and the stencil may look like shown below.
   

You can paint whatever you want to paint this way. This Spray Painting is the best way to enrich children as they explore. Create your own Spray Painting on paper and share your experience with me on this page.

The below is a Spray Painting activity done by a student from the same sheet of the stencil that I prepared.

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