In my blogs I've done a lot of "artsy" stuff...mostly involving crayons. Well this blog is a brake from wax and results in the same creative results!
Materials:
-A toothpaste cap
-Any color of paint, (I prefer to use tempera paint)
-White paint
-A sheet or two of paper
-Small plastic container
- Clipboard
- Ruler and pencil
Steps:
1. Clean up your toothpaste cap so toothpaste won't mix with your paint
2. With your plastic container, put some paint in, not so much that it covers the entire bottom of your container, probably half that, (If you are using tempera paint, don't fear, the paint will wash out of your container)
3. Place your paper on your clipboard, and with your ruler and pencil, draw a faint straight line across the top of the paper so you won't start out a row of lopsided circles
4. dip your toothpaste cap lightly in your plastic container, then, with your finger or another circular object, sweep the inside of the cap to get rid of excess paint that will botch your design, sometimes when you pull the cap out of the container, the whole bottom is covered with paint, and, (like blowing bubbles), blow on this paint to "pop" the extra paint.
ALWAYS CHECK THE BOTTOM OF YOUR CAP BEFORE YOU MAKE THE CIRCLES
5. Now you can start creating your design, lightly "stamp" the first circle of your first row on your sheet, when you continue doing this, have a little space between each circle, do not overlap; if you ever form an open circle, just follow the pieces of the circle as best as you can, and stamp again!
6. After you have completed your first row, (which for me includes about eleven circles), drop about two drops of your white paint into the container, and mix, wipe off the toothpaste cap which includes residue from the previous row.
7. Every three rows or so it becomes necessary to pour out a bit of paint, because it becomes increasingly harder to change the color of paint with just the two drops from the white paint when the volume of the mixture increases constantly.
8. For me, I decided to use two sheets of paper to continue my pattern, and in that case i simply taped them together.
This is a fairly simple blog that I hope to expand on in the future, of course it is going to take me a long time to get enough toothpaste caps for six different colors I hope to use!!
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