10 Amazing Art Hacks And Tips

1.       Blowoff your painting with crayons

Are you wasting your broken crayons and think them useless then you are wrong.

You guys must have a pouch full of broken crayons use them and draw.

·         Bring some broken crayons.

·         Turn on your gas stove and put a pan on.

·         Separate your crayons as per the shades.

·         One by one start melting your crayons and store the melts in any tiny container cool it and then use.

2.          Don’t waste your cotton buds

You can use your cotton buds to dub paint on canvas like on trees, clouds, flowers etc.

 

3.       Use your expired makeup kit items

Thinking of throwing your expired lip liners, eyeliners, lipsticks, eyeshadows and mascaras. Stop. Here are some stunning art hacks to make your work look beautiful.

·         Use your eyeliners as a figure or shape outliners. You don’t even need a brush just use your eyeliner’s brush and outline any shapes and drawing. Eyeliner’s brushes are very fine and sharp use can use them to draw thin lines and curves.

·         Use your lip liners as a color pencil. The texture of the lip liner will help you to draw and fill color very perfectly. They are of very soft texture and blend very easily giving a wonderful look to your artworks.

·         Lipstick can also be used in place of crayons.

·         Mascara brush is a wonderful choice if you want to create some random shapes and backgrounds.

 

4.       Smart toothbrushes

Want to create spray painting but don’t have spraying color cans. Use your toothbrushes to create a spray painting.

Bring a toothbrush and dip it into the color of your choice. Colour consistency should not be very thick use water to get a perfect consistency. Now swipe your fingers on the brush by turning the bristles down over paper and start spraying.

 

5.       Cotton is star

Do you have a lack of brushes? Don’t worry. You can use your home's most suitable guy cotton in place of brushes. Take a thin stick. Bring some pieces of cotton and wrap it over the tip of stick perfectly and then use it to apply color on your painting. You can use this to give clouds of your painting a perfect look and texture.

The tape is your best buddy

There are many different ways to use tape that will help you to enhance and create new effects in your painting. If you want to add the border with crisp, clean, and perfect lines and special designs then the tape is perfect and the best option to use. Its time to show your creativity with tape.

Sponges

They are the perfect option to create foliage. You can use them to make trees and enhance the normal boring tree by adding some realistic effects.

Don't use graphite to make your sketch prior to painting watercolor

If you are making your sketches for watercolor painting with graphite pencil then you should stop. Always use watercolor pencils for roughing in a sketch. The use of graphite is not a good option for watercolor painting because graphite is not water-soluble and will ultimately show up as traces of sketch. The watercolor pencil is water-soluble and it will dissolve into the watercolor perfectly giving an enhanced and perfect look to your panting.

Blending charcoal

If you're using charcoal in your sketch it becomes very important to blend the charcoal perfectly to give realistic appearance to your panting.

here are some ways that can be used to blend charcoal perfectly

Brushes

use your brush on applied charcoal to blend and smooth out the grainy look of applied charcoal in the painting it perfectly.

Cotton and tissue

You can use cotton and tissue to blend large areas of your panting in a circular motion.

blending stump

If are facing difficulties in giving small and sharp details to your sketch than blending stump is perfect to use. Use it in a circular motion or you can swipe it to give a perfect stroke.

Want to give a shiny appearance to your painting

Don't have oils paints and acrylic. No worries still you can give a shiny and glancing look to your painting. What you need is just a tube of some adhesive. Yes, you can use it to give a shiny appearance to any painting of your choice. Take out some adhesive from the tube and apply a thin layer using a brush carefully. Make sure that before applying painting should be dry.