February 09, 2012

ArtPalooza week- day 4 - Simple Batiking {tutorial} - shirt design

Instead of using the traditional batiking mediums with wax and dye, we are using acrylic paint & glue- super easy, little mess! I adapted this project from pinkandgreenmama.

Here's another fun art project that my amazing art student "K" (14 yrs) painted on a T-shirt. 
Visit my Simple Batiking {tutorial}- On Canvas post for more artwork.

She likes birdies(understatement)!

Simple Batik on shirts {Tutorial}:

      Items Needed:
  • Elmer's Clear Glue
  • shirt or desired material
  • acrylic or t-shirt paint 
  • paint brushes
  • pencil
  • cardboard
  • wide tape


  •  Tape the front of your shirt to a large piece of cardboard so the paint doesn't bleed through to the other side-  helps to stay in one place when you're drawing on it.
  • Draw with pencil your design and then outline with the clear glue (cotton will soak in the glue).
  • Let dry overnight.



  •  Paint on top of the glue, if you don't want to miss any areas- it will wash away later. The pencil will wash off also.


  •  Take the shirt off of the cardboard and soak with warm water in the sink for 30+ minutes. Gently rub away the glue. 

Vuala... Hi Birdie!  
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Another BIRDIE SHIRT...
 pencil & glue...
 dry time...
 amazing design & colors...
 soak in water...
Beautiful shirt!
Super easy and looks amazing.

Make your own!



6 comments:

  1. another delightful project - excellent!

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    1. Thank you! We had so much fun with this batik method. Thanks for stopping by :)
      cheers,
      Candice

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  2. this is an awesome project, thanks for sharing! I'm a bit confused about the beginning though, for the first steps you say that you have to draw the picture with pencil but on the photograph i see a thick blue outline. Can you clarify that step a bit more? thanks!

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    1. Yes, under the thick blue outline of glue is a pencil drawing of the bird. You don't have to draw a preliminary sketch, you can always free-hand your design. I hope that helped :)
      cheers,
      Candice

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  3. Love it! I will see if Breanna wants to try this.

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