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We’ve been experimenting with various glue effects on canvas with watercolor art.
The first was an accident, really.
The girls and I each made a collage with small items such as buttons, beads, paper butterflies, etc. After the glue was dry, Daphne and I painted our canvases with liquid watercolor paint.
![Glue Art and Collage on Canvas](https://artfulparent.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/JeansPhotos_04-2015_Pic_-44-680x453.jpg)
And the glue concentrated the color rather than resisting it.
In working with glue on paper, I had come to expect glue to act as a resist. But on canvas it was doing the opposite. Why?
When I stopped to think about it, I thought that maybe the nature of the canvas allows the watercolor to travel along the canvas more easily and that it pools under the glue. But when I turned the canvas art over, I could see white spots and lines where the glue was.
I’m not sure why this interesting effect is happening with glue and watercolor on canvas but Daphne and I have been playing around with it.
We each made some glue art on canvas.
Note :: We’ve been using stretched canvases (like these, although I bought mine locally). I think it would work on canvas panels as well, but am not completely sure.
![Glue Art on Canvas with Watercolor Paint](https://artfulparent.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/JeansPhotos_04-2015_Pic_-5-680x453.jpg)
I made a quick glue sketch of flowers and grasses.
![Glue Art on Canvas](https://artfulparent.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/JeansPhotos_04-2015_Pic_-31-683x1024.jpg)
Daphne made an abstract glue artwork.
We let our glue art dry.
And then we painted over them with liquid watercolors. And, since I’m low on colors at the moment, I made our own blue and yellow liquid watercolors with watered down food coloring. (Why didn’t I think of doing that before?!)
![Glue Art on Canvas with Liquid Watercolor Paint](https://artfulparent.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/JeansPhotos_04-2015_Pic_-44-2-679x680.jpg)
I painted my canvas, covering the entire area, including glue lines, with liquid watercolor paint. And sprinkled salt in some areas for the beautiful salt effect.
![Glue Art on Canvas with Liquid Watercolor Paint](https://artfulparent.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/JeansPhotos_04-2015_Pic_-38-2-674x680.jpg)
Daphne started painting her canvas but then said she wanted to splatter paint hers. (She and her canvas were immediately transported outside.)
![Glue Art on Canvas with Liquid Watercolor Paint](https://artfulparent.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/JeansPhotos_04-2015_Pic_-46-2-680x453.jpg)
As I painted, and especially as the paint dried, I noticed it doing the same thing—concentrating and darkening the glue lines and glue areas.
The effect is so neat!
I can’t wait to explore this more.
Do you know why the glue seems to concentrate the watercolor paint when used on canvas? If so, please enlighten me!
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