Hey Crafty Friends! Let’s have some messy fun today and create shaving cream paint! I know that usually it’s used with the kids for finger painting, but you can take it to a whole ‘nother level by using stencils and a heat gun to create layers of translucent color and freckled textures.
I have this video for you- I was originally an hour-long Periscope. (By the way, you don’t need the Periscope app to watch anymore- you can see the replays right on my Periscope channel.) However, I did some editing and now it’s a tidy 8 1/2 minutes.
I’ve done this technique on watercolor paper, heavy cardstock, manilla folders…. they all work great!
Sadly, I left a lot of my paper behind in Ohio so I don’t have samples to show you…but I have a feeling I’ll be making more soon!
Lastly- if you want to participate in our One Little Tag craft challenge, visit me on Facebook and join the group! It’s free, fun, and NO PRESSURE- just lots of support, ideas, and fun techniques and prompts to keep your creative juices flowing.
Have fun, and I’d love to hear if you’ve used this technique!
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Too cool. Where did you leave your papers….I’m here in Brooklyn (OH) and I’d be glad to use them up for you (kiddin, of course). I really love your posts. I’ve got the shaving cream, because years ago I did the dripping ink on top a pan of shaving cream, mixing slightly, then putting papers on top, scraping off the shaving cream, technique. I really have to try this. Thanks for your great reviews. Please keep up the great work.
I like this video very much. I’m keeping it in my Microsoft folder: CRAFTS FOR KIDS. I think that it would be an excellent, fast and rewarding craft for youngsters (and me). gb
Loved the Shaving Cream Pain Demo. Can not wait to try it.
I am guessing you did not need to put gesso on any of the papers you used prior to applying the shaving cream paint.
I want to try this for my art journal. I always seem to have gesso on everything first.
Love your blog.
Good luck in you new place. And welcome to New York
Hi Jenny, I know this technique was meant particularly for kids, but it would seem like it would have some drawbacks if used in traditional mixed media projects (by “adults” if you will; not that we aspiring artists are particularly “adult”, ha ha!) First, it seems that food coloring would not have very good lightfastness or staying power, but more importantly, that the final product would not stand up to any wet media going on top of it. Have you tried it and/or have a sense of whether it would or not? I have used a similar technique with ink, which is of course largely lightfast and non-water-soluble.
I really like having the shaving cream paint be translucent; I might like to try that with tubed water colors to the same effect. I also loved how satisfying it looked to make monoprints from such a goopy medium. Like you said – so tactile!!
By the way, what are hybrid stamp inks?
Thanks for the video! I’ve only just discovered your blog today!