Pull String Art With Acrylic Paint
String paint art using acrylic paint is a great art project for kids, tweens, teens, adults and seniors! I love how bright and bold the acrylic paint looks on the black paper. This is such a pretty art technique – and it’s SO EASY! We tried string painting using liquid watercolors a few weeks ago and it was so fun and easy! We used plain white printer paper and they looked really cool when we were done! This time we used thick black paper so we could really see the acrylic paint “pop” off the page. And it really does! The acrylic paint shows up beautifully on the dark paper. It’s so easy to make gorgeous painted flowers using this technique!
String Pull Painting Video Tutorial:
*Note: Scroll down for the step-by-step photo tutorial. Looking for even more easy painting techniques? Here’s a few of our favourites: Paper Roll Fireworks Painting String Painting with Liquid Watercolors Splatter Paint Artwork Using a Spray Bottle How to Make Puffy Paint
Here’s What You’ll Need to Make String Paint Art:
Black Drawing Paper Acrylic Paint (assorted colours) Yarn Paper Plate Wooden Stir Stick or Popsicle Stick
You can use string, yarn, thread, twine, baker’s string, ribbon, or thick yarn to make these paintings. Try different thicknesses of string to get different effects.
What’s the best type of paint to use for string art?
You can use any kind of squeezable paint to make string art. Acrylic paint – even if it’s just from the dollar store – will work beautifully. Tempera paint, washable paint, or liquid water colors will also work well.
What’s the best type of paper to use for string art?
I used black drawing paper to make this art (it’s fairly heavy), but you could also use black card stock. I don’t recommend using black construction paper because it isn’t thick enough. You need 2 identical pieces of black paper. My black drawing paper was 9 inch x 12 inch. So I cut one piece in half to make two pieces that were 9 inch x 6 inch in size.
Want to make your painting look more like flowers?
To make your painting look more like a flower, make sure you include a loop or two when you lay out your string on the paper. Keeping your string under a single arch shape, and adding a small loop right in the middle will make it look like a calla lily.
Pull String Art With Acrylic Paint
It’s super simple to create professional looking artwork using super simple supplies! Turn them into greeting cards. Hang them on the wall… or even just the fridge. It’s easy to be proud of the string paint art you create! I used the same paint a second time, but I should have added a little more paint – my second string pulled painting didn’t quite have enough paint on the string. Still beautiful though! And so much fun to see the designs created by the string layout!
String pull painting is really easy – No special skills or talent required!
There are so many awesome shapes you can create – with a simple string covered in paint!
Here’s even more simple and fun art projects for you to try out!
Paper Roll Fireworks Painting
String Painting with Liquid Watercolors
Splatter Paint Artwork Using a Spray Bottle
How to Make Puffy Paint
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