Other brush hairs I have seen used are russian blue squirrel, badger, ox, goat, pony and camel. Each strand of animal hair has small divets (on a microscopic level) along the fibre. These help the hair to naturally carry more paint than synthetic bristles. Hog hair is the most common of the firmer natural brushes. How to make nature paint brushes Making the nature paint brushes is easy! Simply attach a piece of nature to each stick using an elastic band (or a piece of string). TIP: To avoid breaking your pieces of nature put the elastic bands onto the sticks first and then slide your pieces of nature into the bands. 30-Pack Creative Arts Natural Bristle Round Multiple Sizes Paint Brush Set Model #CHL73210-3 A Paint Brush for Every Project You've selected your new paint color and you're ready to take on your next DIY project.
Making natural paintbrushes is a fun activity that produces great results! We really enjoyed this one – from making the brushes, to seeing the end product of the painting. It was all really neat! We have painted with spaghetti, pinecones, and cotton before, but this one definitely took the cake. These brushes would also work great with our homemade paint!
The materials you need to make the brushes are in the photo above – some twigs, twine or string, and some evergreen leaves.
The directions to do these are simple – Lay the string out flat on your surface. Layer the evergreen leaves around your stick until you have a good-sized brush. While still holding the twig/leaves, gently lay it down onto the string. Let go slowly – most of the leaves should still stay in place. Tie the string. I tied twice around each paintbrush so that the leaves would be secure. Tie as many times as you have to in order for your leaves to stay in place. That’s it!! You should have some great looking paintbrushes like these below:
Lorelai had a “slap” technique that, when combined with the evergreen leaves, created a splattery, dotted effect. I only gave her 3 paint colors to go with the three paintbrushes, and she went to town with the splattering.
Overall, I think this was a definite HIT. We will definitely be making more natural paintbrushes in the future. I hope you get a chance to make some! I bet your child will love it as much as mine did. =)
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Enjoy!
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