Raised Salt art is one of our Favorite art activities to do when we are stuck at home. Kids and adults can both enjoy the experience of the colors getting absorbed by the salt.
We also spent some time exploring the reason behind it. We learnt about how Absorption works and how some substances can absorb the water whereas others can’t.
WHAT IS ABSORPTION?
Absorption is the phenomenon where one object takes in or soaks up another object. For example, when you spill some water or milk and you use a paper towel to clean it up, the paper towels soaks up the liquid or in other words it Absorbs the liquid.
Since Salt absorbs water, when colorful watercolors touch the salt surface, it absorbs the water leaving colorful pigments on the Salt.
We also colored a paper with crayons and Oil Pastels and Saw that when we put watercolors on that, the oil on the crayons repelled the water away. You can also try it with a rubbing alcohol and see how water is not absorbed by it.
Getting Back to out project, things that we need are:
- Mixed-media Paper or Canvas
- School Glue
- Watercolors
- Brush or a Color dropper
How to Make the Art Project:
Step 1: Make any design you would like with your liquid glue.
Step 2: Sprinkle salt over the glue design so that glue would start sticking to your design
Step 3: Create some colorful watercolor puddles in a paint palette or plate.
Step 4: Pick up some color using the paintbrush or a dropper and drop on salt, watch how the salt absorbs the water. Repeat with as many colors as you want to create a colorful design.
Watch this video on YouTube to learn how!
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