Your artist inspiration for this idea, is actually me! Most of my art work is done in either acrylic or oil paint, with a good smattering of glitter! I love how glitter catches the light in different ways, and this is great for sea creatures; the moving light in the water, sea creatures’ shimmering scales and iridescent tentacles and fins, are perfectly expressed using glitter, or other shiny material like foil.
Note – you can get biodegradable and edible glitter, if you’re not keen on the regular kind… sweet/candy wrappers can work well in art projects too!
A few weeks ago, I asked my children to make a portrait of a sea creature, using my jellyfish (above) as their inspiration.
- to use bold bright colours
- to mix those colours effectively
- to use glitter or another shiny material to add an extra dimension to the picture
- to use paint splatters to add to the watery/bubbly effect of being underwater
- and to focus more on the colours and expression of the painting, rather than trying to make it super life like!
Here is how they did – I think they’re super!