We recently looked at seven simple watercolor painting techniques, and if you've mastered them, then it's time to move on to something more complex and interesting. Today we will look at six more interesting techniques that will help you create your own masterpiece.
Spray
We wet the bottom of the paper to see what would happen.
This technique is quite simple. Just put paint on the brush and start tapping the bristles of the brush on your finger so that the splashes scatter chaotically
If your brush is too wet, it will be difficult to control the splatter. Therefore, shake a few drops off it, and only then get to work.
If you don’t like hitting the brush on your fingers, then you can use any available tool, a pen, for example.
Before we start splashing our paint, we'll place some pieces of paper in the top corner of our canvas.
We also wet the bottom edge of the sheet clean water and painted it light purple.
Find an old toothbrush, rinse it and remove any remaining toothpaste. And get ready for chaos.
There are several ways to get paint onto your toothbrush. You can dip it in paint, which makes it very difficult to fill the bristles with paint. You can try filling your toothbrush using a brush. This way you can control the amount of paint.
Take your toothbrush and run your thumb along the bristles. You can also use improvised means. Choose a tool that you can use to spray paint off the bristles. Notice how the speed of your movements and the distance of the brush from the paper affect the paint atomization.
When you want to spray paint of a different color, rinse your toothbrush thoroughly and dry it with a towel.
Don't worry if you don't get this technique as well as you'd like. Practice and you will succeed.
As you can see, it turns out to be quite an interesting effect. Use the available tools that you have, use your imagination and be creative in your drawing.
Sgraffito and stamps
Sgraffito is an Italian term that refers to a scraping technique associated with wearing away the top coating of pottery to expose the layers underneath.
In the example, we scraped off the paint using a pocket knife. If you scrape off paint that has not yet dried and has soaked deep into the paper, you will end up with dark lines.
If used wisely, this technique can be used to create interesting landscapes by scraping out the shapes of trees and other flora.
You can use old ones credit cards to scrape off the paint. Use a smooth side card to sweep away any remaining paint.
Many brushes have a pointed edge. You can use these brushes to create fine lines.
It is very important to understand at what interval you need to start scraping. Practice on a separate sheet of the same paper and with the same colors.
A stamp is the application of paint by pressing other objects onto paper. You can choose any material to create stamps. Try everything you can get your hands on.
On in this example we use facial tissues. Let's fill them with paint and put stamps on them. top part paper.
You can also use a sponge. With its help we will depict grass.
You can play with textures using various materials. Experiment!
Don't be afraid to use body parts for stamps. Everything can be used!
Washing out
Relatively simple technique will help you create unusual and interesting textures.
First, cover the top of the paper with blue paint.
Then quickly paint the rest of the canvas red. This is what our drawing will look like at this stage.
Now rinse your brush thoroughly and refill it with clean water. Using light brush strokes, sprinkle drops of water onto the still wet paint.
Continue spraying water until you are satisfied with the result.
How far the paint has dried can be determined by the force of the water on it. Notice that the more water applied to the same area, the lighter the color of the paint became.
Don't be discouraged if you can't control the blur. You most likely will not succeed, since it is quite difficult to influence this process.
Experiment with the amount of water, colors and how dry the paint is. This technique can help you create an interesting and textured background.
We use alcohol
You will need cotton swabs and alcohol.
Paint your sheet thickly with paint.
Create the background color you want and get ready for the fun.
Dip cotton swab into alcohol and start dripping it onto the paint.
Alcohol, when it gets on the paint, repels it, creating a light spot.
Try dripping alcohol onto the paint as it dries to see the effect.
It turns out quite nice, doesn't it?
This interesting technique allows you to create unusual textures.
We use salt
Obviously we will need salt for this technique.
Let's draw the sky and the hill.
Our second hill will be raspberry in color, let's mix it a little with the first hill to get an interesting transition.
Now take salt and sprinkle it on our drawing. After a few minutes, add a little more salt. It pushes the paint away from itself, creating an unusual texture.
Let's wait until it all dries and see what happens next.
Once the design has dried, the effect the salt created becomes more visible.
Shake the salt off the drawing and enjoy the result.
It is better to use a sponge to brush off the salt. This way you don't damage the paint. Clean the drawing with light movements, try not to rub it.
The salt absorbed the paint, creating great amount star-like specks.
It is worth noting that coarse salt will leave larger specks, and fine salt will leave smaller ones.
I. Using various materials while drawing, you can achieve interesting effects:
1. to get blurry outlines, drip water (or vodka) onto a sheet covered with watercolors. This is a good way to depict a sky overcast with clouds;
2. effect "cereals", snowflakes, "ice crust" can be obtained by sprinkling salt on the applied watercolor image;
3. chaotic uneven retouching turns out thanks to crumpled paper;
4. drawing with a stencil has many options. Try placing the cut out figure on a piece of paper and covering them with watercolors. Now remove the stencil, allowing the paint to spread out. The outlines of the stencil image will be blurry, and the color will intensify from the center of the figure to the periphery;
5. interesting texture can be achieved using sandpaper;
6.emerging "second" layer possible with multilayer image. Draw crayons or candle something on a piece of paper and cover watercolor paints. In those places where something is drawn with chalk or a candle, the paint will not lie smoothly, and the image will show through from under it;
7. "scratching" paint paintings. Draw something crayons or candle on paper (or just color the sheet with crayons). Now cover the piece of paper with the image dense layer paint (gouache) and let dry. After the paint has dried, you can start scratching out the image. In those places where there is chalk, the paint will come off well, in other places it will remain an even background;
8. one more interesting way drawing crayons and gouache can be called " m5th image"An object is drawn on paper with wax crayons, and the entire space around it is also painted over with crayons. Now we carefully crumple this sheet, straighten it and cover it with gouache. Now quickly wash off the gouache using a sponge and water. The paint should remain only in the places where the paper is folded;
9. an interesting effect is obtained from drawing sponge. Invite your child to “draw” the crown of trees or the sea with a sponge;
10. give "fluffiness" image can be used using gauze or cellophane. It works well to use this effect with stencil. Cut out an animal figure from cardboard and attach it to a sheet of paper. Now we dip gauze or cellophane into paint diluted with water and lightly move along the contour of the stencil. When you remove the stencil, you will see a clear figure of the animal, and its outline will look soft and fluffy (for example, like a bear drawn with gauze by Valeria Koryavikova).
Next to it is a drawing made according to the same principle, only without a stencil, and instead of gauze was used polyethylene bag;
11. try using it as an additional drawing tool threads. Good at drawing winding lines using woolen threads from a loose product;
12. amazing colorful circles are obtained if you paint not with a brush, but electrical toothbrush or massage brush.
II. "Punching": the child might like it" stamp" objects or in this way "draw" something. You can "stamp" any objects, these can be cubes (a set geometric shapes) or eraser on the back of the pencil: 
Prints can also be made using natural materials, for example, spruce branch or large sheet from plant:
III. The baby may like to draw on a sheet if it lies on some convex surfaces. You can make a curly one yourself stencil For "imprints", for example, like this:
IV. If you draw over a wet watercolor drawing back of the brush, then you get " grooves", as in the picture with the trees. 
So you can “draw” on the wet one with scissors, in which case the “grooves” will be the same and two at a time.
V. Spray: Interesting effects and images can be created by spraying paint from a brush or toothbrush onto a sheet of paper. The same can be done by placing an object on the sheet. Then there will be a “dotted background” around the object, and the image of the object will be colorless.
With help splash you can paint the whole picture:
VI. Blots: drop and let the paint spread over the sheet. You can blow into the center of the blot through a straw. You can make images from blots mirrored, if you first fold the sheet in half (or twist it), then straighten it and drip paint onto it. Now fold the sheet again and press lightly. Next is a matter of your imagination. See what the blots look like and add the necessary details. Below is a mirror drawing from a blot by Yulia Mitko. 
VII.Monotype. This technique works well for postcards.Apply multi-colored stripes or patterns to glass (or any other material that does not absorb paint). Now place a sheet of paper on top and press down lightly. Remove the sheet of glass and examine the printed design.
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VIII.Foam drawing.
1. Whisk foam and pick it up with a sponge. Now squeeze out the sponge so that the foam ends up in the paint container. Stir and use a brush to apply foam and paint onto the paper. When the drawing is dry, the excess foam can be blown off.
2. For creating effect use different shades take the colors shaving foam and gouache of the color you need. Mix shaving foam and paint in a bowl and apply it to the drawing with a brush.
IX. Drawings with glue
1.Glue lining.Draw some object on the sheet with a pencil. Through a small hole in a tube of stationery glue, squeeze the glue along the contour of the image and leave it to dry. Then fill in the space inside the outline.
All children love to draw. But sometimes a child doesn’t get what he wants. Or maybe he doesn’t have enough familiar ways to express himself? Then you can inspire him to experiment with different techniques, among which you will definitely find your favorite. After this, your child will probably want to invent something new.
Dot patterns
First we draw the simplest squiggle. Then, using a cotton swab and paints (gouache or acrylic), we make intricate patterns as desired. It is better to pre-mix the paints and dilute them slightly with water on the palette.
Frottage
A technique familiar and loved by many since childhood. We place an object with a slightly protruding relief under a sheet of paper and paint over it with pastel, chalk or an unsharpened pencil.
Foam prints
By dipping a sponge in thick gouache, the child can draw landscapes, bouquets of flowers, lilac branches or animals.
Blotography
One option: drop paint onto a sheet and tilt it in different directions to create an image. Second: the child dips the brush into the paint, then places the blot on a sheet of paper and folds the sheet in half so that the blot is imprinted on the second half of the sheet. Then he unfolds the sheet and tries to understand who or what the drawing resembles.
You can see other drawings using the klyasography method
Hand and foot prints
It's simple: you need to dip your foot or palm in the paint and make an imprint on paper. And then use your imagination and add a couple of details.
You can see more about the method of drawing with palms
Paint patterns
For such an application you need to apply a thick layer of paint onto the paper. Then, with the opposite end of the brush, scratch patterns on the still wet paint - various lines and curls. When dry, cut out the desired shapes and paste them onto a thick sheet of paper.
Fingerprints
The name speaks for itself. You need to paint your finger with a thin layer and make an imprint. A couple of strokes with a felt-tip pen - and you're done!
Monotype
A design is applied to a flat, smooth surface (for example, glass) with paint. Then a sheet of paper is applied, and the print is ready. To make it more blurry, the sheet of paper must first be wetted. Once everything is dry, you can add details and outlines if desired.
Scratch
The highlight of the work is that the drawing needs to be scratched. A sheet of cardboard is densely shaded with spots of multi-colored oil pastel. Then you need to mix black gouache with soap on a palette and paint over the entire sketch. When the paint is completely dry, use a toothpick to scratch the design.
Air colors
To make the paint, mix a tablespoon of self-raising flour, a few drops of food coloring and a tablespoon of salt. Add a little water to achieve consistency thick sour cream and mix well. The paint can be placed in a pastry syringe or in a small bag. Tie tightly and cut the corner. We draw on paper or regular cardboard. Place the finished drawing in the microwave at maximum mode for 10-30 seconds.
Marbled paper
Paint a sheet of paper yellow acrylic paint. When it is completely dry, paint over it again with diluted pink paint and immediately cover with cling film. The film needs to be crumpled and gathered into folds, since they are the ones that will create the desired pattern. We wait until it dries completely and remove the film.
Painting with water
We draw with watercolors a simple figure and fill it with water. Until it dries, we put colored blots on it so that they mix with each other and form smooth transitions like this.
Prints of vegetables and fruits
Vegetables or fruits need to be cut in half. Then you can cut out some kind of pattern on it or leave it as is. We dip it in paint and make impressions on paper. You can use an apple, potato, carrot or celery for prints.
Leaf prints
The principle is the same. We smear the leaves with paint and make prints on paper.
Drawings with salt
If you sprinkle salt on a watercolor painting that is still wet, it will soak into the paint and create a grainy effect when it dries.
Brush instead of a brush
Sometimes it's worth trying something unexpected for the sake of experimentation. For example, a household brush.
Ebru, or painting on water
We will need a container of water. The main requirement is that its area coincides with the area of the sheet of paper. You can use an oven broiler or a large tray. You will also need oil paints, a solvent for them and a brush. The idea is to create patterns with paint on water, and then dip a sheet of paper into them. How it's done: www.youtube.com
Cracked wax effect
Using wax pencils, draw an image on thin paper. In our case, a flower. The background must be completely shaded. Crumple it well and then straighten the sheet with the pattern. We paint it with dark paint so that it goes into all the cracks. We rinse the drawing under the tap and dry it. If necessary, smooth it with an iron.
You can see about drawing on crumpled paper
Cardboard prints with shift
We cut the cardboard into small strips, approximately 1.5 × 3 cm. Dip the edge of a piece of cardboard into paint, press it vertically to the paper and evenly move it to the side. You will get wide lines from which the drawing is created.
Fist prints
For such a drawing, the child will have to clench his hands into fists. Then dip back side fingers into the paint and make imprints, creating the desired shape. Fish and crabs can be created using fingerprints.
There are some artists who simply don’t need brushes and paints to paint and go further in their experiments with materials. I have put together a selection of interesting authors who draw with unusual materials and methods. I hope it inspires you to new ideas!
Elisabetta Rogai
In her creativity, Elizabeta uses exclusively white, red and rose wines, without adding special significance their bouquet or strength. The only other tool Elisabetta uses when creating paintings is charcoal - she uses it to make sketches. The peculiarity of her work is that the color of the paints on the canvas changes over time, as the wine ages and acquires new shades. The result is canvases, each of which is completely unique.
Tarinan von Anhalt (Jet Art)
The American artist creates her abstract paintings using air flows from an airplane jet engine. Tarinan's clients pay a lot of money for the opportunity to see how the artist creates, because this process itself is a small show with a risk to life. For creating one abstract painting a connoisseur of creativity will have to shell out at least 50 thousand dollars. Jet Art also uses his technique to decorate clothes, which he demonstrates at various fashion shows.
This very unusual style of painting was invented by the Austrian Prince Jurgen von Anhalt back in 1982. He called it “jet art” (“jet painting”). After his death, his work was continued by his wife Tarinan (a real princess). She became the first woman to create her artistic canvases using such a physically demanding painting technique. Before watching the video, I advise you to mute the sound, otherwise there are jet engines)
Underwater paintings by Ukrainian artists
Ukrainian divers create their works at depths of 2 to 20 meters in the waters of the Black and Red Sea. Artists are so inspired by beauty underwater world what did they come up with unusual way capture it using regular paint and canvas with waterproof glue. Under each painting, in addition to the title, the sea is indicated, the salt of which a certain work absorbed and the depth to which the artist had to dive. The paintings look really unusual.
Natalie Irish
The artist paints with kisses and uses ordinary paper as a material. lipstick. On average, one painting takes about five tubes of lipstick. The artist's first work was a portrait of Marilyn Monroe - it is with this actress that Natalie associates red lipstick. The artist admitted that creating her paintings is not an easy job, because she needs to methodically leave kisses on the canvas according to a certain pattern, constantly changing the focus of her eyes. One painting takes at least 3 hours.
Otman Tom
The Baghdad artist uses ice cream instead of the usual paints when creating his works. His works are similar to watercolor paintings and have a wide range. The artist always photographs his work with leftover ice cream and brushes on the canvas, thereby showing a small part of the process. Looks really like watercolor!
Monotype is a print with paints: applying spots of paint (with or without water) on a sheet of paper, placing another one on top Blank sheet, press and smooth. It turns out two sheets with an unusual spotted pattern. It can be used either as a background for a future drawing, or it can be modified, adding details, turning a shapeless spot into a full-fledged drawing.
If you take not two sheets, but one, folded in half, the paint will print almost like a mirror image. In this version, the techniques work out very well watercolor landscapes: the clearer half is, say, a forest, and the blurrier half is the reflection of the forest in some body of water. All that remains is to finalize the details.
Watercolor and drawing ink
Since watercolor and ink are transparent, fluid paints that require a lot of water, monotype using them can be done in two ways. First, you can moisten a sheet of paper with water, and then apply paint with a wide brush or drops. Secondly, you can apply paint to a dry sheet and then dilute it with drops of water. The results in both cases will be noticeably different.
Don't use too much paint and not enough water - the prints will be too bright. If, on the contrary, it is necessary to get rid of excess liquid, blot the sheet with a crumpled paper napkin or sprinkle coarse salt on the paper. This will also create unusual textures. After the paint has dried, you can simply shake off the salt.
Acrylic and gouache
These paints, unlike watercolors and inks, are dense and opaque. The prints are also different: they are textured and textured (especially when using acrylic). By the way, absolutely any acrylic is suitable for monotype. If you use thick, undiluted paint, when you remove the second sheet (if you remove without moving) you will get beautiful tree-like or coral-like structures. If you move or rotate it slightly when removing the top sheet, you will get a beautiful and textured smearing effect.
Aging paper with lemon and milk
This is a "pre-drawing" technique used to give paper the appearance of an old yellowed page. Apply drops of lemon juice to a clean sheet of paper; some can be smeared. Lime juice will also work. When the juice dries, iron the sheet with an iron. The lemon juice will darken, creating an aging effect. In addition, the sheet will also wrinkle slightly, which will give it an even greater resemblance to old paper.
Instead of lemon juice, you can use full-fat milk or cream. This method dates back to ancient times when milk was used as invisible ink. Apply milk with a brush to a piece of paper and let dry. Then iron the sheet or heat it in another way. The milk will turn brown and tint the leaf in an antiqued manner.
Washing off black mascara
Another way to tint paper in an original way (attention, the process is very messy). You will need sheets of paper, white gouache, drawing ink, and a large brush. The paper must be very thick so that it does not tear when washed. We paint over the central part of the sheet with white gouache (you don’t have to try to make the outline even, chaotic strokes will do). We wait until the paint dries. Now carefully paint over the entire sheet with black ink. Let it dry again.
Now we take the dried sheet and go to the bathroom. Gently wash off the mascara from the sheet under running water (you can lightly rub it with your hands). Wash the middle part of the sheet (the mascara on top of the gouache should wash off easily). And the edges of the sheet, since the ink has been absorbed into the paper, will remain black. Place the washed sheet on a stack of newspapers and leave to dry. While you wait, wash the bathtub, otherwise the mascara will become very stubborn.
Drawing with shaving foam and ink
You can get very beautiful stains this way. You need shaving foam or gel and colored mascara. Squeeze the foam onto a plastic palette (if it’s a gel, add a little water to it and beat it with a brush), spread it in an even layer over the palette and add a few drops of drawing ink. Using the handle of the brush, make streaks of mascara on the foam. Now place a sheet of paper on top, press lightly, remove. Remove any remaining foam with paper napkins.
Drawing with threads
A very unconventional way of drawing that gives amazing results. You will need paper, ink and thick knitting threads. Dip a piece of thread in ink and lay it out beautifully on a sheet of paper (but the tip of the thread should extend beyond the edge). Cover with another sheet of paper, place a book on top and press down lightly with your hand. Now slowly pull the thread out. When you remove the book and separate the pages, you will see that both sheets of paper are covered with a beautiful intricate design. The pattern can be further developed into a full-fledged drawing.
Blot spots
Such ink stains can become a preparation for a full-fledged work: they can be a background, or they can be the basis of a drawing, which needs to be supplemented with details. Apply a few drops of colored ink to a dry sheet of paper (if you want a lot, it’s better not to apply them all at once). Take a cocktail straw and inflate the drop. You can simply blow, trying to stretch the blot as far as possible, or you can try to give the spot some shape so that you can then use it to create a drawing.
"Crumpled" drawing
Paint on crumpled paper gives an interesting effect. You will need paper, wax crayons and gouache (watercolor). Using crayons, draw the desired object (outline) on the sheet, and also fill in the space around the object with crayons. Now the sheet must be carefully crumpled, then straightened. We paint over it with gouache, and then, using a sponge and water, quickly wash off the paint. The paint should only remain in the folds of the paper in the unpainted area.
Technology in action 
You can paint with a regular toothbrush. Or you can draw with an electric one. A massage brush will also work. The result is unusual concentric patterns that can be used as a background for a drawing (especially if you take more than one color). The required paint is gouache or acrylic.
Punching
With the help of various stamps (which, by the way, can be almost all small and not so small objects), you can create an interesting background for drawings, the drawings themselves, and even decorate clothes and interiors. You can use both improvised objects with an interesting texture, and stamps you made yourself: cut them out of an eraser or from a potato (at a time). Then all you have to do is dip the stamp in paint and start creating.
splashing
There are two ways to spray paint on a sheet. The first is stencil spraying, when an object is placed on a sheet of paper and its outline is imprinted with splashes. The second is targeted spraying, with different intensities, paint concentrations, and droplet sizes. This way you can create entire drawings that are quite presentable and not “childish”.
Point technique
Similar to stamping. In addition to the fact that the technique gives a rather unusual result, it is also a great way to relieve your stress. You will need cotton swabs, sheets of paper, and paint of your choice. Dip a cotton swab into the paint and begin to apply the design onto the paper with rhythmic movements. It is very interesting to try to mix colors and shades in this technique.
Drawing with foam rubber
A textured background or “fluffiness” in a drawing can be created using an ordinary sponge. You can try this technique with soft foil or a thin plastic bag: dip a small piece of sponge (if the foil or bag is a small lump) into the paint and dab it over the surface of the sheet.
"Combing the Paint"
To create texture, try running a scalloped comb or a regular fork over the still-wet paint. The lines can be made both straight and wavy. Just be careful not to overdo it to avoid damaging the paper.
Scratch
This is also scratching with a sharp object, only here it is not the texture that is created, but the pattern itself. Rub a thick sheet of paper with a candle, apply mascara or gouache on top of the wax layer (so that it completely covers the sheet, without gaps). You need to add a few drops to the mascara liquid soap, so she will lie down better. When the paint dries, take a sharp object and scratch the design.
Drawing using cling film
Apply large spots of paint onto a sheet of paper and cover it on top. cling film. But you don’t need to smooth it out; on the contrary, slightly scrunch it up. When the paint is completely dry, remove the film. Thin lines and bubbles will remain on the sheet, which cover the sheet like a cobweb.
Believe me, these are not all the methods, methods and techniques of drawing that you can try if you want something unusual in your creativity. In the end, no one is stopping you from using your imagination and trying to come up with something new!