Here is my jellyfish!
Painting Together with Acrylic! Lesson 5: Painting glowing jellyfish
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Rianna Dewan July 31, 2021
I found your tutorial on YouTube and enjoyed it so much I decided to post my painting here
omayra.santos15 January 5, 2021
Here is my jellyfish!
Gigi Chen December 30, 2020
I love this with Glitter.
Gigi Chen December 30, 2020
I love that you tried it out!
Kara Boettcher December 24, 2020
This was so fun! Thank you for the class.
Gigi Chen December 4, 2020
I looooove that you made it Pink.
lmill28100 November 30, 2020
Hello,
Here is my version using glamour dust and Scribble glitter 3D paint. What fun!
carla-spronk November 28, 2020
Here is mine painting
Linda G MacIntosh November 20, 2020
Here’s my pink version. I took the photo at an angle because of the glare from the window.
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Materials:
- plastic fro yo lids
- strips of old canvas curtains
- strips of pink and white tissue paper
- metallic tissue paper
- trash liner strips
- pipe cleaners
- ribbon
- beads
- hot glue gun
- acrylic paint
- neon tempera cakes
- transparent glitter paint
- opalescent paint
- 1 egg cup from a carton if you want to add a crown
- Sharpie and chalk markers if you want to add details to the face
- dot markers
1. Prep! Cut your tissue and fabric tentacles, lay out your supplies, add paint to your trays, and fire up the glue gun(s). 2. If you are painting with fabric strips this should be your first step because you will need the dry time. We decided to hang ours on a drying rack in the sun but you could also use a hair dryer if you don’t mind the noise. 3. Use acrylic paint or tempera to color your jellyfish. Paint just the inside of your lid for more of a translucent, shiny finish. If you want a stronger, more opaque effect, paint your outside. 4. You can add color and pattern to your tissue paper tentacles with stickers or dot markers or leave them solid color. 5. We had some fun playing with bendy, curly pipe cleaners. You can attach two together if you want to make them longer. 6. Start to hot glue your tentacles on. If you are doing this with little ones and want to make it a more independent project, you could use double-sided sticky tape in the inside of your cup to attach the tentacles. 7. Details! Cut a little crown out of egg carton, color it gold, and glue it to the top of your jellyfish. Use a black Sharpie marker to add some facial features and a chalk marker dot for the cheek. If you are more of a purist, leave off the details. Have fun!
