Pouring Painted Flowers on a Graphic Tee Shirt

Pouring painted flowers on a graphic tee shirt.

I purchased this vintage graphic tee shirt from an online store.

The graphic was small lettering in the upper corner of the tee shirt.

As a result, I had the entire shirt to paint on.

I chose to pour paint to create flowers.

How did I do...?

Pouring Painted Flowers on a Graphic Tee Shirt - The Process (Video Below)

Originally, I was going to paint an abstract design.

A different idea came to me right before I started painting.

I decided to create three flowers.

The flower petals would be red, yellow, and white.

The center of each flower would be black, along with the stem.

I filmed part of the process.

I had never used this technique to create flowers, and the pouring didn't go exactly as planned.

It was a little messier than I had envisioned, and I poured much more paint than I intended.

The flowers did not come out uniform.

In the end, however, I did appreciate the imperfections.

The paint was thick on the tee shirt, so I had to let it dry for two full days.

I put a brown paper bag on the inside of the shirt before I started painting.

I wanted to prevent paint was getting on the back of the tee shirt.

The tee shirt before being painted.

The tee shirt after being painted.

Painting this tee shirt has caused other ideas to rise to the surface.

I am thinking that i may sketch an outline on a tee shirt of people and/or animals, and pour paint in the same fashion as I did this time.

Imperfection would now be the goal.

I could draw the images perfectly, and paint outside of the lines.

I have to admit that the thought of this causes my inner child to cringe just a bit.

As a little girl, I prided myself on staying within the lines when coloring in a coloring book.

When I think of purposely not coloring inside of all the lines, I can see my growth as an artist.

There are so many more art techniques I would like to try.

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