Now, more than ever, it is important to keep our spirits up and surround ourselves with positive and inspiring vibes. That is why I created this ‘Be Kind’ Dot Painting with a lovely little heart as part of the design. This is a very easy tutorial and would be a fun project for kids.
This tutorial will take you through creating an abstract background painting, ideas on how to draw ‘plump’ lettering, and how to fill the lettering in with layers of dots. If you are new to dot painting, then you can check out my Dot Painting Tutorial for Beginners.
In that tutorial, I talk all about dotting tools and techniques, so it is a great place to start. I am using the DIY Mandala dot painting tools in this tutorial, but in the beginner tutorial, I talk about how you can using ‘found items’ from around the house to dot paint with.
The supplies you will need for this tutorial are:
- Paint surface of your choice. I recommend canvas board, mixed media art paper, or watercolor/mixed media cards.
- Assorted liquid acrylic paints. I recommend the Americana line, but you can use any brand you like. The colors I used in this design are:
- White, Saffron Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Moon Yellow (Folk Art), Lavender, Bahama Blue, Desert Turquoise, Ocean Blue, Primary Blue (mixed with white)
- Dot painting tools
- DIY Mandala Brand (ships from Canada)
- Marks Mandalas (I don’t have this brand, but it looks very similar)
- Letter Stencils (optional)
- Assorted painting tools for abstract background such as foam brush, sea sponge, toothbrush, plastic wrap, drawer liner, or anything that can be used to create a painted texture.
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This is a super easy tutorial and I have created a step by step video for you to follow along. While I used the quote ‘Be Kind’, you could write ‘Be Calm’, ‘Be Zen’, ‘Be Happy’, ‘Just Be’, or any other quote you like. I was actually inspired to use this quote because I’ve just launched my new shop ‘Fentie Designs’, where I create funky and fun T-shirts with some of these quotes.
I had actually published the shop as ‘Trisha’s Designs Co’, but I just found another company with a very similar name, selling T-shirts and other products. We launched our stores at almost the exact same time…so to avoid confusion, I changed the name to ‘Fentie Designs’.
With your dot painting project, you could make it any size you like or change up the color combination. Just make sure your background colors are light enough and have enough contrast with the colors you use for the dots.
Check out the video tutorial below to start this fun and inspiring dot painting project! You can watch it here or click over to YouTube and watch it there.
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