SOAP Technique: Creating a Textured Background

This article is written by Sunita Rajvanshi

Materials:

Regular hand washing liquid soap

Acrylic colors & canvas

Method:

  1. Mix a little acrylic color in small quantity with liquid soap (without mixing water in soap); say a ratio of 1: 2.
  2. Make bubbles, and apply with brush on the canvas (you can make many colors and apply at the same time on the canvas).
  3. Now immediately put your canvas under the sun, before the bubbles disappear & keep there until it dries.
  4. Don’t use a blower (hairdryer) for drying as bubbles will disappear with its hot air.
  5. Your beautiful background is ready.
SOAP Technique

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Creating a Textured BackgroundSunita Rajvanshi’s passion for Art started in early childhood in spite her studies in Science. Her relocation to Oman 4 years ago rekindled her passion and now she is using it to reach out and help the less privileged across the world.

She already did many exhibitions (including Dar Al Atta annual charity exhibition) in Muscat in last 4 years for charitable Causes.

Latest in year 2012, she took part in two exhibitions, to raise funds for PETRA (the Para equestrian and Therapeutic Riding Activities) Organization for disabled. One was “Celebration of Colours” from 23-27 April, 2012 with Tania Hens at Intercontinental Hotel and second was “Art for PETRA from 14-17 May, 2012 along with other eighteen artists.

She also worked as AWG art coordinator for 3 years until 2011. Also she is teaching “Mixed Media techniques in Collage” in PDORC Art Centre since 2009. She loves working with most of the mediums like oil, water color, charcoal etc. and nowadays experimenting with different textured backgrounds with Acrylics and planning to write a book about this.

She is also running a charitable Organization called “Second Chance Charitable Society in India to help the needy. One of her paintings appeared on the cover page of one of PDO’s publications in June 2011.

She enjoys leading workshops, also inspiring others to use their Art talent for helping needy by conducting more charity Art Exhibitions.

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Comments

  1. Thanks for sharing your background technique. I can’t wait to try this!

  2. Such a unique, beautiful outcome!

  3. Beautiful art! That is fantastic she is using her skill to help the less fortunate around the world.

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