Awesome and easy sharpie and alcohol art on canvas

If you’re looking for a fun and easy craft that will keep your kids entertained for a LONG time, try sharpie and alcohol art. It is so much fun, you might even want to do it yourself. Plus, it’s not expensive at all. Check it out!

We decided to do sharpie and alcohol art for one of our youth group activities at our church. The girls LOVED it! It was super fun to see all of their personalities manifest in their works of art. It was a blast. Here how to do it.

Gather your sharpie and alcohol art supplies

There aren’t that many supplies to make this art project a success. Here’s what you’ll need:

• Painting canvas (you can find these at the Dollar Store for pretty cheap or Amazon)
• Sharpie markers (all colors)
• Plastic droppers
• Painter’s tape
• Rubbing alcohol
• Paper towels
• Small disposable cups
• Q-tips (optional)

Draw your masterpiece

Using the sharpie markers, draw whatever you want onto the painting canvas. It can be a saying, a landscape or an abstract. Whatever you want. You can also take pieces of painters tape and make a pattern across the canvas.

It was fun to see what everyone decided to draw. Some of the girls took a lot of time to make their artwork very detailed. Others quickly scribbled an abstract scene. But regardless, all of them looked awesome at the end.

Add the rubbing alcohol to the artwork

Fill a disposable cup about halfway with rubbing alcohol. Then, fill a plastic dropper, with rubbing alcohol. Drop the alcohol onto the canvas. You can cover the entire piece of art or you can strategically add drops of alcohol to certain areas of the canvas. I ended up covering the entire canvas.

Then, you can hold the canvas over a garbage can, sink or bowl and let the excess alcohol run off. Don’t try to pat the canvas dry with a paper towel. That will cause the color from the marker to come off on the towel and ruin the artwork.

Outline original image with marker

If you’re happy with the way your artwork looks, then you’re done. However, I like to take a black permanent marker and outline the original image that you drew. This gives the artwork more detail and depth.

You’ll also want to consider the colors that you are combining. Since the colors run together, they could create browns, greens and purples. So keep that in mind. Overall, this sharpie and alcohol art was such a fun activity and ended up turning out so cute!

I want to know what you thought of this art activity. Leave your comments below! Thanks for reading!

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