Glitter Glue Resist Background Technique
- Heather McClelland
- Nov 26, 2019
- 1 min read
Updated: Nov 17, 2023
Who doesn’t love glitter glue?
I do! I do!
And most of us have at least a few dollar store tubes in our stash of craft supplies.
Most of us have watercolors too.
And that’s all you need for this fun and easy background technique.

Materials: (unless you missed it)
Step 1:
Use your glitter glue to make squiggles - or whatever design you like and let dry.

Step 2:
Add watercolor over the glitter glue:



Let it dry and you have a new background technique!

It will be fun to add as your first layer in your art journals or other mixed media work.
I used it to make an artist trading card:

I used to go to Michaels all the time and buy their glitter glue for $1. But since I lost those supplies in the forest fire last year, I’ve bought some Elmer's tubes and like them a lot.
Who can tell me how long they last?
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