watercolor floral dress

I love using mixed media techniques and applying them to clothing and wearables! One of my favorite ways to alter a plain white dress is adding messy and colorful watercolor inspired flowers. It is a fast and easy way to turn your fashion into something totally unique.

I started with a plain white chiffon dress. This is one that I found at a local boutique but you could use just about any white dress.

I used my favorite textile paint from Jaquard HERE They are very fluid, they are super versatile and can even watered down to mimic watercolors.

I started by spraying down the surface of my dress with water. I wanted a really messy and loose effect and wetting down that surface will cause that color to blend and blend.

I grabbed a variety of brushes and got busy painting!

I used the same techniques I used when I am paining watercolor flowers on paper and because that surface was damp, that color bleeds and blends looks like watercolors.

I continued adding flowers in very simple and loose shapes.

Anywhere I wanted that color to blend and bleed more, I sprayed with a little water.

I continued to paint those flowers- some simple and then some with more defined and darker brushstrokes.

I wanted a little bit of a "grungy feel" to my flowers so I splattered and dripped color over the top of those flowers.

Once everything dried, I heat set the paint according to the directions.

I kept all that color at the bottom of the dress. The result is a really colorful, messy and totally unique dress!