To provide an aggregate, coating material, and application method capable of producing an individual pattern and allowing even an amateur to perform an application with uniform thickness.

This coating material aggregate comprises a surface material fixed to the surface of a core material having a size of 0.5-1.5 mm with a water- soluble adhesive. This application method of coating material comprises pressing and applying the coating material obtained by mixing the aggregate with an aqueous coating material to a surface to be coated until the touch of the aggregate is transmitted to a trowel.