Or stick your cut shapes onto a bigger sheet of paper to make a collage. Try tipping the paper a little when you add a new color to let the colors run together more.Įxperiment with different colors and shapes.Ĭut out the shapes and string them together to make summer bunting (you could even paint the back once the front is totally dry). Dryer paper and thicker paint will run less. Wet paper and wet mix will run together more. I then added my crimson and blue, then left the paint to dry.Ĭhange the amount of water on the heart or in your mixes. You can see that the orange and yellow run together when they touch. That’s part of the fun- but if you think it has run too much then let the paper dry a little bit more, and use a thicker mix of paint for your next color.
The more water you’ve used, the more it will run. When you paint your first color onto the heart, you will notice that it will run a little bit out of control. If you use lots of water in your mix then you will get a pastel shade when it dries. I made a thick mix of yellow, as the value will lighten a bit when I put it on the paper. You don’t want the paper to be runny but you do want it to be a little shiny. Get a little bit of clean water on a large brush and paint it over your heart. Of course, you don’t have to paint a heart! You can get creative, but keep your shape simple and choose something that is recognizable as a silhouette.
Start off by folding a piece of paper in half to make a card. That’s to keep my colors bright as they are going to mix on the paper- if I used yellow and purple next to each other then I’d probably get a muddy brown!Ĭhoose colors that already belong next to each other like yellow, green and blue, or look at your results in the fish mixing activity! You might notice that I’ve used colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel- yellow, orange and red. As summer is on its way I chose a heart in hot summer colors. Here I’ve used a wet-in-wet technique to make a card. Painting wet-in-wet is a little bit magical! It’s also slightly unpredictable- which is part of the fun!
I’ve taught watercolor to children from Grade 3- 8, and wanted to share some of my favorite activities for you to try with budding artists in your life (of any age)! Watercolor Projects For Kids: Wet-in-wet Summer Love Card
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Hi, I’m Andrea England, World Watercolor Month Artist Ambassador, back again with some fun watercolor projects for kids! These days I am a full time artist and sailor, but my other life is as a primary school teacher and art coordinator.
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