Watercolors

Watercolor with Markers

◦Supplies you will need:◦Washable Markers◦Watercolor Paper or Card Stock◦Paintbrush◦Water

Step 1 ◦ Draw a picture

with markers.

◦ Make sure to use the texture side of the paper to ensure the paper grips the paint better.

Step 2◦ Dip the paintbrush

into the water and paint over the picture that was drawn in marker.

◦ Make sure you blend slowly, or you will have a black/brown mess.

Watercolor Using Brush Pens◦Supplies you will need:

◦Thick Watercolor Paper◦Brush Pens◦Water◦Blending Palette◦Paintbrush

Helpful Tips

◦ Be flexible, don’t try to make the painting perfect or control it too much. Let the paint and water flow.

◦ Use more than one color or shade to let the picture really pop.

◦ If you want a waterier look scribble some ink onto your palette and use a wet paintbrush to put the ink onto the paper. However if you want a more vibrant and saturated look then draw directly on the watercolor paper with your pens and then go back over it with the wet paint brush.

Tape Resist Watercolor Painting

◦Supplies you will need:◦Paper (watercolor paper

holds up better)◦Tape (painter’s tape is

easier to peal off)◦Watercolor Paints◦Paintbrush

Step 1

◦Place the tape onto the paper. You can place the tape in any design you want. Remember the paper underneath the tape will remain white.

Step 2

◦When your tape is in place then start painting the white areas. Once you have finished painting, let the paint dry.

Step 3

◦When the paint has dried, you can begin removing your tape carefully. Once the tape is removed admire your masterpiece.

Crayon Resist Watercolor

◦ Supplies you will need:

◦ White Crayons◦ Watercolor Paints◦ Water◦ Paper◦ Paintbrush

Step 1◦Draw any picture using a white crayon.

Step 2

◦Paint over your drawing with the watercolor paints. The more water you use the better. Using a lot of water ensures that the paints blend, and the crayons resist the paint.

Watercolor Using Plastic Wrap

◦Supplies you will need:◦Watercolor Paper◦Wash Brush◦Plastic Food Wrap

Step 1

◦Paint any shape onto your paper. In the example used, they painted a square.

Step 2◦ Next, grab some

plastic food wrap. Lay it over the painting and make sure it covers the whole painting.

Step 3

◦Finally, have fun with the plastic food wrap and get creative making different patterns and designs.

◦After, the plastic wrap is placed where you want it then set it aside to dry.

Watercolor Using Salt Technique

◦Supplies you will need:◦Watercolor Paper◦Watercolor Paint◦Paintbrush◦Salt

Table Salt Kosher Salt Sea Salt

Instructions◦ 1- Paint the paper where the salt will be

put.

◦ 2- Allow this part of the painting to dry as little or as much as you want but not completely. The salt will create different patterns depending on how dry the painting is.

◦ 3- Sprinkle salt in areas of the painting you want.

◦ 4- Let the picture dry completely.

◦ 5- Carefully brush the salt away.

◦ 6- Continue painting the rest of the paper where you do not want salt.

Watercolor with Salt and Glue

◦Supplies you will need:◦Watercolor Paper◦Watercolor Paints◦Paintbrushes◦Salt◦Liquid Glue◦Circle Punch (Optional)

Step 1◦Drizzle some glue over the watercolor paper. Allow the glue to dry over night.

Step 2◦ Paint over the

dried glue with the watercolor paints. While the painting is still wet sprinkle some salt on sections of the picture.

◦ Once the salt has dried, carefully remove it by using a cloth or dry sponge.

Step 3 (Optional)◦Use a circle

punch to cut out circles. These circles can be used as decorations or used as part of another art project.

Wildflowers Watercolor

◦ Supplies you will need:◦ Watercolor Paper◦ Watercolor Paints◦ Paintbrushes◦ Black Pen (waterproof ink)

Step 1

◦Wet your paper by brushing water over the entire piece of paper.

◦Wait a couple of minutes and then paint your grass anyway you would like.

Step 2

◦ Check to ensure the paper is still wet. If not, rewet the top half of the picture and make sure you do not get the grass at the bottom wet.

◦ Then, put paint onto your paintbrush and touch the paper to the paint. The water will help spread the paint by itself. Get creative with this and make different size and color dots.

◦ You can also take your paint brush and flick paint onto the picture using your index finger if you would like.

Step 3◦Let the paint dry completely.

◦After, the paint is dry draw your flowers over the paint.

Resources

◦ https://www.giftofcuriosity.com/tape-resist-watercolor-painting/

◦ https://www.scratchmadejournal.com/blog/painting-with-salt-watercolor-tutorial

◦ https://artfulparent.com/watercolor-with-markers-with-video/

◦ https://watercolorpainting.com/plasticwrap/

◦ https://artclubblog.com/2013/02/05/watercolour-painting-with-salt-and-glue/

◦ http://craftandactivities4elderly.blogspot.com/2011/09/painting-wild-flowers-with-wet.html?m=1

◦ https://www.howweelearn.com/winter-art-activity/

◦ https://www.brownpaperbunny.com/blog/how-to-create-watercolor-flowers-with-markers

◦ http://www.houseofwatercolor.com/salt