Objective
By the end of this lesson, you will learn basic watercolor painting techniques and create your own beautiful watercolor artwork.
Materials and Prep
Materials needed:
- Watercolor paint set
- Watercolor paper
- Paintbrushes
- Cup of water
- Paper towels
Prepare a workspace with a protective cover and have all materials easily accessible.
Activities
- Color Mixing: Experiment with mixing different colors on a palette to create new colors.
- Wet-on-Wet Technique: Wet the paper with a brush and then apply paint to see how colors blend beautifully.
- Resist Technique: Use a white crayon to draw a design on the paper before painting over it to see the design resist the paint.
Talking Points
- Quotation: "Watercolor paint is like magic! It's transparent, so we can see through it a little bit." - Explain that watercolor is different from other paints.
- Quotation: "Mixing colors is like making a recipe. We can mix blue and yellow to make green!" - Introduce the concept of color mixing.
- Quotation: "When we paint on wet paper, the colors dance together and create beautiful patterns." - Explain the wet-on-wet technique.
- Quotation: "The resist technique is like a secret message. The white crayon keeps the paper safe from the paint!" - Introduce the resist technique.