Week 12- Watercolor Winter Scene (+salt)
Our last project focused on making adorable little snowmen out of socks! To view it click here.
Category: Winter
What you will need:
-multi purpose paper (you want something with a little texture to soak up the watercolors)
-blue watercolors
-masking/painters tape
-salt
-brushes (we used the cheap foam brushes, easy to buy in bulk and various sizes)
-black marker
Time: 30 minutes. This is a very simple project. It took me 15 minutes to create an example. Time will depend on your group's level. I also taught this same lesson to a a group of over 20 kids (all around 9-11), and it took an hour.
Preparation:
- I drew 5 lines to mark for the kids where they would place the tape (1).
- I taped the papers to the newspapers. If you have a smooth surface it's helpful to tape directly to the table. However I didn't want to take the chances of our nice tablecloth getting stained with blue paint (2). ;) The tape around the edge will keep the paper from slipping and give the finished produce a clean, professional border.
- They got to put their own tape. I gave each kid one piece at a time.
- Lay down a quick coat of water.
- Brush on the blue. I gave some of them dark blue, other light blue for variety. This part you need to do quickly, you don't want it to dry out (3).
- Sprinkle the salt on!
- Rub off the salt when it's dry, then you can peel the tape forming the trees (you can use a hairdryer to speed up the drying process)
- Use a black marker to draw in the lines on the trees. Point out and demonstrate how you can make your lines go from side to side, thick and thin.
- Peel off the tape and you're done (4)!
In the fourth picture there are branches. This is if you want to be more detailed with the project. I cut smaller pieces of tape at an angle and taped them in.
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| The Finished Pieces! |
Related Posts:
-Week 8- Van Gogh's Fields
-Week 7- Monet's Bridge
(logging 1 1/2 hour for prep and execution)
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