Crayon Resist activities are always fun and when you add rainbows to the mix that even adds more enjoyment for kids. This is always a magical activity for kids, and why not think about pairing it up with St. Patrick's Day or Spring Weather activities?
Materials Needed:
Crayons (white always works best!)
Watercolors in rainbow colors
Paint brushes
White paper
First, draw with crayons with firm pressure onto white paper. White crayons always look coolest! Then paint with rainbow watercolors over the crayon drawings. SO simple an Magical every time!
I always enjoy this activity and my daughter does too!
What a great little project this was. I just started painting our shells with watercolors from our beach vacation and C joined right in. Many times it has to be "her idea" to make something so I was thrilled she painted alongside me. She even wanted to paint more later.
Painting in progress...
Some painted shells...even the paper underneath is a work of art!
What have you done with sea shells from beach vacations?
Have you ever tried Liquid Watercolors? Lately we have been painting and exploring with liquid watercolors that Discount School Supply sent us. Liquid watercolors are one of my "must have supplies" and you should seriously try them if you never have before. They can be used straight from the bottle for the brightest colors or you can dilute them a bit with water. Regular watercolor paints can be frustrating to young children and liquid watercolors solve this problem by having water already added to the pigment.
For painting and exploring with Liquid Watercolors we used:
For exploration we painted watercolor paper with many splotches of colors. We tried to keep it wet.
Then we sprinkled ordinary table salt which brought gorgeous results instantly. We also added pieces of bubble wrap to place on top of wet areas of the painting. The bubble wrap areas needed to dry a bit to show the impressions underneath.
Here you can see the speckled salt that melted into the painting and the bubble wrap impression on the blue paint on the left. Breathtaking.
Here is another fantastic painting with salt and bubble wrap. Experimenting is so fun!
What other ideas for experimenting with liquid watercolors could we try?
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I'm a greeting card collector. I love browsing the aisles of greeting cards and over the years I have found many favorite greeting card artists that I LOVE. My most favorite is artist: Masha Dyans. We used one of her card designs as inspiration to create watercolor birthday cake cards. I love her designs. They are simple, unique and whimsical. Who wouldn't be inspired by this delicious rainbow birthday cake?
Here is a collection of some of our birthday designs we did in Masha Dyan's style. We used watercolor paints and folded card stock to create the cards (you could use any type of paper). Before we began, I explained to my daughter that an artist designed these cards just like we did when we were drawing owls. We often have this discussion and she always asks me if an artist designed something.
This is my favorite one by C. I love the expression and movement in her beautiful birthday cake.
Here is one of mine. I like mine, but feel I need to put a little more life in it as compared to C's card above. Children always have more expression in their art work and that is why I love children's art!
Here is just a sampling of Masha Dyan's work that I have collected. Isn't it FABULOUS? If you want to check more of her work out go to her site here. She has a facebook fan page too here. Besides greeting cards Masha also does home decor and apparel.
Most recently I found out Masha has done a children's book too called: Razzle-Dazzle Ruby. Here is a video preview of it and I can't wait to see it in person!
Happy Birthday to all my friends and family with birthdays coming up! (You might just receive on of these cards.) The more I look at Masha Dyan's work I am inspired.
This was a guest post over at Moms by heart and I just wanted to repost it for those who didn't get a chance to see it! Cassie loved this Salty Watercolor Painting when she was a young 3 year old and still loves it each time we revisit this process! All you need for this activity is salt, white glue, watercolors, brush, and stiff cardboard or matte board. (a piece of cereal box would work too!)
First, draw an image with glue on cardboard. We used a scrap of matte board. Cassie chose to draw a person and my image was more Abstract.
Next, sprinkle salt over the wet glue drawing and coat all of the glue. It helped to use a spoon to cover the whole drawing.
After the drawing is covered in salt, gently shake off the salt or tap the edge of the cardboard on your table covered with newspaper. It will look like a sparkly "raised" drawing at first! ***Note: The glue does not need to be dry! The next step can be done immediately!
The fun part comes next, take a paintbrush dipped in water and mix it into one section of watercolor paint and gently touch the tip of the brush to any part of the salty drawing. The watercolors slowly seep into the salt drawing. SO COOL to watch this magic happen!
Keep adding different colors and wash brush between colors. Lovely!
Here is Mom's more Abstract Salty Watercolor Painting on black matte board.
We definitely both had FUN!
Be sure to check out my post on Glue Printing here.
Thanks to The Artful Parent Blog we created these spectacular coffee filter watercolor snowflakes! My daughter Cassie wanted to create these every day for the past few days! Cut out hearts from coffee filters, refold to create snowflakes, and then watercolor! So simple and so fun! I think Mom enjoyed it just as much!
. Here is a video preview of it and I can't wait to see it in person!
