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Looking for some Valentines painting ideas? This watercolor and crayon resist project might be just what you need. Crayons and watercolors always make a beautiful combination.
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An easy watercolor resist Heart Painting
Some of my favorite Valentines painting ideas are inspired by usual combination of art supplies. The end result may look rather complex, but the process is rather simple. It’s all about layering colors, and using rubber cement to work along side the crayons to resist some of the paint.
To start, I recommend using watercolor paper. I know it’s more expensive, but if there’s only one thing your can spend your money with a classroom budget, that would be my recommendation. The reason why my sample drawing has such bright colors, and all that splotchy texture, is because it’s on watercolor paper.
Getting Started
To get to the heart coloring stage, you have a choice of printing my template on watercolor paper, or having students draw their own. Back in my classroom days though, I found that students could get hung up on drawing even one “perfect” heart, let alone six of them. I decided speeding up the process by pre-printing them was worth it. After all, this lesson is about coloring and painting, not so much about drawing.
When coloring the hearts, crayons work well, as do oil pastels too. Ask your students to make each as dark and multi-colored as possible. Afterwards, the entire paper gets a quick watercolor wash. I recommend choosing a lighter color so the final painting doesn’t get too dark. The painting needs to draw completely at this point.
The next step, which isn’t photographed because I did this so long ago, is to take a jar of rubber cement, and paint one large swish or z-shape across it. The rubber cement is going to act as a sealer for that bottom color, and needs to dry completely too.
When that cement is dry, a second layer of watercolor is brushed over the whole paper. Again, let the painting dry.
Finally, my favorite part, rubbing off the cement. It should should come off easily when rubbed with fingers. Good watercolor paper will be thick and sturdy and make this process easier too.
One lesson that I believe Valentines painting ideas can teach? That adding layers of color to your art can do magical things!
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Watercolor Paper.
Real watercolor paper always makes the watercolor paint much more vibrant.
Pencil.
The Ticonderoga brand are the most reliable, make nice dark lines when you need them, and are the easiest to erase.
Eraser.
Large erasers you can hold in your hand do a much better job than just the pencil tip erasers, especially when erasing leftover pencil lines after tracing.
Crayola Crayons.
This classic brand always works well.
Rounded Watercolor Brush.
A good paint brush can make all the difference in the world. Who can paint small details with one of those big floppy brushes? This style with a sturdy rounded tip were my hands down favorite.
Liquid Watercolor Paint.
These paints are so easy to work with, leave such bright colors and last for a long, long time. Well worth the investment.
Non-Spill Paint Cup.
Train your students to leave the matching brush in each cup after they use it, and you have an easy system with very little cleanup.
Directions for a Valentine Painting
Time needed:1 hour
How to make a Valentine’s Day heart painting
Print a template of 6 hearts, or make your own.
Color all the hearts with crayons. Press very hard.
Wash a light watercolor paint over the entire paper. When dry brush a large Z shape with rubber cement. Let dry.
Wash another color of watercolor paint over the paper. When dry, rub off the rubber cement with fingers to reveal color underneath.
1. Watercolor Resist with Crayons and Oil Pastels. This is the technique that we use the most often, because it's the easiest, quickest, and most adaptable. Simply draw on paper with crayons or oil pastels, and then paint over with watercolors and watch as the paint resists the wax!
You can create beautiful effects by building up layers of colour and overlapping translucent layers of paint for a luminous look. Watercolors don't need to be subtle – these days vibrant colours are available, allowing you to create eye-catching watercolour paintings.
Watercolor Painting. In its wider sense, refers to all pigments mixed with water rather than with oil and also to the paintings produced by this process; it includes fresco and tempera as well as aquarelle, the process now commonly meant by the generic term. Oil Painting.
Start by cutting out a large paper heart that fits in the center of your card stock or watercolor paper. Use a few pieces of tape to secure it the paper. Set out a few different washable paint colors and have your little one use their fingers to make finger prints or just paint around the taped heart shape.
Using a clear medium, tape, or other item, the artist covers portions of a surface with a "resist" layer to shape invisible designs, patterns, and other things. The artist then paints over the covered areas with a colored layer. The color adheres to the surrounding surface, letting the resist layer show through.
There are two fundamental techniques in watercolor painting. You can't escape them… they are: Wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry. Together, these techniques form a golden rule that is unique to watercolors, and highlights the broad range of possibilities in watercolor painting.
Use one or more strong – or more staining colors in your mix: If I want to create a wonderful rich dark color I often use Phthalo Blue and Anthrquinoid Red and Phthalo Green. The red and blue are strong staining colors. The green is extremely brilliant and this brilliance brings a great strength to the mix.
Achieving glowing colors in watercolor is all about contrast, which can be accomplished by combining warm and cool colors, paying attention to value, and reserving detail for the light areas of your painting.
A good watercolour painting embodies vibrant colours, luminosity, and translucency. A watercolour artist must master these three important traits in order to create beautiful watercolour paintings that are better than average.
When you use watercolour, you are able to create stunning artworks that possess a unique, ethereal quality. Watercolour paintings can be subtle, soft and beautiful or bold and vibrant, depending on the application of paint. It is the medium of light and it never fails to surprise!
The advantages of watercolour include it's vibrant and translucent nature, quick drying time, simple set up and clean up process, affordability, and versatility to be used in mixed media artwork. And these are just the highlights!
Introduction: My name is Saturnina Altenwerth DVM, I am a witty, perfect, combative, beautiful, determined, fancy, determined person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.
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