This weekend I was impressed by just one of the prompts in our February Creative imagination Job guidebook, correctly named Friendship and centered about enjoy, kindness, and connection. The prompt is a simple invitation with watercolors and pastels, and the prospects are countless.
These hearts are channeling a tiny Jim Dine, who explored relationships of colour, texture and composition by way of the heart form.
Provides for Watercolor and Pastel Valentines:
~ Watercolor paper (I inventory 90lb 18 X 24 paper that I can minimize down when required)
~ Pencil
~ Watercolors (any variety will perform, I used acryla-guache paints that are in tubes but you can use typical palette watercolors)
~ Paint brush and glass of water
How to make Watercolor and Pastel Valentines:
1. Slash your paper down if you need to. I had significant sheets that I calculated out and tore making use of a huge ruler. My last sizing is about 4 X 5 inches.
2. Sketch a coronary heart on each individual card with a pencil.
3. Paint your hearts. I performed around with using colors in the very same loved ones (blue/environmentally friendly, pink/purple, purple/orang) and also contrasting shades (yellow/purple, purple/eco-friendly).
4. When they are dry (you may need to bend them to flatten, they can curl when drying) use chalk pastels on top rated to highlight and brighten components of the coronary heart and history. I favored applying highlights and then darker shades to make the hearts feel 3-dimentional.
This watercolor + chalk pastel notion can be even a lot more open up-finished for youthful small children. Just established out even bigger paper with the watercolors and permit them paint whatsoever they opt for. Then deliver out the chalk pastels when dry and let them discover adding a lot more coloration on best.
xo Bar
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Did you like this put up? Right here are a lot more homemade Valentine strategies:
Cereal Box Cardboard Hearts
Uncomplicated Watercolor Hearts
Valentines for the Course
