My ten year old loves watercolor projects. She made up this easy watercolor idea and did from drawing till painting all by herself. We had already made a peacock with watercolor and white crayon for which I drew the peacock. She wanted to draw and made this beautiful painting with watercolor and marker.

Easy watercolor idea for kids

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Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Watercolor paper
Paint brush
Permanent black marker
Pencil
Eraser

Method :

My daughter had drawn the peacock the same way I did for the other peacock project. As I was not around when she was drawing, I had posted pictures from my drawing. Draw a mango shape for the body of the peacock.
Draw raindrops for the feathers. Add eyes, beak and crown.
Trace the drawing in permanent marker.
Paint the peacock in cool colors like blue, green and purple.
Paint the background with warm colors like red, orange and blue.
Crayon provides a separation and colors from background and picture do not bleed. But marker allows the colors to bleed. She was a little careful around the border area.

She was so proud of her painting. This peacock painting has given her a lot of confidence to try various cartoon characters in watercolor painting. What do you think about her painting?