Painting

Doodling ideas for kids

Doodled shamrock – Doodling fun for kids

My eight year old got interested into doodling after she did her first simple doodling project. As she wanted to doodle again, we made doodled shamrock.   Materials needed : (affiliation link) 1. Water color paper 2. Watercolor paint 3. Green Sharpie 4. Pencil Method :  My daughter  traced a shamrock with pencil. She drew three …

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Watercolor painting ideas for kids

Progressive watercolor technique heart

We had tried progressive watercolor technique earlier while doing Sun. We did not get the effect we were hoping for. I had done progressive watercolor technique at my school, but could not recreate. When I did a google search for progressive watercolor technique, I found progressive watercolor art tutorial from Grow Creative. Followed the tutorial …

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Kandinsky inspired heart painting

kandinsky inspired heart painting

Kandinsky is a well known Russian painter and artist. He is known for his work ” Farbstudie Quadrate” – Squares with concentric circles. I had created a matching activity earlier inspired by his work. Now we did painting – squares with concentric hearts as part of our Valentine’s day activities. Affiliation links are used Materials …

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Aluminium foil stained painting ideas

Aluminium foil stained glass painting

We had used Aluminium foil to create these beautiful flowers earlier. For the flowers, we had used tacky glue to create and raise the flowers. When my daughter asked me for aluminum foil art again,  I wanted to raise the design through some other way. When I started the project, I did not know how …

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Watercolor ideas for kids

Exploring watercolor techniques

One afternoon when my daughter asked for a project, I thought of doing a watercolor project as I had not  planned anything. Watercolor projects give satisfaction and do not require ample planning. But one painting led to another and in no time we started exploring various techniques. Affiliation links are used. Materials needed: 1.Watercolor paper …

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Watercolor painting ideas for kids

Sun – Progressive watercolor technique

Watercolor painting is very therapeutic. We tried painting a sun using the progressive technique of watercolor. Affiliation links are used. Materials needed :  1.Watercolor paper 2.Washable watercolor 3. Pencil 4. Compass to draw circles or circular objects to trace 5. Hair dryer Method: 1. Draw concentric circles. We did not have compass. So we used …

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