Nest of Pleasant Thoughts: Painting

Friday, June 20, 2008

Watercolor Lesson #2

The kids and I are having so much fun using the Hearts & Trees watercolor technique lessons. They have literally begged me everyday to paint and we have almost used up all of our paper and paint! Thomas now considers himself to be a budding "artist", especially when he is asked to sweep the kitchen floor or wipe off the kitchen table and then he can't because "he's an artist"!

This lesson we practiced making wavy lines and leaving white spaces between. We all accomplished this task tolerably well and enjoyed choosing different color combinations.

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Emily showing off her finished product.

William watching and wanting to join in.

Me hard at work....this take some concentrating.
(Alissa took this pic)

Alissa multitasking...eating and painting.

Thomas working away.

Emily in the "zone".

This is the color Tom's water turned.

Alissa was using different colors than Tom so their cups of water are quite a bit different.

Emily's finished piece.

Alissa's finished white line painting.

Tom's finished work of art.

My white line painting.

A piece that Tom painted free-hand after our "lesson" was done.

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Monday, June 9, 2008

Watercolor Lessons

Thanks to Amanda at Hearts & Trees the kids and I are learning watercolor painting techniques. This afternoon after quiet time we all sat down to try out Lesson #1 for ourselves.

I was blessed to snag several pads of "rough" texture watercolor paper at Hobby Lobby on sale for $1.79 from $4.99 and then picked up a nice set of paints for myself and several nicer brushes for the kids to use. I think I will grab a couple nicer sets for the kids so that they can reap better results next time we sit down to paint.

Alissa, Thomas and Emily shared a set of paints on the table and did their best to follow my instructions and then enjoyed experimenting on their own.