This weekend I was inspired by 1 of the prompts in our February Creativity Challenge guide, properly named Friendship and centered all around appreciate, kindness, and link. The prompt is a straightforward invitation with watercolors and pastels, and the possibilities are endless.
These hearts are channeling a minor Jim Dine, who explored relationships of color, texture and composition through the coronary heart shape.
Provides for Watercolor and Pastel Valentines:
~ Watercolor paper (I stock 90lb 18 X 24 paper that I can minimize down when desired)
~ Pencil
~ Watercolors (any form will operate, I made use of acryla-guache paints that are in tubes but you can use regular palette watercolors)
~ Paint brush and glass of h2o
How to make Watercolor and Pastel Valentines:
1. Lower your paper down if you need to. I had major sheets that I measured out and tore employing a significant ruler. My remaining measurement is about 4 X 5 inches.
2. Sketch a coronary heart on just about every card with a pencil.
3. Paint your hearts. I performed close to with employing shades in the exact same family (blue/green, pink/pink, pink/orang) and also contrasting colours (yellow/purple, red/eco-friendly).
4. When they are dry (you could want to bend them to flatten, they can curl when drying) use chalk pastels on top to emphasize and brighten components of the coronary heart and history. I appreciated working with highlights and then darker shades to make the hearts truly feel 3-dimentional.
This watercolor + chalk pastel notion can be even more open up-ended for youthful young children. Just established out bigger paper with the watercolors and enable them paint whatsoever they pick. Then carry out the chalk pastels when dry and enable them take a look at including much more colour on top rated.
xo Bar
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Did you like this article? Listed here are much more do-it-yourself Valentine ideas:
Cereal Box Cardboard Hearts
Very simple Watercolor Hearts
Valentines for the Course