art 31 - watercolor lines (elementary)
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WATERCOLOR LINESElementary
Materials
•Watercolor Paints
•Paint Brush (#3)
•Water Container
•Color Pencils
•White Paper (5” x 12”)
Step 1: Wavy Stripes
Start with black watercolor paint and create a wavy stripe going from one end of paper to other breaking the space in half.
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Begin to alternate through colors creating new wavy stripes across paper without overlapping each other.
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Continue to alternate between colors.
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As paper gets filled take time to let stripes dry before painting new stripes. This will help prevent smudging.
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Once paper is filled with at least 12 stripes and no more than 18 let dry.
Step 2: Color Pencil
Using color pencils begin to fill in white spaces alternating colors just as we did with paints.
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Colors may be repeated but make sure they are not in spaces that are touching each other.
Step 3: Frame and Finish
Use a piece of black construction paper to mount finished image on and hang on wall for showing.