This project offers students a chance to practice either wet-on-wet or dry brush watercolor painting. I used both for my sample.
1. I had the students paint without the aid of a pencil outline. They began by painting the grass across the bottom of the sheet.
2. Students who preferred the wet-on-wet rainbow painted the red arc, then orange, yellow, green, blue and purple all just barely overlapping to let colors bleed a bit.
1. I had the students paint without the aid of a pencil outline. They began by painting the grass across the bottom of the sheet.
2. Students who preferred the wet-on-wet rainbow painted the red arc, then orange, yellow, green, blue and purple all just barely overlapping to let colors bleed a bit.
3. Students who opted for the dry brush rainbow painted every other arc, starting with red, a space, then yellow, a space, then blue. When dry, they filled in the spaces with orange and green and added the purple. This spacing allows the colors to dry a bit to avoid bleeding.
4. They finished the sky with a very watery blue.
Note: My favorite paint of the moment are Dick Blick Liquid Watercolors. The colors just are too vibrant for me to pass up.
4 comments:
Oh, I like this! The colors are lovely! I think I need to go to Dick Blick and get some liquid watercolors. How much do you mix in for the rainbow lines?
I love your site and often check here first! Thanks for your informative posts!
Thanks, I just watered down the paints about 25% or so.
Kathy,
The girls are gonna love this lesson. What girl doesn't like to make rainbows and then wish upon them? What exactly is dry brush and wet brush? Do you water the watercolors down for a reason or just to extend the life of it? I have DB watercolors and LOVE them because of their vibrancy.
BTW I found your blog through Dick Blick when I was getting my home school art order ready, and the rest is history.
Kristin
This looks great! I included a link on my blog here:
http://ourseasonsofjoy.com/weekend-round-up/weekend-round-up-10/
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