I've been a big slacker when it comes to art. Weird considering it's one of my favorite things. Well we had art day today. We did one of my favorite simple art projects, crayons and watercolor.
I used this picture as a cover to my recipe binder.
First you create a scene in crayon. Color firmly, it makes a better picture. I did an cool underwater scene way back when I was little. A#3 and A#2 did a combo underwater/outspace scene and A#1 of course drew a computer. A#4 tried to eat a crayon. By the way, white crayon is super fun. The picture appears in the second step.
In case you can't tell, this is a picture of a meteor hitting the ocean killing lots of fish. Boys.
Once your crayon scene is complete, choose a background watercolor and paint the whole page over the crayon. Let dry and display.
A#3 didn't quite get the whole "paint the whole page" thing. Oh well, it's his art.
A#2 got distracted and didn't finish painting.
A#1 got the idea :-)
And here is mine.
We'll start the bidding at $100. Any takers?
After u make a pic with crayon, what do u do with the paint?
Posted by: nicole | 02/25/2011 at 04:22 PM
Just paint over the whole page with watercolor, thats it!
Posted by: Melanie Hoffman | 02/25/2011 at 04:28 PM
I used to love doing this as a kid! Have you ever made pictures out of shaving cream and glue (mixture). It dries and you can create "snow" with it and you could probably color it to create whatever else you want.
Posted by: alyssa | 02/25/2011 at 05:23 PM
Oh I loved doing that! I forgot about that. Ill have to see if we have shaving cream.
Posted by: Melanie Hoffman | 02/25/2011 at 05:46 PM