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.