Watercolor Tips & Tricks
Watercolors can be a versatile paint to use in arts and crafts! Follow along as we show you several ways you can use watercolors in your art!
Wet-on-Wet: Wet parts of your paper using a large brush and water. When you add watercolor to the wet paper, the paint will start to spread on the paper. This is a good technique for painting large areas, like a sky, and especially a sunset. It is also a good technique to blend colors together. | |
Oil Pastel Resist: Use oil pastels to draw a design. Tip: make sure to color very dark and use bright colors, including white. Paint over the oil pastel drawing with watercolors. The oil pastel acts as a resist, so the watercolor will not stick in those areas. This is a great technique for underwater scenes. | |
Tape Resist: Use pieces of clear tape to create a design on card stock or watercolor paper. When you finish your design, paint your picture with the watercolors, painting right over the tape. As soon as you are finished painting, gently remove the tape. You should see a beautiful white design within your colors! | |
Bleeding Colors: Try painting with watercolor on a folded wet paper towel. The paper towel will absorb the paint and cause the colors to spread and bleed together. Paint designs, such as stripes, on the paper towel. Turn the paper towel over and repeat the designs on the other side. Unfold the paper towel and see what surprising and beautiful colors emerge! | |
Blending/Texture: Wet your paper and apply watercolor paint. Use uneven strokes and paint amounts in different areas to create waves and depth when painting water. . | |
Aging/Distressing: Use watercolors to create old looking, aged paper. Gently crumple a piece of paper into a ball. Unfold the paper to reveal lots of creases. Add water to the watercolor paint and paint the entire paper with brown paint and a large brush. Tip: Make sure the brown is light in color so it will show up darker in the creases for a unique, aged look, . |
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