Summer Zoom Painting- Salt Geode

Hello again!

Whether you missed and want to see what we did, or are just here to review, I hope you enjoy your time today.

Small Skill Start-

Today we talked about the two main types of watercolor painting. 

Wet on wet- where you either lay down color and add color on top of it or lay down water and add color to the wet paper. This is what creates a lot of movement in watercolor paintings, but you don’t always have a lot of control of where the paint goes. 

Wet on dry- when you want a sharp outline or your paint to stay where you put it, you do not wet the paper first. If you are painting in layers, you allow them to completely dry before painting on top. 

Painting together-

Today we painted a salt geode. If you missed, want to paint again, or need to watch for other reasons, click the link. These are ours. 

Our verses for today were 

Luke 19:40 the stones will cry out 

Job 12:8 and 10 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?

Much like Psalm 19:1 states the heavens declare the glory of God, the Earth displays His wonders for us to behold and glorify Him in. 

At home practice-

Your super secret squirrel mission this week, should you choose to accept it, is to practice wet on wet techniques. This can be done very simply with just painting a circle, then paining another one touching it, then painting another one next to it, also touching, maybe paint a circle with just water... Wet on wet circles are enjoyable, easy, and let you watch how paint reacts to itself and water. when it’s dry, it makes a great backdrop for lettering or ink drawing. 

I hope your kids enjoyed themselves today and were starting to get the hang of painting together! This is a learning curve for all of us and I appreciate your patience.