Watercolors
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Paint The Kotel In Rainbow Colors For The 17th Of Tammuz !
I have pulled this post from the archives, as it is truly a perfect one. Today is the 17th of Tammuz, a solemn fast day on the Jewish calender which marks the beginning of a three week period of mourning for the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash, (The Holy Temple/King Soloman’s Temple.) So with the…
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Simply Lovely Watercolor Fern Paintings For Mastering Brush Control
Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish holiday that celebrates the New Year for the trees starts tonight, and if you have 30 minutes or so you can still whip up some gorgeous watercolor leaf paintings and learn about practicing your brush strokes a win win crafting experience! While I have yet to actually put in the time…
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How To Paint Loose Watercolor Florals
I just love all the watercolor floral patterns that are everywhere these days, on stationary, on fabric, you name it. And so of course, I am dreaming of creating my own lovely patterns, but first I have to learn how to paint, so don’t anyone hold their breath! Okay, I’m not starting from scratch exactly…
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How To Paint Red Poppies With Watercolors
After the holiday rush I decided that it was truly time to start dedicating some time to learning some new artsy skills, which really doesn’t have to take a whole lot of time or money courtesy of skillshare, which I am happy to say is truly an amazing site with sooooo many great things to learn.…
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Watercolor Still Life Fruit Exercise Is Great For All Ages!
My fourteen year old daughter is once again taking painting lessons, this time with a teacher who learned painting as a trade in Russia, so the lessons are precise and skill oriented, which can be a good thing, though not exactly how art is taught in the USA generally. Nonetheless since we are seeing great…
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Giant Watercolor Lollipop Costume Prop Or Party Centerpiece
Need a giant lollipop for a costume or maybe a whole bunch to use as centerpieces for a birthday party or even a bat mitzvah? I just made this one for my daughter to use as a prop in a play that was part of her graduation from 8th grade ceremony, and it looks even…
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Simple Mediterranean Harvest Watercolor Paintings For All Ages
With all the pumpkin crafts and fall harvest related themes floating around the web right now (and of course posted on Craft Schooling Sunday), I thought I’d share some Mediterranean harvest watercolor paintings as an alternative to all the orange pumpkins and colored fall leaves crafts which only really apply to a relatively small portion…
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Paint A Fun Watercolor Chameleon Wall Hanging For Your Child’s Room!
After we painted watercolor strawberries and watercolor apples and pomegranates, I am still loving the idea of using watercolors in so many fun ways, so I thought I’d paint something fun for my twelve year old son’s room, as he just got his own room for the first time ever! Now that I’ve made this…
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Watercolor Apples In Rainbow Colors For Rosh HaShana Cards!
Once you start painting with watercolors, it is hard to stop, so I thought I’d practice trying to paint loosely with this idea for a sweet card for Rosh HaShana — tiny watercolors in rainbow colors do look cute, and you certainly don’t have to be perfect, in fact the less perfect the better, I’m…
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Watercolor Fruit Portraits Are So Much Fun To Paint!
Isn’t this watercolor strawberry portrait just the greatest? While I though at the time that she wasn’t really putting her mind to this little painting session, in the end her unstudied strawberry turned out to be the best of all. Isn’t it great when your kids out do you? You’ll Need: watercolor paper watercolors, palette…
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Doodle With Water Colors And Make Some Gorgeous Gift Wrap!
As promised, here is at least one great idea for using those sheets of water color patterns you and/or the kids have created — watercolor gift wrap! I grabbed a sheet that I had painted to quickly wrap a little handmade gift, and just fell in love with the results! I didn’t really have time…
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Cold Winter Day Crafting Idea: Get Out The Watercolors!
What should you do when the kids are home for the second snow day in a row and there is no snow? Television and video games are not an option around here, so we’ll just have to get crafting! (But you knew that of course.) And one of the simplest things to do that almost…