2nd grade watercolor art lessons

Find your next simple watercolor painting idea that all kids will love. This list of watercolor projects is perfect for beginners!

This beautiful watercolor butterfly painting combines oil pastels and watercolors. Kids will learn easy watercolor techniques to create this wow-worthy art!

2nd Grade Art Lessons – Art with Mrs Filmore

These Folk Art Trees created with wintery colors is a quick and easy art project to do when days are cold and short. Packed with art standards, this 60-minute project teaches line, pattern, shape and watercolor techniques. https://d3ndagut9sanks.cloudfront.net/2022-D/VID-DSS/1+Winter+Trees+Drawing+V2+edited.mp4 WHAT YOU’LL NEED:– Watercolor paper or regular all-purpose paper– Black Sharpie (or waterproof) marker– Medium paintbrush– Liquid

Morris Island Lighthouse collage

Last week, 2nd grade started this beautiful and colorful, wintry picture inspired by the blog, Deep Space Sparkle! . This project was originally inspired by the book, Snowballs, by Lois Ehlert. She's an artist, auther, and illustrator, who has written many books! Look her up, when you get a chance! Here's how we created our own! Materials: Oil Pastels Watercolor paint cardboard black tempera paint Construction paper 90lb paper Day 1: I showed them Lois Ehlert's books, and we read her book…

2nd Grade - crayon resist - cool/warm http://createartwithme.com/2013/01/03/warm-cool-colors-handprint-pattern-watercolor-crayon-resist-painting/

This is a lesson that I first tried last year with my 3rd graders. This year's paintings looks great! Only difference is instead of having them draw narrow 'X's and then adding a third line across, I had them start with hexagon stencils to mark out the corners, then connect the dots. If you're looking for a complete version of this lesson with teacher directions, student directions, a PowerPoint, templates, and video - check out my store! Also available in my Teachers Pay Teachers store!