Winter Sky Tree Watercolor Salt Technique
Explore the creative process of using salt to create textured watercolor effects in a winter-themed art project featuring trees, skies, and implied textures. This step-by-step guide includes materials needed, techniques for merging colors with salt, and tips for enhancing the artwork.
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WINTER SKY & TREE WATER COLOR SALT TECHNIQUE GRADE 4&5 RAJEE SUBRAMANIAN DECEMBER 2022 QUAIL RUN ELEMENTARY
MATERIALS White multimedia paper 9x12 Water colors ( Tablet ones or the liquid concentrate) If you are using the liquid concentrate use only 5 drops for every ounce of water premix in the deep paint palette Thick brush Water cup to wash in between colors Crayons from classroom Sharpie from classroom Salt in a small cups Pencil and eraser from classroom
SALT OVER THE WATER COLOR TECHNIQUE IMPLIED TEXTURE Sprinkling salt on top of watercolor creates cool watercolor textures! Sprinkling it over darker colors brings out more contrast Fine salt makes finer texture Coarse salt makes larger texture
Draw the tree trunk and branches with pencil. Draw the overlapping mountains 3 Mountains are optional Trace the tree with sharpie and color the tree with sharpie Write your name with sharpie Add a moon with crayon Add the swirls, snowflakes with crayon (Optional) Remind the students that the trunk is thicker and the branches gradually becomes thin.
Using a thick brush, apply water, all over the area around the snowman. Saturate it heavily with water. Load the water color on the THICK BRUSH and apply on the the water ed area. It should be very wet through out.
TRY TO SLIGHTLY MERGE TRY TO SLIGHTLY MERGE DIFFERENT COLOR WATER DIFFERENT COLOR WATER COLORS BUT NOT MIX IT COLORS BUT NOT MIX IT The salt will absorb the ware color and once it dries it will create implied textures, that almost looks like snow. Sprinkle a few pinches of salt over the watered area and leave it undisturbed. Please wash your brush between colors. Once the art work dries you can gently scratch off the excess salt from the art.
