Hello.
Sooooooo today is $5 Friday and I do have a project to share.
However, it’s not the project I intended. Actually I have several $5 Friday projects that have been stacking up, just waiting to be photographed, which is where they are right now…stacked up and waiting to be photographed.
Elizabeth and I keep hinting that we have a lot going on behind the scenes right now. And I’m not just hinting anymore I am telling you: AGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! We have A LOT going on behind the scenes right now! A LOT and we are just running trying to keep up.
We do have some really great things in the works…new tutorials, projects, and some surprises…but for today, I am “bringing home” a project I shared over at KojoDesigns for her Color Your Summer Series.
It’s a tested, tried, and proven winner.
(I think Grace has made approximately 8,000 of these paintings.)
So get busy cloud watching while I get back to work!
Hey! It’s liZ, one of the two Elizabeth’s, from over at Simple Simon and Company and we are happy to be part of Color Your Summer AND to have my current favorite color, white, for the second year in a row!
Last year we shared a tutorial to draft your own girls drawstring pants so this year we decided to do something a little different and share a summer art project.
It’s simple. It’s easy. It’s fun. Oh, yea, and it’s white….mostly!
This is a project that you can do inside or outside. All you need is access to see the clouds in the sky, since this after all is going to be a painting of the clouds.
So, once you’ve found your cloud viewing location gather your supplies:
So, once you’ve found your cloud viewing location gather your supplies:
Now look at the clouds very carefully. Are they long and thin or fat and fluffy? Are there many clouds or just a few?
Next start to draw what you can see. Use a white crayon to draw the clouds on your white paper.
(It might be a little tricky—and silly if you’re 4—to see the crayon on the paper but you can do it!)
When drawing press hard…and remember not to just draw the outline of the clouds, color them in all white to!
After you have your clouds just the way you want them paint over the top of the entire page with the blue sky color of your choice.
(Just use regular, plain, old water colors…the kind you can get at the store for like $2.)
As you paint you will see something magic start to happen. The blue paint will cover you paper but won’t stick to your clouds…and within minutes all the clouds that you drew with your white crayon will magically appear!
And if you are 8, like my son is, you will be more interested in why the wax of the crayon will repel the water and that will lead to further experimentation. (Which will be fun to.)
And, of course, you will be more interested in drawing all the different types of clouds (see the cumulus cloud below) instead of what you actually observe in the sky. (Which is ok to—there is no “right way” in art…especially if you are a “scientist” and not an “artist”.)
However, if you are 4 you won’t care about any of that.
You will do your best to draw the clouds how you see them and then just be amazed when you paint the sky on top of them.
It’s fun. It’s easy. It’s entertaining. It’s white. And it’s almost educational!
Who could ask for anything more?
(And…in a few months when the snow is falling you can do it all over again…just change the clouds to be snowflakes or snowmen and you’ve got a brand new project to keep everyone happy on a stormy day!)
Thanks for inviting us over to play today Kojo!
(And if you want to see another simple art project just head over to Simple Simon and Company to see what we’ve got going on today.)
-liZ***You can find the other simple art project I was talking about here: Tape Trees, A Tutorial ***
Hope things slow down for you two. If you get the chance you should do a little for yourself.
Love this project! Thank you for sharing!
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