What shall I paint in Watercolour?

10 Simple Watercolor Painting Ideas to Get You Started Flowers. Public Parks. The Beach. Animals. The Lake or Stream. Nightlife. Houses. Downtown. More items...

What are the best watercolor paint colors for beginners?

Start with the primary colours – yellow, red and blue . I recommend getting a warm yellow like cadmium yellow or yellow ochre, as well as a cool hue like lemon yellow. Add the secondary colours next – green, purple and orange. Add a brown and black for darkening your mixes and you've got the makings of a simple palette.

What part of a watercolor picture do you paint first?

In general, if you want the background color to show through and become part of the subject, then paint the wash first . If you want to keep your background and your subject clearly and distinctly separate, then be sure to use masking fluid to mask your subject before painting your wash.

What happens when you paint wet on wet with watercolors?

What is wet on wet watercolour? This is a watercolour technique that uses wet paint against wet paint or wet paper. It's used to create beautiful bleeds and blooms between areas of colour and allow the watercolour paint to spread and blend .

What is the golden rule of watercolor?

The answer is: Work from light to dark ! This is the traditional approach to building up a subject in watercolors. It's one of the first things newcomers need to grasp, and it's actually quite unique to watercolor paints… Painting like this often requires a bit of forward planning.

What is the easiest thing to paint with watercolor?

I think it is nice to start off with something that has a rather simple shape. And for complete beginners, my preference is that the simple shape is not too uniform and symmetrical. I highly recommend fruit and vegetables as an easy painting subject. They are bright bold colours, lovely and glossy and very forgiving.

Do you sketch before watercolor?

Do you need to sketch before watercolor painting? You don't have to , but it can help you to get the proportions right in your painting. Just be aware that some pencil marks may still be visible if you paint over the top.

What is the most basic watercolor technique?

There are 2 basic watercolor techniques that will be fundamental to your practice— wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry. In this tutorial, I cover what these terms mean, when to use each of the two techniques, and how to do it successfully.

What are the three watercolor painting techniques?

Traditional watercolor techniques Watercolor technique 1: The wash. ... Other wet on wet techniques. ... Watercolor technique 3: Wet on dry. ... Watercolor technique 4: Dry brush. ... Watercolor technique 5: Glazing. ... Watercolor technique 6: Lifting off. ... Watercolor technique 7: Pigment saturation, pigment desaturation. More items...

Easy Valentine's Day Watercolor Painting Idea

Home » Painting Ideas » Easy Valentine’s Day Watercolor Painting Idea

ByErin NutterJanuary 9, 2023January 9, 2023

To Tutorial

Hearts are the perfect shape to practice your watercolor painting skills in. Use our simple painting tutorial to make a fun Valentine’s watercolor painting.

Easy Valentine's Day Watercolor Painting Idea - Crafty Art Ideas (2)

Disclosure: We only recommend products we would use ourselves and all opinions expressed are our own. This post may contain affiliate links when clicked, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. Read our full privacy policy.

Hearts are the perfect subject matter to use for creating this easy Valentine’s Day painting. Have fun making this painting in less than 15 minutes!

Recommended Supplies

Easy Valentine's Day Watercolor Painting Idea - Crafty Art Ideas (3)

Card stock orwatercolor paperwill really make these watercolor techniques stand out.
Premade Watercolor Blank Cards–these are a great option if you are making Valentine’s Day cards from your watercolor paintings.
Liquid Watercolors or Watercolor Palette
Paintbrush-this is ourfavorite economical brushto use with kids.
Post-it or extra paper to make a small heart template
Pencil
Optional: Painter’s Tape & Piece of Cardboard

Regularheavier-weight white paper can work for watercolor paintings (especially with children) but you will have better success with true watercolor paper.

Choosing Watercolor Paint Color Combinations

Each heart will get two colors mixed together. We chose to use colors next to each other on the color wheel to create an ombré effect in our watercolor hearts.

If you look at our painting you can see that the top hearts are violet to violet blue to then blue.

Easy Valentine's Day Watercolor Painting Idea - Crafty Art Ideas (4)

The middle and bottom hearts are red-violet, red, red-orange, orange and yellow-orange.

How To Make An Easy Watercolor Heart Painting

Optional: Tape Your Watercolor Paper

For best results, tape your watercolor paper to a piece of cardboard or a flat surface. This will stop it from bubbling up while painting.

You can use regular painter’s tape or masking tape. Just be careful when you pull up the tape once your painting is dry.

Step 1: Make A Heart Template

Cut out a small heart from a folded piece of paper.

Step 2: Trace Multiple Hearts On The Paper

Lightly use your pencil to trace around the hearts. Start in the middle of the paper and try to evenly space them out. You could measure if you want, but we simply eyeballed it.

You can trace them diagonally or straight across. Either pattern will work.

Easy Valentine's Day Watercolor Painting Idea - Crafty Art Ideas (5)

Step 3: Start To Paint Hearts

Each heart will get two colors or be diluted with water.

To start paint one side of the heart with red using a small brush. Add water to your brush and pull the paint to the other side.

Easy Valentine's Day Watercolor Painting Idea - Crafty Art Ideas (6)

Repeat this process, but use two different colors that are next to each other. This diagram can help you see what colors we mixed together. You can change this idea to fit your own color scheme.

Easy Valentine's Day Watercolor Painting Idea - Crafty Art Ideas (7)

Step 4: Let The Painting Completely Dry

Easy Valentine's Day Watercolor Painting Idea - Crafty Art Ideas (8)

Optional: Add Highlights and Shadows

Adding Highlights

You could use a white oil pastel or pen marker to add a little crescent shape on the lighter side of the paint.

Easy Valentine's Day Watercolor Painting Idea - Crafty Art Ideas (9)

Adding the Shadows

If you want your hearts to look more 3-dimensional you could add a cool colored wash to the same side of each heart.

Easy Valentine's Day Watercolor Painting Idea - Crafty Art Ideas (10)

Just be careful if adding shadows. We think we just liked the simple Valentine’s watercolor painting before adding shadows. With watercolor paint, sometimes less is more!

Easy Valentine's Day Watercolor Painting Idea - Crafty Art Ideas (11)

Have fun gifting that special someone this awesome watercolor card. You could even make this easy flower craft to go along with it.

Easy Watercolor Valentine’s Painting

Create a fun and simple watercolor rainbow heart painting.

Print Tutorial

Creating:15 minutes mins

Total Time:15 minutes mins

Equipment

Small Paintbrush
Pencil

Supplies

Card Stock or Watercolor Paper
Liquid Watercolors or Watercolor Palette
Post-it or extra paper to make a small heart template

Instructions

Cut out a small heart from a folded piece of paper.
Lightly use your pencil to trace around the hearts. Start in the middle of the paper and try to evenly space them out.
To start paint one side of the heart with red using a small brush. Add water to your brush and pull the paint to the other side.
Repeat this process, but use two different colors that are next to each other.
Let paintings dry completely.

Optional Steps

Use a white oil pastel or pen marker to add a little crescent shape on one side of the top of the heart.
Add a cool colored wash to the same side of each heart.

Notes

You can change the watercolor paint colors to fit your own color scheme.
Less is more with watercolor sometimes. Don’t overwork the hearts.
You can trace them diagonally or straight across. Either pattern will work.
If making Valentine’s cards from your paintings, consider buying premade watercolor cards.

Author: Erin

Cost: under $5

Easy Valentine's Day Watercolor Painting Idea - Crafty Art Ideas (2024)