Watercolor Dolphin
This month I am teaching art class, as a volunteer, to third and fourth graders!
The first project was to paint a watercolor dolphin. After a brief explanation about the basic watercolor techniques, I showed them how to draw the dolphin.
The most challenging thing is to break the kid’s habit of bearing the pencil down the point too hard. This habit makes it difficult to erase the drawing because the pencil line dug into the paper. Also, the watercolor will not cover the strong lines. So ... the word of the day was soft lines :)
Since we didn't have time to wait for the colors to dry, I told them to outline the drawing with crayons (black, white, or color) to prevent the watercolors from blending.
As you can see in the pictures below, they did an excellent job.
