Still-Life in Watercolour

Still-Life In Watercolor

Gather your materials, whatever you have available!

Choose an arrangement of simple objects for your still life, whatever you like.

Still life alternative materials: inside of a cracker box as canvas, liquid food coloring as paint and some leftover coffee to darken the background.

It’s easy to rework your painting: more crayon, candle and concentrated food coloring gel!

Do a simple pencil outline drawing. Accent and outline areas using colored pencils, or crayons and a cancle (for highlights and to preserve the white of the paper.) Paint with watercolor.

Experiment with line and shape.

Using computer copy paper, watercolor, candle, crayon, a sponge and salt. On the lower right painting I added food coloring and rice for a little texture on the table.

Hope you enjoyed exploring textures, lines and more with this watercolor still life project!

Let us know how it went by emailing a photo of your project to education@sjmusart.org. We will post project photos frequently to our Education at SJMA Facebook page!