fairy and gnome watercolors

In the Realm of the Faye art camp, the kids applied the fairies they created for the Cottingley fairy project into watercolor paintings. It seemed a shame to not create some way to display the very cute fairies and gnome they had made.

So each of them created a background in watercolor of where their magical beings lived.

9 year old

I showed them  several techniques they could try with the watercolors and as usual, the salt was a big favorite. 

6 year old

I gave each child a water soluble pencil to draw their background first and then just primary colors to create their paintings. They always enjoy exploring how to create different colors with the paints and always rise to the challenge of creating brown! Definitely the most challenging of colors to make for young children and they are always quite proud of themselves when they accomplish creating it.

7 year old

Love the way the above to children used the salt to create fairy dust in their paintings.

When the backgrounds were finished and dry, I had each child take their fairy (or gnome) and decide where into the works they would want them positioned. And then I applied a matte medium to the back of them and on the sides to make sure they were adhered to the paper.

5 year old

I love the way the finished works look with the kids gluing the fairies down after painting the background. 

7 year old

The kids seemed to love it too as they admired their finished works and the memories they held of lots of fun in the woods the day before and now displayed in beautiful pieces of art.