large watercolor paintings

I ran an art camp where the theme was big.

Every single project was supersized.

"on the hunt" 8 year old

We started the week with very large watercolor paintings.

dragon, 9 year old

I suggested the subject matter be their favorite animal.

flying unicorn, 6 year old

pygmy puff, 7 year old

We discussed foreground, mid ground, and background as they sketched their compositions.

photobombing hamster, 7 year old

I asked them when faced with such a large piece of paper if their animals should be small?

Thankfully I got a resounding NO!!

eye of the dragon, 9 year old

I then offered up a challenge to draw their favorite animal SO LARGE that only a portion of the animal was on the paper with the caveat that this was only a suggestion and that it was up to them to make the artistic choice as to how they decided to compose their picture.

panda in bamboo forest, 6 year old

Each child then had a palette of primary colors along with black for painting so they could use the project to explore color mixing.

dragon war, 10 year old

The results are super fantastic!