Temporarily Homeschooling? The Corona Virus (COVID-19) has us all making BIG changes overnight. At the beginning of the week, you may have been planning Spring Break or ironing out the details for your daughter's big dance recital. Now both have been postponed. And so has school! Instead of spending their days at school, your kids are quarantined at home - for weeks or even months. It's fun and exciting at first but when board ...
Learning Resources - Kids
How to Watercolor Paint Moon Phases – A Tutorial for Beginners and Kids
How to Watercolor Paint Moon Phases for Beginners and Kids Has learning to paint what you see in nature been on your list for a while? Today I'm going to show you how to watercolor paint Moon Phases today! Even if you are the newest beginner, you will enjoy this and surprise yourself when you see how it turns out. This is one of those projects that looks complicated but is really fun and easy! You might also enjoy the how-to tutorial for a ...
How to Watercolor Paint Snowflakes – A Tutorial For Beginners and Kids
How to Watercolor Paint Snowflakes for Beginners Has learning to paint what you see in nature been on your list for a while? Today I'm going to show you how to watercolor paint some beautiful snowflakes even if you are the newest beginner. This is one of those projects that looks complicated but is really fun and easy! You might also enjoy the free Watercolor Mixing Guide, HERE Watercolor is such a great medium because it's so versatile and ...
How to Watercolor Paint a Mouse – Easy Tutorial for Beginners
How to Watercolor Paint a Mouse for Beginners Has learning to paint what you see in nature been on your list for a while? Today I'm going to show you how to watercolor paint a cute little mouse even if you are the newest beginner. This is one of those projects that looks complicated but is really fun and easy! You might also enjoy the how-to tutorial for a Watercolor Snail, HERE Watercolor is such a great medium because it's so ...
How to Watercolor Paint Tom Turkey – Easy Tutorial for Beginners and Kids
How to Paint Watercolor Tom Turkey for Beginners With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to watercolor paint Tom Turkey! Today in this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to watercolor paint this turkey even if you are the newest beginner. This is one of those projects that looks complicated but is really fun and easy! You might also enjoy the Acorn Watercolor Tutorial found HERE. Watercolor is such a ...
How to Trace or Transfer to Watercolor Paper – Four Ways!
Here at Lily and Thistle, we have so many fun projects designed to help you gain confidence in watercolor and have a fun and relaxing experience in the process. Today I thought I'd show you four ways you can transfer (or trace) the templates we have made available to you onto your choice of watercolor paper. You can use this technique for your own drawings as well. Because watercolor is not an opaque medium, it's easy to see the lines you ...
How to Watercolor Paint Easy Fall Leaves – For Beginners and Kids
How to Watercolor Paint Easy Fall Leaves Has learning to paint what you see in nature been on your list for a while? Today I'm going to show you how to watercolor paint some beautiful and easy Fall leaves even if you are the newest beginner. This is really fun and easy! You might also enjoy my Watercolor Mushroom Tutorial found HERE. Watercolor is such a great medium because it's so versatile and dries quickly making it easy to do ...
How to Watercolor Paint a Snail – For Beginners and Kids
How to Paint a Watercolor Snail Has learning to paint what you see in nature been on your list for a while? Today I'm going to show you how to watercolor paint a cute little snail even if you are the newest beginner. This is one of those projects that looks so hard but is really fun and easy! You might also enjoy our Watercolor Butterfly Tutorial found HERE. Watercolor is such a great medium because it's so versatile and dries ...
Free Watercolor Color Mixing Guide
Do you get stumped trying to put together color combinations in your Watercolor Art? I made this little guide for myself a while ago just to have handy for watercolor projects. I thought you might find it helpful too. It's just a bunch of my favorite color combinations with mixing recipe notes to the side. You can find it along with a bunch of other fun watercolor projects and resources for your creative life in the Lily and Thistle Resource ...
How to Paint Watercolor – Easy Fall Trees – For Beginners and Kids
How to Paint Watercolor Fall Trees for Beginners Are you loving all of the beauty of Autumn? Today I'm going to show you how to watercolor paint some simple fall trees. This is a really fun and easy tutorial even if you are the newest beginner. And you can have so much fun experimenting with COLOR! You might also enjoy the mushroom tutorial HERE. Watercolor is such a great medium because it's so versatile and dries quickly making it easy to ...
How to Watercolor Paint a Butterfly For Beginners and Kids
How to Paint a Watercolor Butterfly Has learning to paint what you see in nature been on your list for a while? Today I'm going to show you how to paint watercolor butterfly and moths even if you are the newest beginner. This is one of those projects that looks so hard but is really fun and easy! You might also enjoy the snail tutorial I made for you HERE. Watercolor is such a great medium because it's so versatile and dries quickly making ...
Nature Journaling for Beginners Supply List
You don't really need much as a nature journaling beginner, but sometimes it's fun to invest in a few supplies that can make the experience more memorable and enjoyable. Here is a list of some of my favorite nature journaling tools. There are so many benefits to getting out in nature. Read about them here, here, here, and here! Before we get started, I'd like to invite you to join us at Nature's Art Club! It's a club designed ...