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How to Watercolor Paint Holly Leaves – Easy Tutorial for Beginners and Kids

December 2, 2019 by Hannah Stevenson Leave a Comment

How to Watercolor Paint Holly Leaves Free Video Step-by-step tutorial for beginners and kids.

How to Paint Watercolor Holly Leaves for Beginners and Kids With Christmas just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to watercolor paint some Holly leaves! Today in this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to watercolor paint these holly leaves even if you are the newest beginner.  This is one of those projects that looks complicated but is actually really fun and easy! You might also enjoy the painting the Free Christmas Advent ...

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Filed Under: Nature Journaling, Nature Study, Resources, Watercolor Projects

How to Watercolor Paint Tom Turkey – Easy Tutorial for Beginners and Kids

November 6, 2019 by Hannah Stevenson Leave a Comment

Fun and easy watercolor painting tutorial for a turkey complete with step-by-step video instructions and a template. For beginners and children or 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 ...

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Filed Under: Creative Education, Nature Journaling, Watercolor Projects

How to Watercolor Paint Acorns – Easy Tutorial for Beginners and Kids

November 6, 2019 by Hannah Stevenson Leave a Comment

How to Watercolor Paint acorns. Fun and easy watercolor painting tutorial complete with step-by-step video instructions and a template. For beginners and children or kids.

  How to Paint Watercolor Acorns 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 cute little watercolor acorns 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 Watercolor Mushrooms, HERE Watercolor is such a great medium ...

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How to Watercolor Paint Mushrooms – Easy Tutorial for Beginners and Kids

October 25, 2019 by Hannah Stevenson Leave a Comment

How to Watercolor Paint Acorns. Fun and easy watercolor painting tutorial for a turkey complete with step-by-step video instructions and a template. For beginners and children or kids.

  How to Paint Watercolor Mushrooms 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 cute little watercolor mushrooms even if you are the newest beginner.  This is one of those projects that looks complicated but is really fun and easy! I have lots of projects for you. You might also enjoy my Autumn Leaves Tutorial found ...

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How to Watercolor Paint Easy Fall Leaves – For Beginners and Kids

October 25, 2019 by Hannah Stevenson Leave a Comment

How to Watercolor Paint Fall Leaves. Easy watercolor tutorial with step-by-step video instructions and a template. 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 ...

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Filed Under: Creative Education, Learning Resources - Kids, Nature Journaling, Nature Study, Watercolor Projects

How to Watercolor Paint a Snail – For Beginners and Kids

October 25, 2019 by Hannah Stevenson 4 Comments

How to Watercolor Paint Fall Leaves. Easy watercolor tutorial with step-by-step video instructions and a template. 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 ...

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Free Watercolor Color Mixing Guide

October 17, 2019 by Hannah Stevenson Leave a Comment

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 handly 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 ...

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Filed Under: Creative Education, Learning Resources - Kids, My Favorite Supplies, Nature Journaling, Watercolor Projects, What's Working For Me

How to Watercolor Paint a Butterfly For Beginners and Kids

September 19, 2019 by Hannah Stevenson Leave a Comment

watercolor butterfly painting

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 ...

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Filed Under: Creative Education, Favorite Curricula, Learning Resources - Kids, Making Time to Create, Nature Journaling, Nature Study, Parenting and Kids, Watercolor Projects

Prime Day Deals Art Supplies for Creative Moms and Kids

July 14, 2019 by Hannah Stevenson Leave a Comment

It's summertime and now is the best time to stock up on some essential supplies for nature journaling, homeschooling, and art supplies.  It's also the time of year when Amazon has their huge 2-day sale for Prime Day!  I have scored some great deals on art supplies, homeschooling supplies, crafting supplies and more in the past so this year, I thought I'd share my finds with you! Amazon Prime Day starts on July 15, 2019 at 3:00am ET and runs ...

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Nature Journaling for Beginners Supply List

March 20, 2019 by Hannah Stevenson 3 Comments

  You don't really need much to nature journal, 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.  You can 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 to get ...

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Filed Under: Learning Resources - Kids, My Favorite Supplies, Nature Journaling, Nature Study

Phenology Wheel – Nature Journaling Prompt for Beginners – Bullet Journal or Art Journal

January 9, 2019 by Hannah Stevenson 2 Comments

How to Make Your Own Phenology Wheel for Your Nature Journal, Bullet Journal or Art Journal I'm always looking for easy but effective ways to get myself and my children out in nature, recording what we are experiencing together. So when I saw these posts from Lynn Seddon at Raising Little Shoots I was pretty excited to start a phenology wheel in 2019! The word Phenology according to the Merriam Webster dictionary means the study of cyclic and ...

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Filed Under: Creative Education, Learning Resources - Kids, Making Time to Create, Nature Journaling, Nature Study, Parenting and Kids, Watercolor Projects

Watercolor Bird Printable Calendar with Free Patterns to Paint

December 29, 2018 by Hannah Stevenson 7 Comments

I've had so much fun over here creating a new calendar to brighten your day and I hope your year!  This time, I thought it would be fun to focus on birds. Birds are so fun to paint (and surprisingly easy) to draw.  All of the patterns are available in the Resource Library. If you don't already have a password, you can sign up HERE to get yours and then get started right away! Paint with Me Notice I said paint and not draw? I'm taking the ...

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Filed Under: Creative Education, Inspiration, Learning Resources - Kids, Making Time to Create, Nature Journaling, Nature Study, Watercolor Projects

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