Send more DIY postcards

I love to bring the concept of crafting with a purpose to my classes! 

Kids can paint watercolor postcards and then mail them to people they love. 

Art and kindness are a great reminder of how beautiful life can be!

Supplies used 

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• Watercolor postcards
• Watercolor set / Neon watercolor set
• Rainbow brush set
• Forever stamps
• Masking tape

Heart postcards - wet on dry

• The first thing is to plan your white space in case you want to add a quote later. Choose the space you want to use and block it with masking tape.
• Wet on dry technique: Mix water into the paint on a palette and get your brush saturated with color and paint a heart. If the kid is unsure about painting it, you can outline hearts with a pencil, but do it very lightly so the lines will not show up later.
• Ombre effect: use two different colors, one for each half of the heart. When you are ready to blend it, take a clean wet brush and keep tapping the water on the paper until the colors blend.
• When the postcard is completely dry, pull off the masking tape and choose a beautiful quote for your art!

Watercolor and flower doodles– Wet on Wet

• The first thing is to plan your white space in case you want to add a quote later. Choose the space you want to use and block it with masking tape.
• Wet on Wet technique: Dip your brush in water and create a small puddle of water on your paper.  Dip your brush in a color from your watercolor palette. Touch the puddle with the color and watch the colors spread. Drop-in additional colors to create different effects. Fill a whole page with the watercolor blobs.
• Make sure that the watercolor is dry before starting to doodle the flowers with a very fine point marker like this one. Add additional color and patterns with markers around the blobs too! Don't forget to choose a beautiful quote to make your postcards even more thoughtful!

Watermelon - wet on wet

• Start by drawing a light, triangular outline of the watermelon slice with a pencil. Draw lightly so that the pencil lines don't show through your paint later on.
• Mix red with some water on your palette and spread it over the top section of the watermelon slice. Keep bringing the color down to create a shade effect.
• Dip your brush up into green and paint the bottom section of the rind. Add a bit of yellow on the top of it to create an ombré effect.
• Leave a little white space between the lighter yellow-green and the pink part of the watermelon.

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