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Thanksgiving Art: Create Watercolor Paintings With Blobs of Color!

Completed by 1 learner
Ages 7-11
Live Group Class
Give your child a creative Thanksgiving experience in this watercolor class, where they’ll learn fun painting techniques while transforming colorful blobs into art! This class sparks imagination, builds artistic confidence.
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:
(233 reviews)
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Live video meetings
4x per week, 1 week
1-6 learners per class
30 min

What's included

4 live meetings
2 in-class hours
Mastery Evaluation
The progress of students will be monitored throughout the class. Feedback will be given during the virtual art gallery portion of the class and as needed throughout the class.

Class Experience

Beginner Level
Join me for a playful Thanksgiving art adventure where young artists will bring Thanksgiving to life starting with colorful watercolor blobs! In this hands-on online watercolor painting class, kids will transform simple blobs into charming fall-themed creations like turkeys and pumpkins. Then, we will make the painting a little more challeging with a negative space leaf painting and the grand finale will be a scarecrow painting! The artists will explore exciting watercolor techniques such as wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, and negative space painting, learning to blend colors and add depth while creating vibrant scenes of the season.

This class is designed to inspire creativity, boost confidence, and teach young artists essential painting skills in a supportive environment. As they mix and layer colors, the young artists will gain a deeper understanding of how water and pigments interact, sparking their artistic curiosity. By the end of the class, each child will have several unique Thanksgiving-themed masterpieces to proudly share with family and friends!

Perfect for young beginners and budding artists alike, this online painting class is an ideal way for kids to express themselves, build fine motor skills, and have loads of fun while making art that captures the cozy magic of Thanksgiving!  

We will work on more than one painting at a time so that we don't have to waste time making things dry. During the first meeting, the learners will need 2 pieces of watercolor paper. They will then need these same two for the second meeting. During the third and fourth meetings, they will need two different pieces of watercolor paper. This is so that we don't have to dry our paintings during class time. 

The techniquest that will be taught include:
Wet-on-wet painting
Wet-on-dry painting
Negative space painting

Topics will include how to prepare your paper for watercolor painting, how to do the techniques being taught, Thanksgiving and Autumn-themed "Would You Rather" questions, Thanksgiving and Autumn-themed jokes. We will not be discussing the history of Thanksgiving or Native Americans and Pilgrims in this class. 

The class will follow the following structure:
Greetings
Demonstration
Painting and socialization
Virtual Art Gallery

On day 1, we will begin the pumpkin, turkey blob, and background for negative space leaf paintings. On day 2, we will finish the pumpkin, turkey blob paintings, and 1st layer of negative space leaf painting. On day 3, we will work on the negative space leaf painting and the scarecrow painting. On day 4, we will finish the negative space leaf painting and the scarecrow painting.

Learning Goals

The students will learn to create watercolor paintings using wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, and negative space painting techniques.

Other Details

Parental Guidance
During this class, the learners will be encouraged to share topics of conversation as well as Thanksgiving/Autumn"Would You Rather" questions and jokes. The students may need supervision while using scissors.
Supply List
Watercolor paper
Watercolor pencils
Watercolor paint
Watercolor brushes
Masking tape or washi tape
2 cups of water= one for cleaning brushes and one to use with painting
A water spray bottle (helpful, but not required)
1 Index card
Scissors
Creativity
Smile
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
No outside sources are being utilized during this class.

Meet the teacher

Joined August, 2020
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233reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Georgia Teaching Certificate in Special Education
Master's Degree in Education from Georgia College (now Georgia College and State University
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Georgia Southern College (now Georgia Southern University
I have been an educator for over 30 years. During this time, I have taught art to many students including watercolor painting. I am a self-taught artist. 

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