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Watercolor Waves

Under the Sea

Day 97of 180
Week 20of 36
30Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Learn wet-on-wet watercolor painting technique

2

Create an ocean background with blue and green colors

3

Practice following step-by-step art instructions

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 104:25

“There is the sea, great and wide, which teems with innumerable living things, creatures small and great.”

— Psalm 104:25 (WEB)

Celebrates God's amazing ocean creation, connecting to our art exploration of underwater scenes

📦 Materials Needed

  • Watercolor paper
  • Blue and green watercolors
  • Water cup
  • Paintbrush
  • Paper towels
  • Plastic tablecloth
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Gather around and recall yesterday's ocean color exploration

💭 Review Question: What ocean colors did we discover yesterday?
2Teaching (10 min)

Introduce wet-on-wet watercolor technique for creating ocean waves

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Wet paper makes colors blend smoothly
  • Use gentle brush strokes like ocean waves
  • Explore how blue and green mix together
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you imagine when you think about the ocean?
  • How do waves move in the water?
3Activity: Ocean Wave Watercolor (12 min)
hands-on painting

Create a beautiful ocean background using wet-on-wet technique

📝 Instructions:
  1. Wet entire paper with clean water
  2. Choose blue and green watercolors
  3. Gently touch brush to paper, letting colors flow
  4. Tilt paper to help colors blend
  5. Let artwork dry naturally
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use fewer colors, help child blend

Challenge: Add salt for texture effects

4Closing (3 min)

Discuss beautiful ocean colors and wave movements

📝 Review Questions:
  • What colors did you use?
  • How did the colors mix together?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll draw colorful fish to add to our ocean background

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Wet-on-wet technique allows colors to blend naturally, creating beautiful, fluid effects

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Protect work surface with plastic tablecloth
  • Have paper towels ready for spills
  • Encourage exploration, not perfection
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might get frustrated if colors don't blend exactly as expected

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's excitement about color mixing and creating

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Add glitter to represent water sparkles
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library ocean-themed coloring pages
  • Listen to BibleMouse ocean-themed worship songs

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