{"id":15635,"date":"2020-05-19T12:54:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T12:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/?p=15635"},"modified":"2020-05-19T13:27:38","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T13:27:38","slug":"art-at-home-watercolour-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/2020\/05\/19\/art-at-home-watercolour-monsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Art at Home: Watercolour Monsters!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watercolour Monsters!<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-15639 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6763-3-300x225.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6763-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27225%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20225%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27225%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6763-3-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6763-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6763-3-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6763-3-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6763-3-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6763-3-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6763-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6763-3-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6763-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6763-3-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_6763-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27560%27%20height%3D%27315%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20560%20315%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27560%27%20height%3D%27315%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2VwzYU3owjU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WATERCOLOUR-MONSTERS.pdf\">Download the lesson plan<\/a><\/h4>\n<h2><b>Supplies:<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watercolour paper\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watercolour paint (coffee, tea and fruit juices can be fun to experiment with as well!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Straw<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Container with water<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brush<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paper towel<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black pen and a pencil<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Before you begin:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Prepare your workspace<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by laying down a plastic tablecloth or old newspapers and have a sink nearby for easy cleanup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-15644 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.37.29-PM-300x173.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.37.29-PM-300x173.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27173%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20173%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27173%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.37.29-PM-200x115.png 200w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.37.29-PM-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.37.29-PM-400x230.png 400w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.37.29-PM-500x288.png 500w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.37.29-PM-600x345.png 600w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.37.29-PM-700x403.png 700w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.37.29-PM-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.37.29-PM-800x460.png 800w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.37.29-PM-1024x589.png 1024w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.37.29-PM-1200x691.png 1200w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.37.29-PM.png 1357w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 1:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Apply a small puddle of paint &amp;\u00a0 water<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get your brush wet first and then dip into the watercolour paint, moving in smooth circular motions to ensure you are picking up enough colour. Tap the tip of the brush on the page to release a puddle of the colour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-15646 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.32.48-PM-300x176.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.32.48-PM-300x176.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27176%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20176%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27176%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.32.48-PM-200x118.png 200w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.32.48-PM-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.32.48-PM-400x235.png 400w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.32.48-PM-500x294.png 500w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.32.48-PM-600x353.png 600w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.32.48-PM-700x412.png 700w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.32.48-PM-768x452.png 768w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.32.48-PM-800x470.png 800w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.32.48-PM-1024x602.png 1024w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.32.48-PM-1200x705.png 1200w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.32.48-PM.png 1371w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 2:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Use your straw to blow the watercolour into interesting shapes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holding your straw almost parallel to your puddle of colour, blow the paint outwards. Try changing directions and force to see what kind of interesting shapes emerge! Remember to breathe in between each exhale!<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-15643 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.33.42-PM-300x166.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.33.42-PM-300x166.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27166%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20166%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27166%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.33.42-PM-200x111.png 200w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.33.42-PM-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.33.42-PM-400x222.png 400w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.33.42-PM-500x277.png 500w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.33.42-PM-600x333.png 600w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.33.42-PM-700x388.png 700w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.33.42-PM-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.33.42-PM-800x443.png 800w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.33.42-PM-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.33.42-PM-1200x665.png 1200w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.33.42-PM.png 1420w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 3:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Let it dry! This may take some time so, use this opportunity to start another one or take a break and have a snack!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 4:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Imagine your creatures and plan with a pencil. Remember, there are no wrong answers! Your monsters can have as many eyes, limbs, tentacles, horns, teeth, or tails as you wish!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 5:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Use black pen to illustrate your page!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-15645 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.31.25-PM-300x178.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.31.25-PM-300x178.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27178%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20300%20178%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27300%27%20height%3D%27178%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.31.25-PM-200x118.png 200w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.31.25-PM-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.31.25-PM-400x237.png 400w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.31.25-PM-500x296.png 500w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.31.25-PM-600x355.png 600w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.31.25-PM-700x414.png 700w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.31.25-PM-768x454.png 768w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.31.25-PM-800x473.png 800w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.31.25-PM-1024x606.png 1024w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.31.25-PM-1200x710.png 1200w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.31.25-PM-1536x909.png 1536w, https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-18-at-6.31.25-PM.png 1636w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Once you have your creatures planned out, I like to outline the splatters in black and then go over all the features and details in pen as well. Remember you can always add a fun background. Try to imagine:\u00a0 What are they doing? Where do they live? What\u2019s happening around them?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MOST IMPORTANTLY HAVE FUN!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watercolour Monsters! &nbsp; &nbsp; Download the lesson plan Supplies: Watercolour paper\u00a0 Watercolour paint (coffee, tea and fruit juices can be fun to experiment with as well!) Straw Container with water Brush Paper towel Black pen and a pencil Before you begin: Prepare your workspace by laying down a plastic tablecloth or old newspapers and have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15635"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15647,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15635\/revisions\/15647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}