32 Easy Watercolour Painting Ideas13 min read

Watercolor is a technique that allows children to paint without being bound to a set of rules. This activity helps children in many ways. There are tons of easy and simple water painting ideas for kids. Parents can help children explore watercolor painting. This article will help you guide your child and choose the best ideas to do watercolor painting.

Benefits of Painting

Learning to paint helps children develop their creativity and analytical skills. It also stimulates their brains by using both the right and left sides of the brain. Performing painting helps children develop fine motor skills. It can also stimulate their creativity and improve their hand-eye coordination. Sharpen fine motor skills, improve hand-eye coordination, and develop non-verbal communication skills. Creative expression- Painting can help children develop non-verbal communication skills. Self-esteem – When children are working with other kids and adults, they will develop social skills that will help them in other areas of their lives.

Watercolor Painting Idea:

Sunburst Watercolor Painting

Materials needed:

Ruler
Pencil with eraser
Small circle object or stencil
Watercolor paper
Washi tape
Piece of cardboard
Watercolors
Paintbrush

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Tape the watercolor paper on the borders into a piece of cardboard with Washi tape.
Doing this will keep the watercolor paper to stay in place.
Use your ruler to mark the middle of the page with a dot. Then, draw a ring around it.
Now draw lines from the ring to the border with different angles.
Once you finish drawing lines, you can now paint using the watercolors!
Let your painting dry.
Then peel off the tape and allow the work to dry completely.

Watercolors and Salt

This is an easy way to make a unique watercolor painting with your child.

Materials needed:
Watercolors
Paintbrush
Palette
White Canvas

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Paint the whole canvas with water.
Now choose your favorite watercolor and paint the canvas at random places.
Repeat with different colors or combinations of colors.
Once your canvas is full with a splash of different colors, sprinkle some salt on the wet canvas.
And leave the canvas to dry.

Watercolor Circles

Lots of circles and cool colors.

Materials Needed:

White Canvas
Duct Tape
Pencil
Erase
Black Marker
Watercolors

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Use duct tape to make random complete and incomplete circles on the canvas using the pencil.
Now use the marker to highlight the circles.
Now paint each section with a colour and fill every circle.

Tape resist watercolor art

Very easy but creative painting ahead!

Materials needed:

Washi tape
White card stock paper
Watercolors
Paintbrush

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Use the washi tape to make random lines on the white card stock paper.
Now use your favorite color in each box.
Wait for it to dry.
Now remove the washi tape.
Your painting is ready.

Flowers doodle watercolor art

Flowers everywhere. Now enjoy this flower doodle watercolor painting.

Materials needed:

White card stock paper
Watercolors
Paintbrush
Marker

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
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.
Allow your watercolor puddles to dry. Use permanent black markers to outline the puddles. You can draw flowers right on top, radiating from the center of the petal. Draw flower petals in various shapes and sizes around the outside of the outlined puddles.
Add additional color and patterns with markers. Use a white paint pen on top to make highlights and embellishments.

Watercolor Germs

Come let’s make some friendly germ watercolor paintings.

Materials needed:

Liquid watercolor paint
Paintbrush
Straws
Thick White Paper
Construction Paper
Black Marker
Glue Stick

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Fix the Thick White Paper properly.
Using a paintbrush, drop some liquid watercolor on the paper.
Using the straw blow the watercolor puddle and spread it around.
Make a few and now cut round circles of the white paper and make eyes and stick it on the watercolor.
Using the Black marker makes hands and legs and necessary parts.

Watercolor Apple

Let’s paint some Apples!

Materials needed:

watercolor paint
Paintbrush

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Draw an outline of an apple.
Now paint your apple with red watercolor.
Paint the leaves green.

Watercolor Cactus

Who doesn’t like a cute cactus!

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
Black Marker

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Fix the Card stock paper properly.
Draw an outline of the cactus plant in a pot.
Color the cactus in green watercolor.
Color the cactus flowers in pink watercolor.
Color the cactus pot in brown watercolor.
Color the background in sky blue watercolor.
Now use the black marker to make the outline and use white watercolor to make thorns for your cacti.

Watercolor Cloud & Raindrops

Clouds and raindrops in rainbow colors!

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
Black Marker

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Fix the Card stock paper properly.
Draw an outline of the clouds and raindrops.
Use rainbow colors to fill the cloud and the raindrops. Now use the black marker to make the outline and cute face for the clouds.

Fish in the sea

Let’s draw some fresh fish!

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
Black Marker

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Fix the Card stock paper properly.
Draw the shape of a fish.
Use different shades of blue color to fill the fish. Now use the black marker to make the outline. Patterns on the body of each fish, eyes and face.

Ice-cream

Let’s draw your favorite ice cream! Yumm…

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Pencil
Eraser
Card stock paper
Paintbrush

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Fix the Card stock paper properly.
Draw an Ice-cream with a pencil.
Use different shades of brown to fill the cone and make its pattern. Now use a lighter shade of blue to fill the topping. Paint the cherry in pink and paint dark brown dots on the cone topping.

Sleeping Moon

Let’s draw a sleeping moon.

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Pencil
Eraser
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
Black marker

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Fix the Card stock paper properly.
Draw a circle.
Use different shades of Black and ash color to fill the circle. Now sprinkle some water on the painting. Draw sleeping eyes and add two circles of baby pink color to make blush below the closed eyes. Draw a smiley mouth.

Rainbow Caterpillar

Let’s draw a rainbow caterpillar!

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Pencil
Eraser
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
Black marker

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Fix the Card stock paper properly.
Draw a cute caterpillar.
Use the colors of the rainbow to fill the body of the caterpillar.use green to paint the ground. And fill the flowers with beautiful colors. Paint the background in sky blue.

Rainbow

Let’s Paint a rainbow!

Materials needed:

Rainbow Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
Sketches

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Fix the Card stock paper properly.
Draw a rainbow using the rainbow colors. Begin with a half-circle of blue. Then paint with Sky blue around the Blue half circle leaving a thin space for the paint to not mix. Then go for Green. See that there is enough gap between the colors. Then yellow, Orange and Red. Use the Sketches to make some little stars and dots above and below the rainbow.

Roses

Let’s paint some roses!

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
Black Marker

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Fix the Card stock paper properly.
Drop a puddle of pink watercolor on the White card stock paper.
Make a generous size. Make two more pink puddles.
Now use the black marker to define the rose by drawing incomplete half circles that look like a loop. Draw the stem and a few leaves. Now paint the leaves green.

The Sun

A Happy Sum for a happy day!

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
Black Marker

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Fix the Card stock paper properly.
Draw a sun.
Now paint the sun in Yellow and Orange watercolors. Make a face using the black marker. Make some blush on the cheeks of the face and a few dots above the nose. You have a cute little sun.

Cute colorful birds

Some birds in colors!

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
Black Marker

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Fix the Card stock paper properly.
Draw three birds and a plant.
Now use the watercolors and paint the Birds in orange, purple and pink colors. Paint the land in green and the plant in green with a yellow flower. Now paint the background in blue.

Yellow Flowers

These flowers are so easy to paint!

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
Black Marker

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Fix the Card stock paper properly.
Drop a few drops of yellow color and make a puddle. Add some orange paint too. Now use the black marker to fill the flower with some design. Then draw the stem and the leaves. Paint the leaves in green.

Thread watercolor painting

Some creative art techniques!

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Twine
Paper glass

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Mix the watercolor with water in a paper glass. Soak the twine.
Now fold the card stock paper and place the twine in the card stock paper. Now close it and pull the twine out. The watercolor spreads and makes creative patterns.

Colorful puddle

Make your color filled circles.

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Ruler
Pencil
Paintbrush

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Take the card stock paper and make boxes using a ruler and a pencil.
Now make puddles of colors in each box. You can use your favorite colors.

Magic Spider’s web

Magic Spider’s web will reveal when you add color to the paper!

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
White crayon
Paintbrush
Black card stock paper
Glue

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Draw a spider’s web using the white crayon in the card stock paper.
Now use different colors and paint the entire card stock paper. And you can see the magic spider web revealing. Cut out a spider and stick it on your magic web.

Dot’s and Colors

Make beautiful patterns with dots of watercolors.

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Pencil with eraser in the back

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Use the pencil back to make this beautiful painting. Dip the pencil back in each color and make a circle of dots in Red. Then use yellow, green, blue and pink to fill.

Monogram watercolor art

Make your own monogram!

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
Washi tape

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Stick the washi tape in the form of “I”. Now paint the whole white card stock in different colors. Let the paint dry and remove the washi tape to see a monogram watercolor painting.

Wet set go!

Wet paper watercolor painting activity is real fun!

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Paint the card stock paper with water. Now drop colors on the wet paper and see the magic. Make your own patterns using this watercolor painting technique.

Stencil watercolor art

No mess! Clean painting for you.

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
Stencil of a hummingbird

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Fix the stencil of the hummingbird on the card stock paper. Now use your favourite color and fill the stencil. Remove the stencil to see the Hummingbird in watercolors.

Citrus painting

Some citrus patterns for you to try.

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
White crayon

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Draw patterns of Citrus fruit/ lemon on paper using the white crayon. Now paint the citrus pattern with your favorite color and you can see the citrus pattern revealing.

Watercolor bubble tree

Super fun bubble filled watercolor activity!

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
Soap
Straw
Bowl
Black marker

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Mix the soap in each bowl with water and watercolor it. Take the straw and dip it in each color and then blow on the card stock paper. You can make it like the top of a tree. Then once the watercolor dries, draw branches and bark for the treetop.

Dandelions

Simple and easy dandelions.

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
Toothbrush
palette

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Make the dandelion with shades of blue. Mix shades of blue and use the toothbrush and sprinkle it in a circle. Now you made the head of the dandelion. Draw the stem using the paintbrush in green.

Sprinkle it on the Tree

Sprinkle some watercolor on the tree!

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
Toothbrush
Palette

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Make the top of the tree by sprinkling pain using the toothbrush. You can use shades of yellow, orange and red. Then draw the bark and branches of the tree.

Popsicle

Colorful Popsicle!

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
palette

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Make the top Popsicle painting with vibrant watercolors on the card stock paper. Then use brown or light brown shade of watercolor to paint the stick.

Watercolor

When watercolor and plastic sheet meet!

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush
Plastic sheet

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Paint the whole canvas with shades of green, light green and yellow. Keep it as wet as possible and place a crushed plastic sheet over it. Let it stay till the watercolor dries. And slowly remove the plastic sheet.

Summer Heart

It’s summer and your heart is cool!

Materials needed:

Watercolor paint
Card stock paper
Paintbrush

Let’s start painting!

Guide your child following the directions.
Draw a heart. Now start painting the heart with yellow, red, pink and then blue. Paint is keeping the watercolor as wet as possible. Now fill the heart.

Conclusion

Performing art helps children develop their analytical skills and creativity. It also stimulates the brain by using both the left and right sides of their brains. It can also improve their dexterity and develop non-verbal communication skills. Hope this article helped you with different ideas on activities with watercolors.