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Watercolor Foundations

Study how water and pigment move together. Practice washes, mix a small palette, and paint an observation from nature.

Family · Ages 7+ · 60 min · Introductory

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Watercolor Foundations

What you’ll do

  • Meet your materials and observe a demonstration.
  • Practice wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry washes.
  • Paint a small study using two techniques.
  • Share a choice you made and what you would try next.

What you’ll learn

  • Control a wash by changing the amount of water.
  • Mix a palette and compare transparent layers.
  • Use observation to make a small watercolor painting.

What you’ll make

A watercolor study and a small sheet of technique experiments.

Photograph your work. Describe how water changed one edge or color.

Save your work in your private Syros portfolio.

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For parents, guardians, and learners 18+.