Easy Flower Painting For Kids
This easy flower art lesson is perfect for young elementary-aged students. Have fun creating unique oil pastel and paint resist artworks inspired by the artist, Georgia O'Keeffe.
Print Tutorial
Equipment
- Water container with water
- Paint Brush
Supplies
- 1 piece 12 x 18" Heavy Drawing Paper or Watercolor Paper
- Tempera Cakes
- Oil Pastels
- Pencil
- Permanent Marker
Instructions
- Draw a large zoomed-in flower. Start with the center of the flower.
- Add petal lines to go off the page.
- Add details such as insects, pollens, leaves and stems. Encourage children to be creative.
- Optional: outline the drawing with a large permanent marker.
- Use oil pastels to blend colors in some of the petals.
- Use tempera cakes to fill in white spaces.
- Allow projects to dry.
Notes
- The examples you are going to see in the post are from 5 and 6-year-olds. This project would be awesome to repeat with the youngest kiddos or add more drawings from observation with the older artists
- When demonstrating, I’ll draw a little then you will draw a little, but does that mean ours should look exactly alike?
- They always say, “No, we should make ours different”
- Encourage them to take their time
- Tell them “that is what makes art so special, we can all do it in our own way”
Cost: Less than $5