Mara's 5th Birthday pARTy!
Hosting birthday parties has been my passion since I was a child. My mom once told me as an adult "After each birthday party of yours, you'd immediately begin planning next year's birthday party" What can I say? I love a good party! When Whitney approached me about hosting her daughter Mara's 5th birthday party at the studio I knew we would hit it out of the park together!
After some redirection, I instructed the group to write their names (on a new sheet of paper). I began by showing the girls how to draw a cat using simple shapes. We used crayons to create a wax resist with watercolor on watercolor paper. I'm a big fan of the masking technique and love the texture of the crayon in contrast to the smooth watercolor.
After modeling these steps at the easel I let the kids go with the paints. This time they had a little more instruction on how to use the paints!
PC: Faith Gedwillo
We used liquid watercolors for this project which are super easy to clean afterwards and have such saturated pigment.
The girls were so sweet and did a fantastic job on their mini-masterpieces! After they finished their art I had the pieces drying on the drying rack while I cleaned up the palettes. While the paintings dried Whitney & her husband took over the entertainment with cake, juice boxes & gifts. I had tablecloths that the kids could color on while they ate cake.
