Fall Art Tutorial: Crayon and Watercolor Leaves

Watercolors and crayons are so fun to play with!  I'm always fascinated with the effect of the crayons resisting the paint.  It's awesome!  

Here's a Fall Art Project using this fun resist method that you can do with your kids:

(Too bad I can't take the credit for coming up with this cool idea.  The original idea comes from Elementary Art Fun.)

Materials:

White Card Stock or Watercolor Paper

Crayons

Watercolor Paints

Brushes

Step 1:  Draw leaf outlines on your paper with crayon.  You can look at a leaf or trace one to help you out. Then draw the veins inside each leaf.

Step 2:  With watercolors and a brush, paint the leaves with pretty fall looking colors.  Try to stay inside the lines for this one, but you don't have to worry about being perfect here.

Step 3:  Let the paint dry and you are done!