In this mindful Valentine’s hearts exercise, we’ll discover how relaxing it is to let your watercolors blend into one another.
As Valentine’s day is almost here, I’ve created a Valentine-themed exercise for you today.
It’s a simple but relaxing one. Creating doesn’t need to be complex to be calming.
We’ll draw some wet-on-wet hearts and watch them blend into one another. There’s no need for your hearts to be perfectly shaped. Painting a wonky heart is just as relaxing.
Go slow and enjoy the feeling of your brush on paper, the tinkling sound of your brush in the water jar, and watch your watercolor blend.
Some creative me-time just for you!
You can even use the outcome as a Valentine’s day card and add some lettering if you like.
Have fun with this mindful Valentine’s hearts exercise.
Please let me know if you’ve tried this one; I would love to see it.
You can find a small video of this exercise on my Instagram @thecreativecooldown
Supplies used:
Watercolor paper 300gr (Fabriano), watercolor (Kuretake Gansai Tambi), paint brush (da Vinci), washi tape, and a paper towel.
Alternative supply suggestions:
You can use your kids’ watercolor paints or other kinds of paint.
You can use pens, crayons, colored pencils, or markers if you don’t have any paint, but remember that it’s not possible to have the wet-on-wet effect as the paint has.
If you only have regular paper, please be aware that your paper cannot hold that much water and will probably warp. Try taping it down to prevent it from warping too much.
Instructions:
Step 1
Step 2
Now, we paint our second heart. Use a different color or shade and paint a second heart while the first one is still wet. Make sure they are slightly touching, and watch what happens as the two colors slowly blend.
Step 3
Continue filling your page with hearts that are slightly touching each other. Go slow and enjoy the feeling of your brush on paper, the tinkling sound of your brush in the water jar, and watch your watercolor blend.
When you’re done, slowly remove your washi tape. Keep the tape parallel to your paper when you remove it; this will prevent your paper from tearing.
Now you’re done with this mindful Valentine’s hearts exercise! I hope you had fun.
If you liked this exercise, you might also like my mindful blending patterns exercise.
