{"id":90562,"date":"2025-02-15T23:31:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T23:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/art\/sanna-annukka-inspired-watercolor-chalk-birds-kids-art-classes-camps-parties-and-events\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T23:31:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T23:31:34","slug":"sanna-annukka-inspired-watercolor-chalk-birds-kids-art-classes-camps-parties-and-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=90562","title":{"rendered":"Sanna Annukka Inspired Watercolor + Chalk Birds – Kids Art Classes, Camps, Parties and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"


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We\u2019re excited to share this beautiful bird painting art project for kids inspired by artist Sanna Annukka<\/a>.<\/h4>\n

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We are in the midst of the most fabulous summer!\u00a0 Our 2nd \u201cPandemic Summer\u201d \u2013 who would ever believe!?\u00a0 Is it weird to feel like this is all \u201cnormal\u201d now?<\/p>\n

Whenever we need a relaxing and easy project in between some more challenging creative undertakings, we find ourselves gravitating to a bird project of some sort.\u00a0 Drawing and painting birds seems to have such a relaxing and \u201cre-setting\u201d effect on kids.\u00a0 No one ever panics when we announce we\u2019re drawing a bird!\u00a0 No one breaks into moans that they \u201ccan\u2019t do it!!\u201d\u00a0 Kids have been drawing birds since they were born (along with fish) and they start off feeling confident and open minded, and it\u2019s fun to guide them into some new territory, learning new ways of designing old favorites.<\/p>\n

The process for this project was simple!<\/h4>\n

We started by looking at examples of Sanna Annukka<\/a><\/strong>\u2018s art, and discussing as a class what we noticed about the shapes.\u00a0 If you\u2019re not already obsessed with her, she\u2019s a British \/ Finnish artist known for her stunning illustration and pattern work.\u00a0 She\u2019s inspired many projects of ours over the years \u2013 have you seen this<\/span> amazing printmaking project<\/strong><\/a><\/span> we did a few years ago?<\/p>\n

We gave kids the option of designing a vertical or horizontal bird.\u00a0 After drawing with a pencil, kids traced their lines with our fav Posca Paint Pens<\/a><\/strong>, and then watercolored inside the shapes.\u00a0 We challenged them to focus on a bit of a color matching approach to painting \u2013 if they traced a shape in a warm color, paint the inside of the shape with a warm color, and so on.\u00a0 They were lovely on a white background but they felt a tad \u201cunfinished\u201d so we opted for a chalk pastel illumination effect.\u00a0 We showed kids how to hug the chalk along the outside edge of their bird, holding the chalk sideways \u201con it\u2019s belly\u201d, pressing very very gently.\u00a0 Then they blended with one finger, super slowly, blending out to the edges of their paper.<\/p>\n

They were simple and beautiful.<\/p>\n

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