As I was wandering the aisles of my favorite hobby store looking for inspiration for this month’s set of blogs, I stumbled upon watercolor canvas. Now I might be behind the times, but these are new to me! I was so excited and immediately had ideas flooding in. They have wood frames, so they will hang nicely on a wall and I thought– kiddo keepsakes! Grab your little artists, your favorite Waves Of Expression watercolors and let’s create a cute memory to hang on your wall!
Like I said earlier, these watercolor canvases are a new territory for me, so I experimented a little bit. I poured water on the back of the canvas and used a paper towel to spread it around and soak up the excess.
I did the same with the front, hoping it would help the pigments spread more evenly. For my color I selected a purpley-red with a blue-green color shift (I’m in LOVE with this color!) from Waves Of Expression Watercolors and painted my hand. Then I pressed down firmly on the canvas and left a fairly even print– you might need to add more paint to the prints and press your hand down again to get more coverage. The canvas “drank” the paint, even with water on both sides, which is a nice feature! It helps the paint dry between hand prints, keeping them from blurring together too much.
Here comes the tricky part, getting kids to hold still long enough to paint their hands. But with a lot of wiggling and giggling, we got it done! Same deal; paint, press, maybe paint some more and press again (depending on how patient your little ones are).
Today was the first painting my son was a part of! He just turned one a couple weeks ago. Usually he isn’t interested in what Big Sister does with paints, but today he was! So I had him do a hand print too, but he had other ideas, he slapped the canvas. A lot. His little hands are green.
Here is the final product, proudly displayed over the dining room table!
WAVES OF EXPRESSION 
What did you think of this idea??