Watercolor Spirals

I hope the beginning of your school year is going well. Mine is going fine. We are getting back into the swing of things around here. Here is a fun and meditative art project good for kids and adults of all ages. You can tie this in to labrynths, mazes and mandalas.

I use all different kinds of watercolor paints. I have a whole collection! One of my favorites is the Prima Marketing Confections sets. There are a number of different color sets. I also like the Crayola Education Watercolor sets. For the marker details, I use Posca paint markers and Micron pens. You can use whatever brands or types of markers and watercolor paints you like.

Start by drawing a spiral on your paper with pencil.

Use your watercolor paints to make a loose, sketchy line of color on top of your spiral line. Choose another color that is similar to your first (or that will blend nicely with it) and place that next to the first color, blending it slightly.

Keep adding colors that look nice together as you move around the spiral. Blend slightly with the water.

Once your spiral is complete, you can add things like leaves, flowers or other designs to the outside or top of the spiral.

Add dangling lines to the bottom of the spiral.

Use your white pens, posca markers, Micron pens and other markers to add details on top of the watercolor and in between the spiral lines.

Here is a finished watercolor spiral!

Here’s another watercolor spiral. In this picture, I am adding more details to the dangling lines.

Here is another finished watercolor spiral!

This is a book about spirals in nature that I like to read to the kids.

Thanks for reading all the way to the end! Let me know if you have any questions or comments.