Apples Watercolor Painting

I love getting creative with our art projects. We have done so many fun ones over the years. And we have always had a blast with the fall ones. Apples seem to be a favorite for us.

I like that apples come in many colors and sizes. It allows kids to be creative in how they do crafts with apples. We had a blast making our watercolor apples!

Apples Watercolor Process Art - fun and easy art project to do with kids to learn about watercolors spreading in water - 3Dinosaurs.com

The Apples Watercolor Painting is a great addition to the apple activities on the site.

Apples Watercolor Painting

The apple watercolor painting is a mixed painting for kids with watercolors and oil pastels for the lining of the apple.

A fun way to watch the watercolor spread in the apple

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Apple Book to Read with the Apple Painting

I love tying in our crafts with books and we have always loved The Apple Pie Tree. It has been a favorite to read. I love the story.

I also love that this is a creative process that they decide what happens in all parts of it.

What you need for the Apple Watercolor Painting:

How we made our Apple Watercolor Painting Art:

You will see the steps we used to make the apple watercolor painting.

Step 1: Draw the Apple on the Paper

I always have us start out by drawing the apples with a pencil. The pencil makes it easy to make changes. Plus it is easy to trace a line already there.

Step 2: Outline the Apple in Oil Pastels

We follow the drawing with a tracing of the lines with an oil pastels. We used red but you could do a yellow or green apple as well. You are not limited by color.

Step 3: Fill the Apple Area with Water

Then comes the fun part. We fill in the area of the apple with water. You want to make sure the whole area has water and you can see the water if you look at it. We keep a clean bowl to use for this.

Step 4: Paint the Apple with Watercolors

Once the apple area is filled with water you then put watercolors on your brush and drip and move the brush in the water to make fun designs. It is interesting to watch how the color spreads. We used different colors of reds, yellows, and greens to fill in the color on the apple.

Step 5: Painting the Background

After we painted the apple we let it dry a bit and then we painted the green background. This was to make it look like the apple was on the tree.

Here is a look at our Watercolor Apple Paintings

Apples Watercolor Process Art - fun and easy art project to do with kids to learn about watercolors spreading in water - 3Dinosaurs.com

Check out these other Apple Activities For Kids

No-Prep & Hands-On Apple Weekly Packs for Prek, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, and Fourth Grade. Each pack has 5 days of printables with a no-prep and hands-on pack for them to use.

Easy To Make Apple Wreath is a simple wreath that kids can make for the fall with an apple theme.

Yarn Apple Trees are fun to make with your kids. You can always change up the color of the apples as well!

Torn Paper Apple Trees are fun and great for working on the fine motor. You can have them tear up the paper or you do it. Plus they can make their tree how every they want.

Torn Scrapbook Paper Apple is a craft that is made with torn paper to make a very fun apple. You can even mix colors of paper to make the apples.

Check out all the fun Apple Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.