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Painting bottles is a great way to learn how to make glass appear translucent and still have depth. Your child will create a beautiful painting of blue glass bottles, learning an easy technique to conquer a complex subject. Using translucent qualities of watercolor paints to create a color wash, and opaque tempera to create depth, the bottles will have similar appearance as stained glass.
What You Need:
- White watercolor paper (11” x 17” or larger)
- Vine charcoal
- Various shades of blue watercolor paint
- Various shades of blue tempera paint
- Paintbrushes
- Paint palette
- Assorted glass bottles
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