EASY Art for Kids: Draw & Watercolor Paint 14 Garden Designs

Introduce bees in a garden drawing and watercolor project for complete beginners. Gather watercolor paper, paints, a brush, water, a crayon or oil pastel, and a workspace mat.

Begin by composing a garden scene with large daisies and leaves, then draw bees with simple ovals and lines using oil pastel or dark crayon.

Paint garden designs by coloring flowers and bees in your chosen hues. Prepare paints with a splash of water and stay inside the lines for crisp results.

Learn to paint garden leaves and the background with layered greens and yellows, then finish with a blue top for depth in this watercolor lesson.

Learn how to begin a snail watercolor project with no experience and gather essential supplies such as watercolor paper, paints, brush, water, oil pastel, paper towel, and mat.

Learn to draw a snail: shape the slug, add a curved shell with a C on the back, swirl the body, then add grass, eyes, and a smile.

Paint a snail with watercolor, using a brown body and blue-green shell, by adding water to the pans, layering green then blue, and allowing drying before the background.

Paint the background with a bright yellow sky and green grass, using a loaded brush and little water for a vibrant color, since this is your artwork.

Explore the cloud and rainbow project and the essential supplies. Gather watercolor paper, paints, clean water, a brush, black crayon or oil pastel, and a paper towel.

Draw large clouds on both sides and a rainbow arch between them with black oil pastel, then add six colors red to violet with optional faces before watercolor.

Apply watercolor paints by adding water to soften colors, then paint a blue sky with rainbow hues, keep clouds white, and adjust water and paint as needed.

Learn to paint a hummingbird in the garden with watercolor and gather supplies: watercolor paper, paints, a paintbrush, clean water, crayons or oil pastels, and paper towels.

Choose oil pastels or crayons, and draw a hummingbird at the center with a dark turquoise body, wings, tail, beak, and eye; fill the background with daisies, flowers, and leaves.

Paint the garden design in step 2 by softening watercolor pans with water, color the hummingbird in blue and green, then freely paint a bright, blended background.

Learn to draw a cute love bug and paint it with watercolors, and gather watercolor paper, paints, water, a brush, crayons or oil pastels, and a paper towel.

Draw a pink love bug with a large oval head and curved body, add six legs, hearts, black features, then a leaf and clouds.

Add water to each watercolor pan to soften pigments, then paint the love bug design with pink, red hearts, green leaf, and sky blue, adjusting lightness with water or paint.

Discover the essential supplies for this draw and watercolor project, including watercolor paper, paints, water, a brush, a black crayon or oil pastel, and a paper towel.

Learn to draw a bee with oil pastel or crayon, using an oval body, semicircle head, stripes and eyes, then add wings, legs, antennae, and a stinger.

Prepare your watercolor paints with a splash of water, color the bee in black and yellow with light-blue wings, plan a background, and avoid smearing oil pastels.

Introduce the stag beetle drawing and watercolor project and list the required supplies, including watercolor paper, paints, water, a brush, black oil pastel or crayon, and a paper towel.

Learn to draw a stag beetle by outlining the body, crafting curved pinchers, adding legs, and decorating with patterns before painting in the next lesson.

Apply watercolor to the stag beetle, using a cool purple-blue palette with a green background; paint beetle first, then background, and adjust vibrancy by more paint or more water.

Explore a folk art bird drawing and watercolor painting project. Gather watercolor paper, paints, a brush, clean water, black oil pastel or crayon, and a paper towel to start.

Draw a folk art bird in the garden using black oil pastel or crayon; shape the head with a backward C, add wings, tail, beak, eye, and patterns with flowers.

Softens paint with water, plans colors, and paints folk art birds and flowers before applying a black background to make colors pop.

Apply a watered-down black paint to the background to achieve a grayish black tone, mixing lots of water with a little black to avoid overpowering the piece.

Choose and gather your watercolor supplies—watercolor paper, paints, a small brush, a cup or bowl with water, and a paper towel—to begin a floral bouquet painting project.

Paint a floral bouquet on paper with water to soften paints; no pre-drawing, hold the brush vertically to create daisy petals and layer orange, pink, yellow, red with green stems.