Watercolor Painting with Tea and Coffee

In this class, you will learn to create your very own homemade paints from simple products you have at home - coffee & tea! You'll also use basic watercolor techniques and learn to apply them to an actual painting.

Topics Covered

• Paint creation
• Watercolor washes
• Wet on wet technique 
• Wet on Dry
• Painting a loose rose
• Envelope design

Want to join us for class? It's offered on-demand and now available in the class archive. Enjoy this video and printable worksheets today!

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Materials Needed

• Watercolor papers (size A3 recommended)
• Two fruit-based tea bags
• 1 tsp instant coffee
• Glass of hot/ boiling water
• Clean cool water
• Any round paintbrush
• Paper towel 
• Q tips (optional)
• An Envelope
• Ruler
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Glue stick
• Book recommendation: Make Ink 

Homework Challenge
Want to see our students' homework? Search the hashtag #kcatea on Instagram to see samples from this week's homework. Our students who participate in this challenge get entered into a drawing to win prizes.

Instructor: Malka Klein

Website: malkaklein.com

Instagram: @malkaklein