Age Range: 2+

Time to Complete: 25 minutes

Supplies Needed

• Markers 

  • Alternative material: Watercolors 

• Crayon or oil pastel 

• Table Salt  

• Paintbrush 

• Container of water 

• Paper towels 

1. Outline the main shapes of your landscape, trees and water in the front, mountains in the back.

2. Color in your landscape with a water-soluble marker or watercolors.  

3. Watercolor: Start by dipping your brush in water. Swipe on the end of cup to prevent dripping. The more water you use the more translucent the color. If you want a bolder color use less water.  

Marker: Casually fill in with scribbles. After dipping brush in water use the brush to diffuse the water by scribbling. 

Wax Resists Water: Oil and water don’t mix together. You’ll see the diluted color spread around the crayon to display an interesting image and texture. 

4. Where you see little pools of water, add salt. The salt will absorb the color and moisture. It will provide added texture to your landscape.  

Stephanie Anastasia Stockton (1906 – 2003) 

Stockton was born April 27th in Los Angeles nine days after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake & Fire. At the age of one year, Stephanie moved to Bakersfield with her family in 1907. She attended St. Francis Grammar School, the Kern County Union High School and Bakersfield Junior College. Her lifelong educational quest took her around the world where she sought the human quality in the landscapes she painted. She saw and studied those figures that spoke to her about the dignity and beauty of life surrounding her, whether she was in India, Jerusalem, Indochina, Japan, China, Kenya, Egypt, Canada, South America, Mexico or Europe. Her copious sketchbooks represent volumes of looking and seeing from the deepest reds and blues of Guatemala to the brightest yellow light of her dear Kern County.