60+ Spring Painting Ideas for All Abilities! (2024)

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Easy Tulip Painting With Acrylic Paints

Learn to paint the quintessential spring flower - the tulip! Learn how to paint a jar of vibrant pink tulips in this step by step tutorial.

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How To Paint Daisies for Beginners (Easy Painting with Youtube Video)

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Forget making daisy chains with little ones; creating this spring scene is the perfect activity for a painting party. Plus, you can paint your daisies on everything from canvases to wood signs, rocks, and jars!

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There’s something so gorgeous about sprigs of lavender, and this easy (beginner-ready!) painting tutorial brings them to life. Just grab Q-tips, a paintbrush, and a selection of purple paints to take on this fun art project.

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Spring Landscape Painting – Acrylic Painting Tutorial For Beginners

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The stunning pastels and deep green shades in this landscape painting are bound to brighten up any room. Choose a large canvas, and don’t be afraid to go nuts with stippling for more texture!

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Spring Gnome – Acrylic Painting Tutorial

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A spring gnome is the perfect addition to any garden, so why not liven up your walls with this adorable painting? The buzzing bees and daisies bring visual interest to the mix. But feel free to switch up the color of the gnome’s hat to match your decor (hey, flexibility is key!).

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Spring Flower Vase Painting

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Learn how to paint a striking flower vase with this easy-to-follow tutorial. It’s designed for intermediate painters, but beginners can still take a stab at it. The vibrant colors and flashes of white will chase away the last of the cold winter weather!

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Spring Pig Painting Tutorial

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Okay, just HOW cute is this cheeky spring pig? The blended pinks make this a slightly trickier tutorial, but you can easily simplify things with less detailed shading. Just grab a couple of round brushes and a flat wash brush to get to work!

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Spring Truck Painting

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Chug through those brisk spring mornings with this colorful truck. The undefined lines make this super easy to paint; you can even create the cherry blossoms using Q-tips. It’s perfect for involving the kiddos.

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How to Paint Hydrangea Flowers in a Jar using Q-tips/ Bubble Wrap

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Hydrangeas might look complicated to paint, but Q-tips will help you easily create that “globe” look with little effort. And hey, it’s fun!

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Cherry Blossom Tree Painting with Acrylics and Q-Tips

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Another fun way to work Q-tips into your artwork is by painting a few cherry blossom trees! A mixture of pale pink, deep red, and white acrylic adds texture and dimension to the simple grey background.

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Step-By-Step: How To Paint a Mason Jar

Use a mason jar as your canvas to paint some beautiful spring blooms like daisies and lavender! Display them on your shelf to infuse your home with some fresh spring vibes.

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How to Paint a Lily: Step-by-Step Flower Painting Guide for Beginners

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Create this gorgeous lily painting with basic acrylic paints, a canvas, and a few brushes! The contrast from the black background is fabulous, and it’ll make the flower petals look uber-dramatic.

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How To Paint A Spring Wreath On Black Canvas

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I’m obsessed with colorful wreaths, and this cute-as-a-button painting pops against a black canvas. This tutorial is designed for beginners and requires just one coat for the base. Add a couple of positive quotes inside the wreath for personalization.

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How To Paint A Spring Tree Path

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This simple spring art idea looks super effective on a large canvas. The “stamped” effect from the flat brush creates gorgeous petals with virtually no effort. Believe it or not, this piece of art comes together in just two hours!

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How To Paint Roses In 4 Easy Steps – Acrylics For Beginners

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Multidimensional cabbage roses that get tons of texture from a one-stroke technique? Now, that’s a beginner’s dream. Choose any opaque acrylic shade you like to create breathtaking blooms every single time.

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Highland Cow Painting “Mommy & Me Style”- Acrylic Painting Tutorial

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Celebrate a new arrival with this adorable acrylic art tutorial. It’s technically two separate paintings, but you can combine them to create a meaningful, single-canvas design. You'll even be able to add personal quirks to the cow faces to represent your family members. Too cute!

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Chocolate Bunny Acrylic Painting Tutorial

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Switch out the creamy candy bars for an adorable chocolate bunny this Easter! This painting is super easy, making it perfect for kids and beginner painters. Just paint the sky with a flat brush, shape and paint the bunny, and then finish with the details.

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Shadow Patterns

If you’re further along on your art journey, showcase your skills with these gorgeous shadow patterns. Grab a plant (fake or real works!) and let it cast shadows in the springtime sun. It's a still-life marvel that'll add character to any room.

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“Wildflower Landscape” – Exclusive Painting Tutorial

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This spring flower scene combines vibrant colors with sweeping landscapes and is a total JOY to paint. You’ll start by rendering and highlighting the mountains before building the flower meadows at the front with acrylic paint.

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How To Paint A Sunflower

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Learn to outline and paint a sunflower with aesthetic yellow paint, white swirls, and a striking ultramarine background. This beginner painting is best for older children and adults, but you can get youngsters involved with the light strokes and dots!

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Spring Bicycle Painting

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This spring bicycle painting brings sunny rides through the park to mind with its cute bumblebee and stunning pastel palette. The vibrant teal bike shines against the grey background, and the acrylic spring blooms pull everything together. This tutorial even includes a traceable bike for beginners!

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“Gentle Barn” – Sheep Acrylic Painting Tutorial

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Is there anything cuter than a barnyard sheep frolicking on the green? This acrylic painting includes a printable template (always a plus!). It also lets you experiment with texture using medium-sized circles and a simple round brush.

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Wagon Wheel Painting – Step By Step Tutorial

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Brighten your living space by learning to paint a rustic wagon wheel with bright sunflowers and lavender. It’s the perfect pick if you’re leveling up your painting skills.

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St. Patrick’s Day Bouquet – Acrylic Painting Tutorial

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Channel the fun of St. Paddy’s Day with a leprechaun's hat and a bouquet of daisies, clovers, and lavender! You can easily remove some of the details to make it more beginner-friendly.

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“Busy Bee” Painting – Acrylic Painting Tutorial

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This is another cute idea for medium-level painters. You can switch out the spring blooms for anything you like. But the traceable included in this tutorial makes things SO easy.

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Easter Gnome Painting Tutorial

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Combining everything from adorable gnomes to Easter eggs and bunny balloons, this quirky painting is packed with color. Customize the colors and decorations with fun little extras to suit your style!

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Cherry Blossom Butterflies Acrylic Painting Tutorial

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This cherry blossom painting with butterflies is a great way to experiment with color this spring. The washed background lets the Monarch butterflies pop alongside the white and magenta blossoms. Just gorgeous!

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“Dandelion Wishes” Acrylic Painting Tutorial

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Grab your paintbrush and put your skills to work with this simple dandelion and ladybug painting. It takes you through painting the stem, bud, and seeds for a canvas packed with movement and color.

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Thankful Art

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This lavender field might look tricky to paint, but it's perfect for beginners! Grab those pastel paints and prepare for clever stippling with damp paint and a flat brush.

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Spring bicycle acrylic painting with pansies!

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Channel a stunning spring day in Amsterdam with this lovely bicycle painting! You can find virtually all the supplies at a Hobby Lobby, and the colors are customizable, too.

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Best Acrylic Flower Painting Techniques for Beginners

Blooming flowers are one of Springs magic delights. Make them less intimidating and accessible for everyone to paint by following these easy-peasy flower painting techniques. From finger painting, to using vegetables to stamp your flowers.

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Paint a Floral Design on a Rock

Paint any spring inspired flower or spring landscape on a simple rock. Learn how to base coat and which paints work best on rocks in this step by step tutorial.

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Paint a Peaceful Butterfly On a Flower

You know that spring is here when you see butterflies fluttering around. And what's more peaceful than watching a butterfly landing and resting on a blossom? Learn how to paint this in step by step tutorial.

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Easy Tree Painting Aspen Sunset (Very Beginner Friendly!)

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This is one of those abstract scenes that’s ideal for beginners. The sunset background gives your painting depth and tons of color. Plus, the simple, rectangular leaves are a great way to get kids of all ages involved.

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How to Paint and Seal your Hydro Flask

Another non-traditional medium to paint on is a metal water bottle like the Hydroflask. Paint some pretty fresh flowers to jazz up your water bottle to add some sweet vibes to your H20.

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Tulip Painting With Rain Boots

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Do you love splashing through puddles in muddy rain boots? Well, you can bring the joys of spring to life with these bright yellow rain boots and bold tulips! You’ll need a traceable, but the acrylic paintwork is pretty straightforward.

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Still Life Terracotta Plant Pots

This medium-level painting idea draws inspiration from the potted plants around you to create a gorgeous, blended canvas with realistic detail.

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Ladybug Painting

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Anyone can give this cute ladybug painting a try! The tutorial has a handy traceable so that you can immediately get down to business with the acrylic.

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Garden Fence Painting Part One

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If you're a white picket fence fan, this painting littered with pink roses and hyacinths will pique your interest.You'll use masking tape to create crisp lines, but you'll paint the blooms freehand (hello, creative spirit!).

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School Bus Acrylic Painting Tutorial

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School-aged kids will absolutely love this bright school bus to jazz up their bedroom wall (or give to teachers!). You have the choice of a traceable to make things easy-peasy.

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Easter Egg Landscape Painting

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Get in the mood for hot cross buns and chocolate by painting this colorful Easter egg landscape. The shapes and techniques are easy enough for kids and adult beginners - it's an adorable holiday gift idea!

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How To Paint An Easter Bunny

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This is one of those spring painting ideas that combines bold colors with simple techniques. Kids will have so much fun outlining the bunny in chalk and laying down the cerulean background.

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How to Paint Texas Bluebonnets

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Painting these Texas bluebonnets will feel therapeutic once you've nailed the washed grey background. You'll use a flat brush to form the stems before taking a round brush to stipple the buds.

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Simple Spring Bunny And Daffodils Acrylic Painting For Beginners

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This sweet spring bunny couldn’t be easier to paint, and this tutorial takes you through every step (you're welcome, beginners!).

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Spring art for kids :: watercolor flowers - NurtureStore

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These simple flower designs are perfect if you'd rather deal with watercolor than acrylics. A fine marker pen is all your child needs to add details like dots, spirals, or dashes to the petals.

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Field of Tulips Q-tip Painting

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This field of tulips design is super vibrant and uses Q-tips to create a textured field of wildflowers. It's an easy way to inspire young artists to experiment with color.

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Colorful Butterfly Symmetry Paintings

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This cute and creative craft for kids is one of the best spring painting ideas for adding color to an overcast afternoon. You need a Popsicle stick, googly eyes, pipe cleaners, paint, and paint brushes!

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Hyper Colorful Painted Paper Plate Flowers!

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Does your kiddo have the post-birthday party blues? Grab a few leftover paper plates and watercolors to create these lovely, stapled flower designs!

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Racing Rainbow Painting with Cars

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This is one of the spring painting ideas designed for high-energy tykes. It uses toy racing cars and a large canvas to create bright strips of color that will look beautiful in a bedroom!

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HANDPRINT RAINBOW PAINTING

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Hand painting might be messy, but it's a great hands-on activity for fostering young artists. Arrange the acrylic paints in lines across your hands and create a semi-circular rainbow on the page!

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Rainbow Art with Cotton Balls

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Repurpose a pack of cotton balls with droppers and watercolor paints to create adorable process art! It's a great, messy activity for those dull days.

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Rainbow flower craft for kids using a fun spin art painting technique

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Channel the positive vibes of springtime with your preschoolers with poster paints, craft sticks, and basic white card. Feel free to jazz up your designs with buttons and pompoms!

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Sponge butterfly printing

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Grab those old sponges from the kitchen counter and create these gorgeous sponged butterflies! A hair tie around the center of the sponge forms a simple bow shape that you can cover with paint. The result is an effective butterfly shape that the kiddos can personalize!

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How to Make Soda Bottle Blossoms

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If you have spare soda bottles, pull them out of the recycling to create these adorable blossoms. Twigs from the garden form the stems, while the base of the bottles makes the petals. Simple but effective!

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Painted Blue Bunnies Garland

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These bunny garlands are a nifty craft idea to have in your back pocket when the kids feel antsy around Easter. You need a few wooden bunnies, blue acrylic paint, and a bit of patience!

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How To Paint A “Tuscan Landscape” – Acrylic Painting Tutorial

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This charming Tuscan landscape combines a washed background with detailed brushwork to create a marvelous piece of wall art. Just look at those stunning rows of wildflowers!

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How To Paint A Sunset Lake Pier

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This is up there with the more straightforward spring painting ideas (thanks to a traceable!). It combines a serene lake with branches of cherry blossoms. The out-of-focus look leaves room for error if you're starting out!

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Balloons & Tulips Acrylic Painting Tutorial

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This vibrant sunset with hot air balloons is loaded with cheerful colors and beautiful blending. Seriously, you can’t beat the blend of silhouette painting mixed with more delicate round brush work!

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Rainbow Painting – Acrylic Canvas Online Tutorial

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This St. Patrick’s-ready rainbow bursts with color and is an excellent idea for more accomplished painters. It would make a gorgeous design for a canvas, mug, or even a large coaster.

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How To Paint Whimsical Clovers

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This acrylic piece is just beautiful to look at. Plus, the cute clovers and delicate dot work will provide serious TLC if your brain needs a break from the 9-5 grind.

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Mushroom Painting – Fairy Landscape – Acrylic Painting Tutorial

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For something a touch more whimsical, try this colorful mushroom painting! The mushroom tops bring tons of color to the mix, and the pops of yellow paint make the canvas light up (well, almost!). Just be patient as each layer dries!