How to paint the sorrowing angel printable worksheet and art lesson.
This is a fun project for young artist. Parents, teachers, and home-school families will find many ways to use this art lesson and the printable worksheet to use as an extra class activity or as a take-home project. Angels are very popular, and this night scene is a perfect contrast to the white wings of the angel.Remember to set your printer to color.
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ART SUPPLY LIST
You can use any watercolor paint. I prefer my small Windsor Newton paint set; it has a nice selection of colors. I also use Grumbacher Paints in the tubes. You can easily find these at any craft store like Lobby Hobby or Michaels. (Look for coupons online.) You can collect lots of paintbrushes, but it is better at the start to keep it simple with a few small, medium, and medium-large brushes and a combination of flats as well as rounded paintbrushes. For these art lessons, I use Strathmore series 300 Watercolor paper. It is economical and available at Michaels and Hobby Lobby and online.
PRINTABLE ART LESSON NOTES
FIRST: Trace the outline onto some 140 lb watercolor paper. This is the heavy paper that does not buckle when it gets wet. If it is too thick to trace try holding the picture onto a window with daylight shining through it.
To make the wings white and shiny don't do anything to them, instead, give the whole picture a watery wash with a little light gray in the water and leave the wings white. While the light gray is still wet wash in some dark blue in the background.
LET IT DRY!
FILLING THE COLORS IN:
After the gray was has dried then add in the blue for the angel's robe, yellow for the hair, brown for the skin, green for the grass and wreath.
ADDING DETAILS
Mix some darker blue and violet and make the background darker and deeper colors. Avoid black but if your colors are weak you might add a little black.
Mix some lavender with blue and put the shadows in the robe.
Mix some darker brown and put some shadow on the skin.
Use a very light watery pink or rose and give the cross a little warmth. Use some blue for shadows around the cross.
FINISHING TOUCHES
Use the smallest brush you have and use it to draw details by letting only the very tip of the brush touch the paper.
Put the lines around the cross with a brown-red color.
Draw the feathers on the wings with a little watery light blue.
