This is a how-to-paint a picture of a robin bird lesson and worksheet.
In this lesson, I tried to keep the colors bright. So, where colors are in layers, they are in harmony with the layers below.
I made this worksheet as a handout to give my art students so they could take it home and practice painting on their own. This can be used in homeschool, classrooms, and at home. This worksheet can be an extra time activity or a stand-alone lesson.
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A WORD ABOUT PRINTING THE WORKSHEET
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TRACING
Start by tracing the design onto 140 lb watercolor paper. If the paper is too heavy to see through just hold it against a window with the light shining through and you should be able to trace it.
FIRST WASH
Do the sky in sections. With a small brush wet each section and drop in watery blue. Add a little violet to the upper sky and around the leaves. Let it flow and blend but not completely so there is movement and interest in the sky.
NOW LET THIS STEP DRY
SECOND WASH
Wet each leaf and drop in a little yellow and green. For the leaves behind other leaves use only green. Use red and brown to paint the branches. (We will go over the branches again later to make them darker.)
Use watery orange on the bird's tummy followed with a little red around the edge blend it along the edge with your brush.
THIRD WASH
The brown feathers take two steps. Use a light brown and black mixture that is more brown than black and give the feathers a watery wash so it is pale.
AFTER IT IS DRY use the tip of a small brush and use an almost dry mixture to DRAW the lines of the feathers. Mix mostly black brown for the head.
Use yellow for legs and beak.
Add another layer of brown and blue-black to the branches.
DETAILS
If the line for the beak is too small to use a paintbrush on then use a pencil after it is dry.
Mix darker colors as needed and use the tip of the brush to add lines in the leaves.
(c) Adron 6/3/15
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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
TRACING
Start by tracing the design onto 140 lb watercolor paper. If the paper is too heavy to see through just hold it against a window with the light shining through and you should be able to trace it.
FIRST WASH
Do the sky in sections. With a small brush wet each section and drop in watery blue. Add a little violet to the upper sky and around the leaves. Let it flow and blend but not completely so there is movement and interest in the sky.
NOW LET THIS STEP DRY
SECOND WASH
Wet each leaf and drop in a little yellow and green. For the leaves behind other leaves use only green. Use red and brown to paint the branches. (We will go over the branches again later to make them darker.)
Use watery orange on the bird's tummy followed with a little red around the edge blend it along the edge with your brush.
THIRD WASH
The brown feathers take two steps. Use a light brown and black mixture that is more brown than black and give the feathers a watery wash so it is pale.
AFTER IT IS DRY use the tip of a small brush and use an almost dry mixture to DRAW the lines of the feathers. Mix mostly black brown for the head.
Use yellow for legs and beak.
Add another layer of brown and blue-black to the branches.
DETAILS
If the line for the beak is too small to use a paintbrush on then use a pencil after it is dry.
Mix darker colors as needed and use the tip of the brush to add lines in the leaves.
(c) Adron 6/3/15
