How to Paint Flowers Beside a Path, a Watercolor Worksheet

Here is a Free How To Paint Flowers Beside The Path Worksheet.

 

I love the world God gave us, and it is a joy to paint a picture of a garden path on a sunny day.

I know this little lesson will be meaningful for you. This picture is simple in composition. It is like an impressionist painting and not intended to be overly realistic. I always felt if you wanted something as real as a photograph then you should buy a camera. With paint, you can interpret and give expression to a scene that a camera is not designed to do. But you can use these ideas and put them to your own use.

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How to draw flowers beside the path, watercolor worksheet

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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 LESSON NOTES.

BEGINNINGS
Trace the design onto 140-pound watercolor paper. It is a heavy paper that will not buckle. If you have trouble tracing through the paper, try holding it against a window with the light shining behind it, and then you should be able to trace it easily.

This design is not to be painted exactly as I did but it is a guideline, so you can change things and make it your own special picture. So feel free to experiment. 

 

FIRST WASH

Use a medium brush and wash in the pale blue sky, keep the paint watery, and do not worry about the trees you'll paint them on top of the blue later.

In the same way, use watery yellow-green and wash in the foreground flower area, 

BUT BE CAREFUL NOT TO PAINT OVER THE TULIPS, go around the tulips. 

In the same way, use watery sandy brown and wash it on the road.

LET IT DRY  

Do not feel you need to finish the painting all at once. Take breaks and come back after a while. Some artists work on a picture for several days to finish a painting. And some artists do a painting once to work out the mistakes, like a practice painting, and then paint a second one after they know what will work. 

BUILDING IT UP

After the first wash has dried mix a deeper green by adding a TINY dab of red or blue to your green. With a small brush dab green into the trees.

Carefully work the lower foreground by dabbing green to make it look like grasses and leaves. Leave yellow areas between the green. Work the dark dabs in rows that get smaller as they near the trees. 

BUT BE CAREFUL not to paint over the yellow-green flowers or the tulips. LET IT DRY

After the second step is dry, repeat if the colors need to be darker in the trees and grasses.

For the distant trees add a little brown to the green and work in the shadows of the trees. Let it dry before you add any tree trunks or branches.  Do the tree trunks in two steps a medium brown and after the medium brown has dried paint in the dark brown. Mix a little blue or black for the darks in the tree trunks.

TECHNIQUE

To get an impressionist feel do not try to be overly realistic. Try to use your brush with small dabs and short strokes. Just touch the brush to the paper over and over until it builds up. BE PATIENT! LET IT DRY IN BETWEEN COLORS AND STEPS. 

TULIPS

Paint the tulips in steps. First, with a small brush wash the pink-red over the tulips and let it dry. 

Use a darker yellow to add some detail to the yellow flowers. If you have problems mixing a darker yellow try a TINY touch of black or orange. The trick is to keep it suggestive like an impressionist painting. 

After the pink wash has dried mix a little lavender or blue and red to make a darker color for the details. Use the tip of the small brush and DRAW the details of the tulips. Draw the shadows around the bottom and on one side and draw the shadow inside the bowl of the flower. 

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(c)Adron 9/22/20

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How To Paint a Picture of a Covered Bridge in a Landscape

Free how to paint a picture of a covered bridge in a landscape, an art lesson, and a printable watercolor worksheet.

This is a good practice project and skill builder for any young artist or beginner.

Teachers and parents can use this in class or as a do-at-home project. It can be a lesson by itself or an extra activity.

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How to Paint a Landscape With a Covered Bridge Lesson and Worksheet

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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.

BEGINNINGS
Trace the design onto 140-pound watercolor paper, this is the heavy paper that will not buckle. If the paper is too thick to trace through place it against a window with the light shining behind it and then you should be able to trace it easily.

SKY AND CLOUDS
Wet the paper all around the clouds. Be careful to not cross into the clouds. Mix some watery blue and lay it into the background. Keep the blue pale at the hills and a little darker at the top. LET IT DRY then wet the clouds and drop in some watery light-blue and watery blue-black. Use a small brush to move the color around to make the shape of the clouds. Let the bottom of the clouds disappear into the sky.

For more color you can add a little watery rose or yellow to the clouds it will give them a summer afternoon look.

HILLS
Wet the hills but not the trees, then brush in some light browns and greens for the hills. After the hills dry dab with a brush the light green for the distant trees.

TREES
Use green for the trees but drop into the green some darker greens made of black and green for the shadows. Make the foreground darker than the hills. Dabb darker dots of green around the base of the hills and in places to give it texture.

RIVER
Start with blue then add black for the shadow below the bridge. After it dries add green and brown for the deeper water but keep some blue showing in places.

BRIDGE
Use brown and grey for the river bank. The road can be grey black brown or clay red.

Use the tip of your brush to paint the bridge, think of it as drawing with a brush. Use grey for the roof and red for the sides. After it dries go back and add more detail and shadow with black and red for the shadows.
ROAD
The road can be grey black brown or clay red.

FINISHING TOUCHES
Use clear water and tissue to "Lift Out" any color that is too intense. Dabb dots of darker color to give texture and richness.

Sign your work about an inch up from the bottom that way there is room for the frame.

(c) Adron Dozat 8/4/19

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Free Art Lesson Worksheet How to Paint A Picture of A Palm Tree At The Sea

This is a free how-to-paint a picture of a palm tree lesson and worksheet.

I made this worksheet for the art class I was giving to some homeschoolers. It is simplified for the young artist or the beginner and focuses on basic skills and concepts.

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Printable How To Paint A Palm Tree Worksheet

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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 NOTES

TRACE
Trace the picture onto heavy watercolor paper, if it is too dark to trace through try holding it against a window with the light shining through. If you use a copier you can enlarge the picture and then trace a larger one.

SKY
Do not paint the sky a flat blue. Use darker lavenders at the top and sunset oranges and yellows at the bottom.
Put some of the sunset colors in the sea and beach then let it dry.

LET IT DRY

DISTANT LAND
Mix watery brown and fill in the distant island. While it is still wet drop in darker browns and blues to give a silhouette with highlights look.

WATER
With back and forth strokes put light blue in the water but only about half of it. leave a lot of parts white and yellow. LET THIS STEP DRY then give a second layer of darker blues so you have light blue highlights and deep blue waves. Leave some of the yellow showing through.

THE TREE
Use a small brush and draw the palm leaves with yellow first then go back and add green in the bottom half of each leaf. Some are brown and hang down. Paint the trunk brown then while it is wet add some blue for darker areas and details.

BEACH
Use watery yellow and tan colors for the beach. Keep it smooth by the waves. In the Near ground use a small brush to give the sand texture.

Parents and teachers will be able to use this in school and at home.
It can be used in school as an extra assignment,
an easy lesson,
or a take-home project. It is simplified for the young artist or the beginner and focuses on basic skills and concepts.

(c) Adron  1/8/17

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How To Paint A Picture Of An Island In The Lake

This is an easy art lesson with a printable worksheet that can be used in class or at home.

The mountain lake with the island is a classic picture and a fun project that any young artist will like to try.  When finished, the young artist will have a sense of accomplishment and confidence.

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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 NOTES

Trace the design on watercolor paper. If it is too hard to trace, try to hold it against a window with the light coming through to see it better.

The first step is really watery. Wet the paper with a large brush and apply watery blue and lavender for the sky and lake. Leave some areas white.
With a small brush, put some watery green for the trees across the lake in the mountain.

LET IT DRY BEFORE GOING ON.

With a small brush, use watery browns and yellows for the sunny parts of the distant mountains; use blue and lavender for the shadows. Put some mountain colors in the lake by brushing back and forth randomly.

With the small brush, use some not-so-watery green and lavender for the island trees. Use some browns and violet for the rocks and use some bright green for the bushes on the island. Put a little in the water below.
The island must be darker than the mountains; if you need a little black, use it carefully.

After it has dried, use a small brush and not so watery color to add details to the mountains, lake, and island.
The mountains should have a soft, distant look use some clear water and tissue to soften the background.

(c) Adron. 10/22/16

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How to Paint an Old Rustic Barn in Watercolor Worksheet

Here is a printable art lesson and worksheet on how-to-paint a picture of an old barn.

This printable art lesson and the worksheet below are perfect for the young artist. It will help to give a foundation for basic painting. I designed this 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 project can be an extra time activity or a stand-alone lesson.

These old barns are so full of character, each telling a story. They are rustic and offer opportunities to paint contrasting textures and colors.

How to Paint a Picture of a Rustic Old Barn

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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 PROJECT NOTES

Start by tracing the little design onto some 140 lb watercolor paper. This is the heavy paper that does not buckle.  If it is hard to trace try holding it against a window with the light coming through.You could scan the design and enlarge it but the watercolor paper is expensive so I suggest you may want to do the project in its original small size.

You may notice that the picture is loosely drawn without a lot of detail. Do not try to add detail at this stage, it is a painting you will add detail at the end.

GENERAL RULES
Do the lighter pale colors first.
Work from the background toward the foreground.
Work in alternating sections so one section dries while you are working on another.

FIRST WASH
With a large brush use light and dark watery blues for the sky, leave some areas white for the clouds.
While the sky is drying use a small brush and wash watery yellow for the foreground then not so watery orange and greens.

While the ground is drying us light brown and dark brown for the distant mountains, put a little blue into the dark brown while it is still wet.
Use watery green for the trees, and drop a little brown, and violet into the green for shadows. Remember some green is showing through the missing boards on the barn.
LET THIS DRY

SECOND WASH
With a small brush put in blue-grey streaks for the sides of the barn and fence.
Lay a wash of brown for the rusty parts of the roof and blue for the metal roof.
Use purple-black for the shadows inside.
NOW LET IT DRY

AFTER IT DRIES
With a small brush mix red-brown and draw streaks of brown down the sides of the barn.
Use the tip of the brush to "draw" in the details.
Mix a little darker red-brown and draw the rust streaks in the roof.
Mix a little darker green and give the trees and bushes details with small taps of the brush

(c)Adron 6/19/16

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How to Paint a Simple Landscape Printable Worksheet

Here is an easy project that offers some tips for painting a watercolor picture of a simple landscape

This is an elementary picture form, but it makes good practice for a beginner.

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How to paint a simple landscape in watercolor worksheet. 

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PRINTABLE PROJECT NOTES.

Copy the design onto 140 lb watercolor paper. This is the heavy paper that does not buckle when it gets wet. If it is too hard to trace through the heavy paper, try holding it against a window with the light shining through.  If you want to make a larger picture, try enlarging it on a copier before tracing.

Wet parts of the sky randomly and then swish in some blue but be sure to leave some areas white for the clouds. Under-paint the background trees with a light mustard color it is like tan but keep it pale and watery. Under-paint the trees and grasses with a watery yellow. Under-paint the path with a watery, muddy brown. Use some muddy blue on the tree trunks. Keep everything watery at this stage.

While the color is still damp, add brown to the background trees.

Dabb green, yellow, and light brown in the foreground trees. Keep it damp but not wet.

Use long back and forth sweeps of the brush to fill in green, yellow-green, and brown-green grass.

Mix blue and brown for the dark areas on the tree trunks.

Dab brown and green-brown for the bushes under the trees.

After the sky is dry, add a little watery brown or yellow in the clouds, the color should be thin and very pale, so it looks a little off-white.

As you are painting, be sure to pay attention to how dark the background trees are, and the foreground trees are lighter and brighter.

Before the background dries, use a little water and blend the colors and make sure there is not too much detail showing.

Dab more yellow and green into the foreground trees. As you dab, look for patterns so that the shape is not flat. Use brown-green for shadow areas in the tree.

Remember to add the dark background trees between the trunks of the foreground trees.

Use the tip of the brush to draw details.
Use the tip of the brush to draw the texture in the path in brown and gray. Also, use the tip of the brush to draw the texture on the tree trunks in dark gray. Use the tip of the brush to draw more texture in the foreground grass by drawing a few darker green lines across the grass.

(C) Adron D. 3/25/16

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How to Paint A Mountain Meadow.

This printable how to paint a mountain meadow art lesson and worksheet below is perfect for the beginner and the young artist. It helps provide a foundation for basic painting.

This is a simple project to help the beginner get a little guidance on painting a basic picture. 

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How To Paint A Mountain Meadow

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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

Start by tracing the project onto some 140 lb watercolor paper, this is the paper that is heavy and will not buckle when it gets wet. If you have problems tracing through the paper hold it against a window with light coming through and you will be able to see to trace.

If you want to make a bigger picture then use your printer to enlarge the design.

FIRST WASH
Using clear water wet the sky with back and forth strokes of a large brush while leaving some parts dry. While it is still wet use a smaller brush and lay in some watery blue, but leave the white areas to look like clouds.

Use watery purple, lavender, and violet and mix the colors on the paper to make the mountains, be careful that it doesn't get muddy.

Under paint the distant trees and meadow in yellow.

LET IT DRY.

SECOND WASH
Mix a darker purple and lavender and use a small brush to draw cliffs and ridges in the mountains.

Use green over the yellow to on the trees. Let some of the yellow show through.

THIRD WASH
Make a darker green by adding brown and with a small brush add texture and shadow to the trees. Let some lighter green and yellow show through.

THE MEADOW
With your smallest brush use green and add texture to the meadow. Use long sweeping lines for the distant meadow.
For the near meadow use your brush to draw circles and then fill in the spaces between the circles so the yellow shows.
Take your time on the meadow. It may take as much time as everything else, but that is what makes the picture so beautiful. Keep working the foreground greens so they are darker.

Thank you for visiting my blog.  I hope this project is fun and helpful for you.

(c) Adron D. 2/18/16

How To Paint An Autumn City Park Scene Worksheet

This is a how-to-paint a picture printable worksheet and lesson for a picture of an autumn part city scene. 

Parents and teachers will be able to use this lesson and printable worksheet in school and at home. 

It can be used in school as an extra assignment, an easy lesson, or a take-home project. It is simplified for the young artist or the beginner and focuses on basic skills and concepts.

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Printable How to Paint an Autumn Park Scene Worksheet and Lesson

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PRINTABLE ART PROJECT NOTES

Start by tracing the little design onto some 140 lb watercolor paper. This is the heavy paper that does not buckle.  If it is hard to trace try holding it against a window with the light coming through. You could scan the design and enlarge it but the watercolor paper is expensive so I suggest you may want to do the project in this small size.

You may notice that the picture is loosely drawn without a lot of detail. Do not try to add detail at this stage, it is a painting you will add detail at the end.

FIRST WASH
Do the lighter pale colors first.

This is maybe the easiest step. Make some dull gray by mixing blue and black together. Take a medium brush and with a watery load of color wash it into the backgrounds where the buildings are. This dull gray will give contrast to the bright yellows and oranges later.

Use some sky blue for the area of sky showing above the footpath.

Make a slightly darker gray-blue and with a small brush give the path some little patches of blue-gray.

Do not get upset if the gray color gets into the trees.

SECOND WASH
Medium colors.
Let the first wash dry a little before you go on.
Use a red-brown for the leaves that are covering the ground. Take your time and mix it carefully it should be more brown than red. Use a small brush and give it a watery wash to the ground. Put some on the path too.

Switch back and forth between yellow and orange and dab the leaves in the trees. Let the two colors mix together. After the leaves are all filled in use the smallest brush and dab a VERY LITTLE red here and there. Let it mix with the other colors.

LET IT DRY

DRY BRUSH
These are the darker colors.
Mix some brown and black and use a small brush to "draw" the trees and branches. Remember the trees have a dark side and a light side.  Do not let this brush get too wet. Dab a little of the water off before you put in the trees.
Now you can have fun and draw lots of branches reaching everywhere.

Use green for the bench and the lamps. The green will stand out from the yellows.

(c)Adron 2/9/16

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How To Paint A Mountain Landscape Worksheet

This is a free art lesson and a printable how to paint a mountain meadow picture worksheet.

 

It is a good practice and skill builder for any artist. I originally designed this as a drawing lesson but some of my students wanted to paint so I did this little practice lesson for them.  Teachers and parents will be able to use this in class or as a do-at-home project. It can be a lesson by itself or an extra activity.

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How To Paint A Mountain Landscape Worksheet

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PRINTABLE ART LESSON NOTES

TRACING
Start by tracing the design onto 140 lb watercolor paper. If the paper is too heavy to see through then hold it against a window with the light shining through and you should be able to trace it.

FIRST WASH
Wet the sky with clear water then do a nervous zig-zag with a large brush full of water blue. Do not paint the whole sky a solid blue. Leave random white and blue-white areas show.

Mix together watery sienna brown and lavender and paint in the light areas of the mountains.

Use light green on the far hills and yellow on the meadow.

NOW LET THIS STEP DRY

SECOND WASH
Add more blue streaks to the sky. Make sure there is blue behind the snow.

Mix purple and dark brown and use a small brush to paint the darker parts of the mountain. Use small strokes so it looks craggy. Paint into the light brown in places. Remember some mountains are behind the others.

The far mountains are lighter. If they get too dark then use a tissue to blot out some of the color. It may help to use a brush an wet the area and then blot out the color. I actually had to do this in our example for the mountain behind the one on the left.

Use dark green for the trees at the edge of the meadow and the rolling hills.

FINISHING TOUCHES.
Use a watery gray and give a little dullness to some of the white in the sky.

Mix blue and dark brown and with a small brush deepen any areas on the mountain that need it.

Use a watery blue and add a little to the snow.

Mix green and a little violet and add a little dark green to the trees and meadow.

Thank you for visiting my blog.  I hope this project is fun and helpful for you.

(c) Adron 1/29/16

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Composition Skillbuilder for drawing a Landscape

This is a short post with a few ideas about composing a landscape. It is ideal for a young artist who wants to draw a picture of the countryside but doesn't know where to begin. 

Here is an opportunity to improve your abilities to sketch a landscape.

Choose your compositional form steel yard, "L," or Golden mean. Steelyard is a balance between a large object and a smaller object opposite. "L" is just as it sounds like, there are large objects forming a shaped like an "L." The Golden mean is a point of interest that is beside and lower than the center.

Decide on a horizon line, anywhere but the center. Choose a background like mountains, hills, or trees. Add clouds and trees bushes and details, you should come up with some ideas on your own; look through your photos, magazines, and calendars to get inspiration. Fill in the spaces with a texture like grass.

Thank you for visiting my blog.  I hope this project is fun and helpful for you. 

To find more like it see the labels at the right or choose one of the favorites in the left sidebar.  I am sure you will find one you like.

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How To Paint Snow in Watercolor Art 2

How to paint snow in watercolor.

Art 2

This is a very simple project; it is a good introduction to painting snow for the young artists.

We will start with a demonstration of "staining." I call it staining because the young artist sometimes has trouble with the concept of a wash technique, so I say we are "staining the paper" when we mean a VERY LIGHT WASH.  We want the water about 99% clear so it is only tinted, check the value on a sample of paper towel before applying to the paper.

Using a 2b pencil, lightly sketch in the barn and tree. We draw the horizon about a third of the way up from the bottom. There is nothing more boring than a picture cut in half by a horizon.

We start with a wet sky, turn the paper upside down and holding it at a slight angle, (we do not want the color to contaminate the snow) and using ALMOST CLEAR water with just a very little blue we wash in the sky color starting at the horizon and going to the top edge of the picture. We will add a little lavender halfway up and a little violet further up. The effect is to be a sky that is darker and looks colder. We let this dry. The young artist may need a second project to occupy themselves while this part dries.

The snow is done in a similar way. We do a VERY LIGHT WASH of almost clear water but with a little blue from the sky mixture.

After the snow dries under-paint the barn a pale red and the foreground tree a pale brown. Under-painting is flat and without detail, we use the lightest color for this step. While the barn is still wet we add a little lavender for the shadow, don't overwork it, drop a little bit in, and let it go. While the barn dries we will add a few sweeps of light blue color to the snow and some lavender for the shadow under the tree.

When the barn is dry we "draw" the boards and details using the very tip of the brush and a darker red. When the tree is dry we use the same technique of using the tip of the brush to draw texture and branches with a darker brown. Some blue is added to the brown to give it the darkest area. This dark tree is a contrast to the whites in the picture, so take some time with it and draw a lot of interesting branches with your brush.

The background is done when the sky and snow is dry. Lay the brush down and roll or drag it sideways across the horizon so the color is irregularly applied. While the background is still wet dapple some darker browns at the base to look like bushes and smaller trees.

A few posts will help to break up the large white snow areas if needed.

Example used during the class of Stain technique (light wash) for snow. This stage shows under-painting.

How to paint snow in watercolor lesson for young artist. Example prepared before class.

(c)Adron Dozat

How To Draw A Fence In A Rural Scene

This printable drawing worksheet is for a rural landscape with a fence. A fence is one of my favorite things to add when drawing a countryside scene. Adding a fence in a rural scene is easy for an artist to do and adds interest as well as direction to a sketch.

Free How To Draw A Fence In A Rural Scene

The key is perspective.  You must remember that the top and bottom of the fence will come together at the vanishing point at the horizon. In my illustration, the vanishing point is the point of interest where there is a break in the trees to allow the road to pass through. 

You can think of the fence as a very long triangle with a vertical fence post dividing it up. The post will get closer to each other farther away and will have less detail as they get farther away. The posts are drawn as longish cubes, so if you can draw a cube you are well on your way; start with three lines going up and down then connect them at the top with a rectangle slightly bent. Shade one side and you have a post. 

The rails are three lines between the posts and connected at the inside of the farthest post. The posts are just a few dashes farther away, this gives the impression of distance. At the base of the post put some grass, rocks or flowers.  

Don't worry if they are not all straight; in the country, things get worn down and fall out of place and you often see post leaning over or rails that are crooked, so work any mistakes into your picture- it may be more interesting for it. 

Put some shadowing in the post and across the road. I put an oak tree and some distant hills in my picture you might add a barn or water tower in yours.

(c) Adron

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