How to Paint a Picture of the Traveler's Backpack Worksheet and Art Lesson

I am delighted to share my how-to-paint A picture of the traveler's backpack. 

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How to Paint a Picture of the Traveler's Backpack Worksheet and Art Lesson

Below is a supplemental page with the outline to trace on a large scale. 

How to Paint a Picture of the Traveler's Backpack Pattern

It takes me days to create a worksheet like this, but I do it because I believe when God gives you a gift, it is so you can be a gift. These worksheets are helpful for you. 

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This worksheet is a great practice project for young artists. It doesn't use too many colors and has some opportunities to experiment and develop your style and technique.

You can download and save this lesson in class or at home. You may print it and give it to students as homework or an extra-time activity. You may also put it in a file ready to give to students who need encouragement or lack ideas about what to paint. 

PRINTING

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SUPPLIES

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. 

THE SUBJECT

This is an uncommon subject. It makes a great still life, and the backpack's nature tells a story. I modeled this project after my daughter's canvas backpack, which she takes everywhere. It has character and history. Practice with my project and then apply what you learn by painting a picture of your own backpack.  

PROJECT NOTES

TRACE THE DESIGN

Start by tracing the outline onto 140 lb watercolor paper.  This is the heavy paper that will not buckle when it is wet. You can find it at any craft store or office supply. I used Strathmore 300 series watercolor paper; it is ideal for practice and a beginner's level use.  I purchase it a Michaels or Hobby Lobby because I can always find an online coupon (you know us starving artists always looking to save a penny).

If you have problems seeing the outline through the paper, try holding it to the window with the light shining through. 

You can use watercolor from tubes or from a set. I use a portable Windsor Newton pant set. You do not need any fancy brushes for this project, but different sizes help. I prefer using natural hair brushes, but many modern synthetic brushes work fine for a beginner. 

BACKGROUND 

I like to start by painting the lightest colors. Wet the background around the backpack first. Next, apply some light-blue color into the upper areas with a wiggle motion of your brush.  Mix a little plumb purple and dark blue and with a wiggle of your brush, put it in the lower areas around the backpack. Give the background some movement by allowing the colors to blend. Add a VERY LITTLE black where the shadows are on the right side and a VERY LITTLE on the bottom edge of the backpack. 

UNDERPAINT THE BACKPACK 

Mix a little yellow and light brown. Carefully so that you stay in the lines, put the yellow-brown mix on the backpack's body. This does not need to be even; if it is randomly uneven, that will help the back have character. --LET IT DRY--- a lot of the yellow will be covered, but some will remain to give the impression of highlights.

BUILD UP THE CANVAS COLOR

After the yellow is dry, use a little light brown and paint in the canvas of the backpack- DONT COVER IT ALL, leave parts of the yellow showing.

This is because it is easier to put a dark color on top of light color than to put light color on top of a dark.

ADD SOME BROWNISH SHADOWS

Mix chocolate brown and a VERY LITTLE BLACK and with a small brush, add some shadows. 

ADD DETAILS

Mix some red and brown together to make a cinnamon color and paint the straps. Use red on the edge piping details. After the red dries, add some darker red for shadows and interest. 

DETAIL THE BUCKLES

Mix some blue-black that is more blue than black and paint the buckles on the straps. LET IT DRY, mix some black blue that is more black than blue, trace around the buckles' edges, and leave some dark blue showings. 

 

Finish by adding details like the blue cord, buttons, straps, and more shadows on the edges.

Sign and date your work about an inch from the bottom, so there is room for a frame. 

I hope you create a masterpiece! 

(c)Adron Dozat

7/9/2021

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How to Paint A Picture Of Grapes Worksheet And Lesson

This free printable how to paint a picture of grapes worksheet and the project notes below are perfect for the young artist.

I made this as a handout to give my art students so they could try at home on their own. Parents teachers and homeschool families will be able to use it in class and at home.

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If you like this project, you might also like How to Paint Sunflower.

How to paint grapes worksheet and lesson.

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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 PROJECT NOTES 

TRACING
Start by tracing the design onto 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
With clear water wet the background being careful to go around the leaves and the grapes. With a brush full of watery colors alternate dark blue, violet, and lavender in the top of the picture and light blues and violets in the bottom allow the colors to blend.
NOW LET THIS STEP DRY

SECOND WASH
Do the back leaves first by wetting them and laying down a green, add blue, and VERY LITTLE red to give it darkness and contrast.
Do the front leaves by wetting them then washing in yellow and adding green to the yellow. Let a few places of the yellow show.
NOW LET THIS STEP DRY

TAKE YOUR TIME WITH THE GRAPES
Do one grape at a time; use blue, lavender, and violet and a very little red. Mix the colors differently on each grape so that no grape touches another with the very same colors. In the darkest places add all the colors together. If they look too flat use clear water and tissue to lift out some color to give it highlights.

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(c)Adron 7/14/16

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Easy Lesson For Painting A Simple Still Life, Cup of Tea

I am delighted to share with you my how-to-paint a simple still life lesson and printable worksheet. 

This free worksheet is a simple lesson in the form of a printable worksheet that you can print and give to your kids.

This is a watercolor project with a cup of tea, creamer, sugar bowl, spoon, and napkin on a table. Most of the subjects are white, so we do minimal work on them- just a little wash-in to give shadows and roundness. The dark background is a contrast that brings the subjects forward. We keep things simple so everyone will have good results.

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Easy Painting Lesson for Still Life With Tea Cup

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LESSON NOTES

FIRST
Trace the outline of the still life onto 140 lb watercolor paper. If the paper is too thick to trace, try holding it against the window with the light shining through to trace it.

UNDER-WASH
The background is dark but does not use straight black.
1 Start by getting the background area around the subjects wet.
2 Drop-in watery blues and reds or blues and browns.
3. Clean your brush and swish the colors around a little to blend but have interesting clouds.
4 Drop-in some watery black but just a little where the background meets the foreground or around the shapes of the subjects. This way, the background looks interesting and not just flat. If it is splotchy, use a clean brush with some water and smooth things out a bit.

Use a very watery wash of red for the table cloth, add lavender and dark blue for the shadows.

Give the lids their first wash of pale blue and use a blue-gray mixture to shadow the white cup, creamer, and sugar bowl.

Drop a little darker blues, violets, and lavenders into the watery shadow areas on the cup, creamer, and sugar bowl to give it a more round look.

Drop a little darker blue into the shadow side of the blue lids on the creamer and sugar bowl.

Add a little of the darks around the handles of the cup and creamer.

Use a slight brown on the napkin and some gray on the spoon.

Add green in the cup for the tea and some green for the teabag tag.

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

(c) Adron D. 7/12/15

Homeschool Art Watercolor Lesson And Building Character

Working with watercolor some home school students learn the character trait of patience. Each step must dry before you proceed to the next layer. The building layer on top of layer adds detail and depth as well as value.

Watercolor can be used in many ways but the lesson today was to use layers of wash adding darker hues over the dried lighter hues to get the round shape of the apple.

We set a pair of apples on a tissue and began our project. One apple stood upright and one lay on its side. The first step is to lightly sketch an outline of the apples and the napkin.

FIRST WASH
We begin our first watercolor wash of the background table top using a light value of brown. Let this step dry before adding the wood grain.

We do our first wash of the apples in clear water and then drop in watery red and let it spread; if necessary we use a rinsed out dry brush to move the paint around but only a little. A little green is added to the wet where the stem is.

Now the hard part! Let it dry before going on to the next layer.  This is almost torture for kids.

SECOND LAYER
When it has dried take a smaller brush and mix some darker reds using some purple or brown. Use these darker reds to add darkness only to the parts of the apple that are darker. Don't overdo it. Let this step dry.

Use some lavender or blue to put shadow in the tissue.

Use some darker browns to "draw" the grain in the wood table top. Use only the tip of the brush and go back and forth over the dried light brown you did at the beginning.

THIRD LAYER
Use a very small brush and finish the apple with the last layer of the darkest reds. Darker tones can be added to the shadows.

Draw the stems in brown.

Unfortunately, I do not have a step by step example but below is the finished project. I did this while standing holding my materials in my hands; this was not steady and by no means my best work. The paint was a student's toy store set of paints.

Apples, Example of Watercolor Art Lesson.

In my home studio, I often use a hair dryer when I have a large project to get done so I can add layers without waiting a long time for each layer to dry.

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How To Draw an Open Book With Pen and Ink for the Young Artist

This printable worksheet is an easy skill-building lesson that is not only good practice but also a design that is handy to remember and use in posters and fliers.

Free How to Draw An Open Book Worksheet

Start with a simple rectangle and divide it in half.  The book shape is laying on the table so the bottom is closest to the viewer and the top is farthest away this causes the perspective to cause the top of the book to narrow since parallel lines meet at the horizon if you are not careful the book looks like it is standing up and don't you know that is the mistake I made in my drawing- it does not come together enough at the top. The top and bottom are wavy lines that show the curve of the pages keep these lines parallel and even. Draw the outside of the binding.  Use the thatching technique to create a shadow. The shadows at the top should be balanced with some shadows at the bottom. The shadows in the background help the foreground to come forward. Add the details and interest material like the candle and the quill pen.

I drew this in pen and ink so I could use the copier better. Before I ink it in I drew the entire picture in pencil and then redrew it in ink. It meant drawing it twice but it is better to take your time and make a beautiful picture. 

(c)Adron Dozat

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