How To Paint a Picture of a Man Playing A Guitar.

How to paint a picture of a man playing the guitar.

It will help to give a foundation for basic painting.

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I created this worksheet as a handout to give my art students so they could take it home and practice painting on their own.

If you like this project, you might also like How to Paint The Sorrowing Angel Worksheet.

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How To Paint A Picture Of A Man With Guitar, 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 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.

Use watery brown for the background and watery blue for the floor. Drop-in a little mustard yellow into the brown and a little violet and lavender into the blue floor to give it some life.

For the first layer of the clothing use a very light blue for the shirt and dark blue for the pants, hat, and shoes.

Mix a little red with the mustard yellow for the guitar body.

LET IT DRY BEFORE GOING ON.

Use a darker light blue and add details and shadows to the shirt. Use black and go over the pants, shoes, hat, and socks but leave some of the blue showing in places for highlights.

Use orange-brown for the skin, after it dries mix dark brown for the shadows in the face and hands. Use red-brown to detail the guitar. Use yellow for the chair and blue-brown for the shadows on the chair.  With the tip of the brush "Draw" the beard, and eyelashes.

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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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