Printable How To Paint A Picture Of A Sunflower Worksheet

This is a free printable worksheet for how to paint a picture of a sunflower worksheet for personal or class use. 

This is a fun project that many kids like. The sunflower is a popular subject. It will give the young artist a sense of accomplishment and confidence when it is done.

Parents, teachers, and homeschool families will be able to use this in class or as a take-home project.

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Printable how to paint a sunflower 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. 

TRACE
Copy the outline of the picture onto some 140 lb cold press watercolor paper. This is the heavy paper that will not buckle when it gets wet. Tracing through the heavy paper may be hard, I have a light I shine under the paper to trace, but if you can't shine a light through, you can try holding it against a window with the light coming through and tracing it.

FIRST WASH
With a medium-sized brush, use watery color and lay down the first layer of color. The background is completed in this step. Use blue behind the flower and a blue-lavender behind the bottom where the stem and leaves are. Mixing a little lavender with the blue gives a stronger contrast to the green stem and leaves. After the lavender dries, you may want to lay some more blue on top of it.

The flower is yellow petals and an orange center. The leaves and stems are green.

SECOND WASH
While it is all still mostly damp but not really wet.
    * Dab a touch of orange at the tips of the petals and at the part where they touch the center.
    * Dab little dots of brown into the center.
    * Mix a darker green by adding a touch (only a touch) of red to some green and put in shadows.

LET IT DRY
After the work is done so far have dried then add the finishing touches. You want to use a small brush for the finish.
Mix a little orange and yellow and using the tip of the brush draw shadows between the petals.
Mix a little brown and orange and add dots for the seeds in the middle.
Mix more dark green and draw the lines in the leaves.

(c) Adron 9/13/15

Printable How To Paint Worksheet, Sailboat On The Bay

This free printable how to paint a sailboat worksheet is an easy project and ideal for the beginner or young artist. 

Parents, teachers, and homeschool families will find many opportunities to us this in class an at home. It could be an extra time activity or a take-home project.

Watercolor painting is not hard but takes practice, so do not get discouraged if the project doesn't come out perfectly just keep at it, and soon you will be painting beautiful pictures.

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Printable How To Paint Worksheet, A Sailboat On The Bay

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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 LESSON NOTES

Start by tracing the picture onto the center of some 140 lb watercolor paper. This is a heavy paper and won't buckle when it gets wet, but it may be hard to trace through. I suggest holding it against a window and tracing with the light coming through from behind.

BEGINNINGS
Start with a big or medium brush and give the sky a wash of light blue, do not make it solid leave some random white areas for clouds; (a solid blue sky is boring). Use the same blue in the water. Keep the blue lightest near the horizon; that will give the appearance of distance.  Give the bay hills a light wash of pale brown.

While it is still wet add some darker blue to the top third of the sky and some darker blue to the bottom third of the water.

THE BAY HILLS
When the hills are almost dry, but not quite, add some darker brown by mixing blue to the brown using the tip of a small brush draw shadows of cliffs and shadows of rolling hills, do not paint over all the light brown let about half of it to show through. After that is almost dry use the smallest brush you have and make some even darker brown and do a little more for the deepest shadows.

THE WATER
After the water is dry add some darker blue, if you do not have a dark blue then try adding a little bit of green or brown to the blue, and with the dark blue draw horizontal lines back and forth to give the look of rolling water, but only in the bottom area- leave the distant water smooth. Remember the front of the boat has a splash so keep that white.

THE BOAT
It is a white boat so all we want to do is a little shadow and reflection from the water. Keep the paint watery and put a little blue along the side of the boat and at the back.

Paint the cabin red. Go around the circles for the windows. Let the red paint dry and then paint the windows dark blue or black.

The sails catch a little of the golden sunlight so mix a little yellow and brown and put some watery yellow/brown in the sails.

The sailor is simple do not try to give him too much detail.

(c) Adron Dozat

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Printable Watercolor Painting Worksheet Green Tree.

This is a simplified version of how to paint a green tree in summer.  

The project uses a limited choice in colors to make it an ideal project for the beginner.

In this approach, we use wet washes and then follow up with a dry brush technique for detail.

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Printable How To Paint A Green Tree Worksheet By MrAdron

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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 project notes. 

TRACE THE DESIGN
Use 140 lb watercolor paper for the best results.  Center the picture and trace the design onto the paper. This is a heavy paper and it may be hard to trace through it but if you hold it up to a light or against a window with the light coming through you may have success.  Do not press hard, the design is a reference and we do not want to see the pencil through the paint when the picture is done.

BEGINNINGS
After you trace the design do the first wash.  Use a big brush.  It is watercolor and for this part, we will use a lot of water.  This wash is the lightest colors because after this wash dries we will put in the darker colors on top.  Put blue in the sky.  Light green on the hills and the grass.  Make a light grey out of blue and brown for the tree trunk and fence.  Use light yellow-green (more yellow than green) in the tree leaves.  Use light brown for the road.

LET IT DRY BEFORE YOU DO THE SECOND WASH
Use a smaller brush, and not so much water.
Mix more grey but make it darker and use a small brush to draw in the dark side of the tree trunk and fence post.  Make a dark wash of green by adding a little blue and put the shadow under the tree.  Use dots and scribbles put green on top of the yellow but leave yellow showing in places especially on the upper areas and sunshine side of the leaves.  Keep dotting and scribbling to adding texture.

LET IT DRY BEFORE YOU DO THE LAST WASH.
Use your smallest brush. Use less water.
Use more dark green in the grass.  Use some darker brown in the road, mix a little blue with the brown to make it darker.  For the darkest greens in the tree mix a little brown and use the smallest brush to paint dots and scribbles on the leaves.  Be sure to use the darker green for the shadow side and do less dark on the sunny side.  Put a little brown on the wood of the fence.

(C) Adron Dozat

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How to Paint A Happy Mouse Watercolor Printable Worksheet

This free worksheet is a fun little project for beginners to help get some basic principles of watercolor. 

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It features a happy little mouse who escaped the mousetrap with the cheese. The limited selection of colors helps keep the project simple.

Remember to set your printer to color.

 

How To Paint A Picture Of A Happy Mouse.

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LESSON NOTES

SET UP
Use 140 lb watercolor paper. It is heavy and absorbent. Trace the outline of our happy mouse on it just slightly lower than the center. If you have trouble tracking it try holding it against a window with the light shining through.

FIRST WASH
Use a big paintbrush. Use watery brown to give the mouse an even flat wash of brown.

While the mouse is starting to dry, give the wall a watery wash of blue and brown mixed together to make a light grey. We want just a hint of grey; if it is dark, use a paper towel and dab it up a little.  

Use some watery yellow or on the floor and watery brown on the side of the mousetrap.

Use some blue inside the mouse hole.

SECOND WASH- After the first has dried.
Use a small paintbrush.
Mix brown and blue and add the shadows to the mouse around the tummy, legs, arms, and under the chin.

Add a little violet or rose to the mouse hole to deepen the color next to the wall edge.

Use violet for shadow around the feet of the mouse and around the mousetrap.

Use yellow on the cheese.

DETAILS
Use a little watery red for the cheeks and inside the ears.

Mix blue and brown and put dark grey on the spring and trigger of the mousetrap.

Use yellow mixed with a little orange for the sides of the cheese.

Add a touch of dark blue to the shadow under the mouse, but just a little.

AFTER IT DRIES
If you have lost the detail of the whiskers, smile, or eyebrows, then use a pencil or sharpie to draw them back in.

(c) Adron D. 7/29/15

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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.

Adron

(C)Adron Dozat

Printable Painting Worksheet, How To Paint Two Flowers In A Vase.

This is a simple how-to print a picture lesson and worksheet, but when it is done, it will look nice in a frame or on a greeting card. 

The flowers are inspired by the red coneflowers in my wife's garden, but it could be adapted for white daisies or yellow ones very easily.  Parents and teachers will be able to use this printable worksheet in class or as a take-home project.

Remember learning to paint takes practice, so do one or two as practice first.

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Printable How To Paint Flowers in a Vase Worksheet

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PRINTABLE LESSON NOTES

COPY
Trace the outline of the project onto some 140 lb watercolor paper.  If the watercolor paper is too thick to see through then hold it against a window with daylight shining through then you should be able to trace it.

FIRST STEPS
Start with the background. Use a light blue with a large brush and try to keep it smooth.  Use a small brush to get around the flower and vase.

The table is brown so use a large brush to cover the area of the table.

ADD DEPTH TO THE BACKGROUND
In the lower area add a little darker blue or violet.

SHADOW ON THE TABLE.
Mix a little lavender with the light brown and put a little around the base of the vase on the shadow side.

FIRST STEP VASE
Use the same colors at the background and the table but use them lighter and watery to fill in the vase. Do not paint the entire vase leave some areas white

FIRST STEP FLOWERS
Coneflowers are a beautiful red/orange color. Start with light colors by using a lot of water.  Use a small brush and paint the flower petals red, and the center is orange.

Paint the stem a light green.

LET IT DRY

After this step dries add detail with a small brush.  Do not use too much water.  Mix lavender and red and with the small brush draw details by using the very tip of the brush.  Draw the shadows and lines in the petals, and where the petals connect to the flower.

Use brown to add a dark center to the center of the flower and add a dark side to the center.  Draw a green/brown line on the shadow side of the stems.

Use a watery black or dark blue and give the vase some shadows around the edge and on the shadow side

(c)Adron D. 7/16/15

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