Printable How To Paint A Picture of Acorns And Autumn Leaves Worksheet

How to Paint a Picture of Autumn Leaves lesson and free printable worksheet.

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This is an excellent little project that celebrates the changing seasons. 

How to Paint An Acorn Picture With Autumn Leaves

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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 ART PROJECT NOTES

Trace the project outline onto some 140 lb watercolor paper, this is the heavy paper that will not buckle when wet.  If it is too hard to trace through try holding it against a window with daylight shining through to see it better.

FIRST WASH
Start with the lightest colors first. Use a medium brush and watery yellow color and give the leaves an even wash of yellow. Be careful to not get yellow into the acorns; if you do use a tissue to blot it out or wait for it to dry before you do the acorns.

With a small brush give the acorns a watery wash of light brown for the bottom and medium brown at the top.

SECOND COLORS
Use a small brush and add orange to the edges of the leaves in random patterns. This color should bleed and blend into the yellow.

With the small brush add darker brown to the acorns for the shadows.

Give the stem a wash of watery green.

THIRD COLOR
Add red and brown to the tips of the leaves.  Then add watery green to the center and by the stem.
Add dark brown to the stem.

SHADOWS
Use A LITTLE dark blue and violet to places that have shadows. Just a little because it will muddy the color and make them dull. These shadows are below the acorns, the bottom edge of the branch, and where leaves are behind other leaves.

FINISHING TOUCHES - AFTER IT DRIES
After it dries, give it the finishing touches. The finishing touches are all done with your smallest brush. Use it like a pencil and draw with the very tip of the brush.
Make a mix of brown and blue put dots in rows on the acorns for the texture of the tops.
Give the leaves some red and brown dots.
Draw green lines for the veins

(c) Adron Dozat 10/1/15

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How To Paint A Picture of The Sorrowing Angel

How to paint the sorrowing angel printable worksheet and art lesson.

This is a fun project for young artist. Parents, teachers, and home-school families will find many ways to use this art lesson and the printable worksheet to use as an extra class activity or as a take-home project.   Angels are very popular, and this night scene is a perfect contrast to the white wings of the angel.

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Printable How To Paint Worksheet Grieving Angel

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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

FIRST: Trace the outline onto some 140 lb watercolor paper. This is the heavy paper that does not buckle when it gets wet. If it is too thick to trace try holding the picture onto a window with daylight shining through it.

To make the wings white and shiny don't do anything to them, instead, give the whole picture a watery wash with a little light gray in the water and leave the wings white. While the light gray is still wet wash in some dark blue in the background.

LET IT DRY!

FILLING THE COLORS IN:
After the gray was has dried then add in the blue for the angel's robe, yellow for the hair, brown for the skin, green for the grass and wreath.

ADDING DETAILS
Mix some darker blue and violet and make the background darker and deeper colors. Avoid black but if your colors are weak you might add a little black.

Mix some lavender with blue and put the shadows in the robe.
Mix some darker brown and put some shadow on the skin.
Use a very light watery pink or rose and give the cross a little warmth. Use some blue for shadows around the cross.

FINISHING TOUCHES
Use the smallest brush you have and use it to draw details by letting only the very tip of the brush touch the paper.
Put the lines around the cross with a brown-red color.
Draw the feathers on the wings with a little watery light blue.

(c) Adron 9/26/15

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Printable Art Lesson And Worksheet, How To Paint a Hibiscus flower.

This free lesson will help give the young artist confidence in painting a beautiful flower.

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How To Paint Worksheet, Hibiscus Flower

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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

BEGINNING
Start by tracing the picture onto some 140 lb watercolor paper, this is the heavy paper that does not buckle when it gets wet.  If you can't see through it try holding it against a window with the daylight coming through to trace it.

FIRST WASH
Use a medium-sized brush and mix the paint to be thin and watery for the pink of the flower, and give it an even wash.

With a watery mix of green paint in the leaves light green.

Dabble watery brown around the background, and while that is still wet dabble in green to blend randomly. We will darken and even muddy the background a little later.

LET IT DRY (A hairdryer helps).

SECOND WASH
Use a small brush.
Mix a watery violet and red together to get a darker red. (Don't use black at this time). With the watery color add shadows around the edges of the flower. Go around the part that is sticking out so it stands out from the darkness around it.

Mix some brown to the green and use the tip of the brush like you were drawing and draw in the shadows and lines on the leaves.

LET IT DRY

THIRD WASH
Mix more violet red and now a little black (VERY LITTLE) and draw in the darkest areas in the center of the flower and in the edges of the darkest part of the flower.

Mix brown, red, and green to make the darkest green and add to the darkest areas of the leaves.

Mix some brown and red and darken the background, use the brush to dribble or dab the paint so the background looks out of focus.
Dribble a little of the darkest green in the background so the two dark colors mix.
As a last step dribble a very little watery black into the background. The dark murky background should make the flower look like it is forward and the muddy colors of the background should make the flower look bright.

After it is dry add the yellow for the dots on the tip of the part that sticks out.

(c) A. E. Dozat 9/19/15

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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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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. 

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.

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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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