Making an Impression
Decide on the composition that you would like to do in the impressionist style and sketch in guidelines lightly in pencil. You can choose from still life, portrait, landscape, or a floral. Working from light to dark, create the background. Use several colors in a variety of shades. Use a variety of contrasting colors to […]
Lighthouse
Draw a horizon line near the center of their paper. Next, draw two vertical lines that intersect with the horizon line to make the sides of the lighthouse. The lines will be closer together at the top and gradually move farther apart towards the bottom. Leave a couple of inches at the top and bottom […]
Layered Landscape
With a pencil, sketch the landscape in layers. Ideas: grass, bushes, trees, mountains, body of water, sky with clouds. Outline the important parts, then color or paint in with a thin paint. Print name legibly on the front of the paper (at least an inch from the edge so the name will not be cut […]
How My Garden Grows
Ask students to draw the same number of flowers as their age. The flowers should be fairly large. Students can include some insects in their picture. To include a butterfly, draw a circle for the head, and oval shape for the thorax, and a longer skinnier oval for the abdomen. Next add the eyes and […]
Fauve Flowers
Study a flower for your fauve flower study. Draw the flower outline lightly in pencil. Your flower can go off the edge of the paper. Sketch in the details of the flower, petals, stamen and leaves. Wash in watercolor to create color for the lightest flowers and leaves. When your painting is completely dry, highlight […]
Fanciful Pet Portraits
Have students choose an animal to look at while drawing. Becca Fischer looks at a photo to create her work. First sketch in pencil. Next, you may want to trace designs in a Sharpie marker. Fit colors and interesting shapes into your animal. Paint colorful outlines around your animal and create background Print name legibly […]
Hot Colors Desert
Encourage students to draw something they would see in a desert with the hot colors. To fill up the entire paper, provide a watercolor wash to paint over the crayon in orange or yellow. Print name legibly on the front of the paper (at least an inch from the edge so the name will not […]
Color Texture Drawings
The student will sketch the animal or subject matter on the white paper, drawing large enough to fill the paper. After sketching the picture with pencil, the student will use fine point markers to fill in the picture with very small. Do not begin randomly. Work in small sections. Don’t forget the background! Print name […]
Bugmania
Draw your composition lightly in pencil. Make sure students fill up the paper sheet of paper with color. Draw large! Geometric shapes can be used to draw a bug, like a beetle, by drawing a circle for the head and eyes, an oval for the thorax, and an oval shape for the abdomen. Add additional […]