Art Class for Kids: How to Draw & Watercolor Paint a Little Hoot Owl Painting Project Step-By-Step!

1. Introduction and Supplies You Will Need: Hi friends, how are you? I hope you're having a great day today. I'm excited about sharing this project with you. This is a drawing and watercolor painting project that I designed, especially for kids. Students do not need to have any drawing or painting experience at all. To be successful with this project. I will guide students step-by-step through all the steps that they need to take. Today, we are going to be creating this cute owl. Let's talk about the supplies and the materials that you will need for this project. The first thing that you'll need is a sheet of watercolor paper. You will need a set of watercolor paints and a paintbrush. You will also need a bowl or a cup with water, a set of oil pastels, or a set of crayons, and a paper towel. So go ahead and gather all of those supplies and materials. And I'll see you back here in the next video. 2. Step 1: Draw an Owl Design: In this step we are going to draw our owl designs. So let's get started. The first thing that we're going to do is we're going to pick up our brown oil pastel or our brown crayon. And we are going to draw our design. I'm going to be using oil pastel, so I'm going to put my Koreans aside. So the first thing that we're going to do is we're going to create our owls head right here at the top of our piece of paper. The main thing that I'd like you to remember about this project is we are going to make our owl really large on our piece of paper. Our owl is going to fill up almost the entire space on our piece of paper. So just keep that in mind as you are drawing. So what you're going to do is you're going to make a giant letter U and you're going to press pretty hard with your oil pastel or your crayon and just make a giant you. Now we're going to come down to just a little bit with some slanted lines. And then we're going to make a curve line from this bottom of this line to the bottom of this line like that. Now we're going to go ahead and come down to this lower section and create our owl's body. So what we're going to do is make a curved line. And a curved line. It's not going to be closed up at the bottom because we're going to put a little bit of a branch down here at the bottom. Alright, so let's make that branch right now. So let's make a line going from the left side of our piece of paper to the right side. And then we're going to double that up. There we go. Now let's go ahead and make some wings. So we're going to go right here at this angle, come down with a curved line, and come down with another curve line. Those are going to be the wings. Now let's make a little bit of a design here for the feathers. So I'm just going to make some letter V's. If you'd like to add a little bit of detail in the wings, you can do that maybe with some curved lines. Now, our head is a lot bigger than our body, at least mine is. And that's okay because this is more of a cartoon owl. Now that we've created the head, the body, and a branch, we're going to put that brown oil pastel down and we're going to pick up our black oil pastel or crayon. The first thing that we're going to do is we're going to make some really, really big eyes. We're going to make some circles for our eyes. Let's do the best that you can. Circles are pretty challenging to make. I've been making them for a lot of years, so it's a little bit easier for me. So I have one circle that's larger than the other and that's okay. It just adds more character to the owl. Inside of these circles. We're going to make one more circle. And then we're going to make a dot that we're filling in, a large dot. There we go. Now what we're going to do is we are going to use our black and we are going to come down here and we're going to make some feet, some clause. Then what we're going to do is we are going to put that block away. And we are, if you have black on your fingers, you can wipe those off. Wipe that off on your paper towel. Now we're going to add a little bit more detail to our face. So I'm going to use an orange and we're going to make a triangle for the beak. Just like that. Now if there's anything else that you'd like to add to your owl's head or body, e.g. if you want to add a little bit more detail to the head, you can add some lines. You can add some cheeks if you'd like. Maybe I'll do that. Maybe I'll add some little cheeks, rosy cheeks to add a little bit more detail. So he's cute. So if there are any other details that you would like to add to your owl, go ahead and do that right now. If you're finished adding details to your owl, let's go ahead and pick up a yellow oil pastel or crayon. And let's add some stars to our background. I'm just going to add some stars, some random stars in random spots. Then I'm going to show you how I make stars. There are a few ways that you can make stars. Let me show you. So you can make a star that looks like this. It's a line, another line and another line and they're all intersecting. That's a neat way to make stars. You can also make a star like this. An upside down V. Then you come across. Then you bring this line to this line and this line to this line and you connect those. Or you can make a star like this. This is a fun star. So you make an upside down V. You come straight out with two lines. Then you come in with two lines. And then you come out with two lines. You create a dot. And then you go from the end of this line to the dot and the end of this line to a dot. I really like this kind of star. It's really fun. Alright, so if there's a different type of a star that you'd like to make. Go ahead and do that. If there's anything else that you'd like to add to your drawing, go ahead and do that now. And when we come back, we will start applying some watercolor paints to our design. 3. Step 2: Paint the Design: In this step, we're going to apply some watercolor paints to our design. So let's get started. The first thing that we're going to do is we're going to add a drop or two of water into each pan of paint. And what this will do is it will soften app or paints so they are easier for us to use. It will dissolve the paint just a little bit. Now that our paints or softening up, Let's turn our attention to our drawing. Here we have our big owl on our piece of paper. And what we're going to do is think about the colors that we'd like to use to paint our owl. And I am going to use colors that are more fall colors. So if you're interested in using fall colors, that would be brown and yellow and orange and a little bit of red. You can go ahead and do that. We're going to paint the owl and the branch first. And then in the next step we are going to paint the background. So I am going to paint my owl brown. That's pretty dark, right? What I'm going to do is I am going to lighten this brown up by adding a little bit more water. If you'd like a lighter shade of your color, you just add a little bit more water. And if you'd like a darker shade, then you add a little bit more paint. There we go. I lightened up that Brown. What I'm going to do is I'm going to speed up this video. And I am going to be painting slowly and carefully, but it's going to look like I'm painting very, very quickly. So you can watch me and I'll see you back here in just a minute. Alrighty friends, I'm finished painting the owl and the branch. I decided to use a light brown, so I used a lot of water and a little bit of paint for the tummy area and the top of the head. And then for this area, I chose yellow for the eyes. And then I'm keeping this area really close to the pupil of the eye. I'm keeping that white. So in the next step, what we're going to do is we're going to come back and paint the background. 4. Step 3: Paint the Background: In this step we are going to paint the background. So let's get started. I've decided that I'm going to paint a combination of blue, dark blue, and purple for my background because I want it to appear to be a night sky because we have this star is here. Okay? So I'm going to go ahead and I'm going to switch between blue and purple. And if my color is a little bit too dark like it is here, then I'm just going to lighten it up with a little bit more water. I have my purple here. I'm spreading that paint out. And then I'll switch to blue. Then I'll just kinda go back and forth between the blue and the purple. You get to choose the colors that you'd like, color or colors that you would like for your night sky, you can choose one or even two colors or even more if you'd like to paint more colors, this is your artwork so you get to do what you'd like. So I'm going to go ahead and paint my background and I'll be back here in just a minute. Alrighty friends, I'm finished painting my owl and the background. I really liked the way that my painting turned out. I hope that you had a lot of fun with this project. I will see you next time.