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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. You do not need to
have any drawing or painting experience at all. To be successful
with this project. I will teach you step-by-step all the steps
that you need to take. Today, we are going to be
creating this design that was inspired by artist
Henri Matisse. Henri Matisse created a painting called The goldfish in 1912. 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 piece of watercolor paper. You will need a set of watercolor paints in a cup
or a bowl with clean water. You will also need a
pencil with an eraser and a small paint brush for
the outline of our design. And a larger paintbrush
for the watercolor paints, you will need a paper towel. You will need some
black acrylic paint. Acrylic paint is great
to use if you want a paint that will not run
around on your piece of paper, if you add water or
watercolor paints, do it. After acrylic paint is dry, it will not spread around. The last thing that
you'll need is a pallet to place your
acrylic paint onto. I just like to use a
small paper plate. 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 a Goldfish Design: In this step, we
are going to draw our design with our pencil. So let's get started. If there's any point you feel like you need to do some
erasing of your pencil. Go ahead and do
that, that's fine. What we're going to do is
use our pencil lightly because we want
to make sure that the pencil lines are
pretty discrete. When we add our
watercolor paints, I am going to press a little
bit harder with my pencil, so the lines are going to
be a little bit darker. The reason why I'm
going to do that is so that you can
see on the video, you can see my lines. Okay. Does that sound good? Alright, the first thing
that we're going to do is we're going to
start in the middle of our piece of paper
about right here. So if this is the direct middle, I'm going to go up a little bit, and it's going to be
right in the center. So I'm going to start
about right here. So this is maybe about five
or 6 " down from the top. And that would be maybe
about eight or 9 cm. And what I'm going to do
is I'm first going to draw a curved line like this,
right in the center. Now coming down from
this curve line, we're going to make two
lines, two straight lines. If they're not perfectly
straight, That's okay. Now at the bottom
of these lines, I'm going to connect them
with another curved line. Alright, the next thing
that I'm going to do is I'm going to draw some fish. I'm going to draw three fish inside of this space
here at the bottom. So they're going to
be pretty simple. They're going to be goldfish. So I'm going to
draw one Goldfish. If there's a different type of a goldfish that
you'd like to draw. Go ahead and do that. There's one Goldfish. Here's two goldfish In these
are just curved lines. And then I'm adding a tail. I want to make sure that
they're not tiny goldfish, tiny gold fissure, so cute. But for this particular project, we're not going to
make them super tiny. So if you'd like me to explain that we have a curved line, we have another curved line. We have a straight
line, a straight line, and then two slightly
curved lines that are connecting
for the tail. Now let's add a small dot for an eye for each of our fish, and then a small dot for
the mouth. There we go. Now that we've drawn our fish, we're going to create the
bottom of our little fishbowl. So we have our line here
and we jump over or fish. And then we come out
and we hit the corner of those two lines that
are meeting right here. So that's the bottom
of our fishbowl. Now let's go back up here. And we're going to
make the water line. So we're going to come with a curved line and then a curved line going the
other way that are going to, it's going to attach and
close this shape right here. As you can see now, we
have our three fish, we have the bottom. Then we also have our
waterline right here. Okay? Now what we're going to
do is we're going to create a table that are
fish are sitting on. So I'm going to start
about the middle here, and I'm going to end
about the middle here. So I'm going to make a curve
line coming down and around. It doesn't have to be
perfect. Remember an art? It doesn't have to be perfect. Now, we're going
to make the bottom of the table down here. I hope that you can
see this space. So what we're going to do is
we're going to make an oval. And then two lines
that are coming down from this line right here, all the way to the bottom
of your piece of paper. So it's going off the bottom
of your piece of paper. Right? So that is the simple
table and our fishbowl. Now let's add some
detail to the drawing. And what we're going to do is start with the
detail on the table. So we have some lemons and
we have some lemon leaves. So they're going
to be pretty long. And they're going to just be some curved lines with
a line down the middle. So did you see how I did that? I'm a curved line. Curved line. Curved line book went off the paper. That's okay. Curve line coming in, current level, I'm coming
down and then again. And then at the bottom here, I'm going to create a lemon, the bottom part of a lemon. If you have space up here, you can even make the top part of your lemon if you'd like to. Now as you can see, these lines here are going through our leaves
and that's okay. After we finished with
our entire drawing, we're going to be
doing some erasing. So we're just going to
leave that for now. Now I'm going to come
down here and I'm going to create
some more leaves. It's going to be a
little bit more bench. So curved line coming
up and then closing. Curved line, curved line, curved line, curved line. Then I'm going to
make another lemon. Lemon shape here at the bottom. Come up like this. If you want to make
a little topper right here, you can as well. Now let's make some lines here. Inside the leaves. Let's move down here to this
space on the right bottom. I'm just going to
put some flowers just to fill up this
space a little bit. So I like to put daisies. I'm just going to put
some really big daisies. And I'm not going to be super particular
about these daisies. They might go off
the piece of paper. That's okay. Here we go. Then I'm going to make
some leaves around the disease just to fill
up the space a little bit. Remember, I'm going to be
covering these with paint. So I want to make
sure that I don't get too detailed with the drawing. Now over here, we're going to put the arm part of a chair. So we're going to have
a curve line coming down and then
another curved line coming down off the paper, and then just some straight lines going down off
the piece of paper. Now let's go back up to this space and add
some more leaves. So I'm going to make
an, a large leaf coming out right here and then
I'll add some details. So I'll just put some
veins here in the leaf. And you can really add any
type of leaf that you'd like. I'm going to make
this type right here. Some veins coming down. Remember we're not getting too detailed because we are going to be adding some paint
onto our design. And if you get too detailed, it will just get covered
up by the paint. Alright, so let me add
one here, maybe one here. Again, I'm going
over this line here, but that's okay because I'm
going to be erasing that. Just add whatever kinds of leaves or flowers
that you'd like to. This is where you can get
creative with your artwork. Remember, this is your artwork so you get to do
what you'd like. All right, I think I'll have some smaller leaves
coming out here, some teardrop shaped leaves. Remember, remember friends,
when you are creating art, it really doesn't
need to make sense to anyone else except for you. So if you feel like
doing anything at all, really, just do it. Because this is your art work. You get to do what
you'd like to do. I'm going to make this kind
of a flower with a stem. I'm just giving you some ideas
of things that you can do. But of course, you could
do whatever you'd like. The point is that we're
going to fill in the space, just like matisse did. So I am just, that's what I'm
doing at this point. I'm going to add some
circles in his original. There were some circles up in
the upper left-hand corner. And they weren't
perfect circles. If you see a space that
you'd like to fill in, you can just add
some circles, e.g. here's a space over here. And if you want to
add a circle or two, That's always a nice touch. I'm really happy with my design
and I think I'm finished. If there's anything
else that you would like to add
to your design, go ahead and do that right now. In the next step, what
we're going to do is we are going to be
doing some erasing. So I will see you back
here in the next video.
3. Step 2: Erase Pencil Lines: In this step we are going
to be doing a little bit of erasing so that we don't get confused
when we're covering our pencil lines with
our black paint. So let's go ahead and
take a moment to do that. So if you see here I have some pencil lines
going through my leaves. I will want to erase those. And what I'm going to
do is I'm just going to take a moment to look over my artwork and see if there's any erasing
that I need to do. And I'm going to go
ahead and erase. And if there's anything of any other lines that
I need to create, I'm going to go
ahead and do that. So I see here that there are
things that I need to erase. Just going to go
ahead and do that. And that will help
me keep track of where I need to put
my black paint. Alrighty friends, I'm
finished with my erasing. And when we come back, we will be adding our black acrylic paint
to our pencil design.
4. Step 3: Outline the Design With Black Paint: In this step, we're going to add some black acrylic
paint to our design. So let's get started. I have about a quarter
size dollop of paint and I think I'm going to add a little
bit of water to that that will help it to spread
around a little bit. So you can use one of
your paint brushes to put a little bit of water
inside that paint, and then let's mix it up. And then if you
feel like there's a big glob of paint
on your paintbrush. You can go ahead and
wipe that off with your handy-dandy paper towel. I think I need a
little bit more water. You don't want it to be
too runny, thin and runny. But you want it to be
thin enough so that it glides easily over
your pencil lines. Remember when you're
mixing your paint, we don't want to go
all around your paper, your paper plate or
whatever you have your paint on because it
will waste your paint. So I have quite a bit
of paint on here. I'm going to wipe that off. I think that's a really
good consistency. And what I'm going to do is I'm just going to start
going slowly, carefully, starting at the
top of my piece of paper. And I'm just going to
go over those lines, those pencil lines
with my paint. And like I said, I'm going to go over those lines slowly and carefully
so I do my best work. You don't have to be
perfect with this. Just try your best and
that is good enough. So what I'm going
to do is I am going to speed up this video
so you can watch me. It will just go very quickly. When we come back, we will talk about
the next step. Alrighty friends. Wow,
that was a lot of work, but it was worth it because
it looks super cool. The last thing that I need to do is I need to create the eyes. I need to cover the eyes with my black paint and a
little bit on the mouth. So what I'm going
to do is I'm going to use the back
of my paintbrush. I'm going to dip
it into my paint. And I am going to
use that back of my paintbrush to create the
eyes and the little mouth. The mouth. And you might
not even be able to see, but there's a little
mouth right there. And the reason why I
like to use the back of a paintbrush is because
you can get a nice round dot. Usually. This one's not that round, but it still looks good. Alright, there we go. Now I'm going to make
sure that I clean off my paintbrush,
the back of it. And I'm going to clean off
the front of the paintbrush. Because if you leave acrylic
paint on a paintbrush, then it will dry and it will actually ruin
the paintbrush. So you'll want to make sure
that you wipe that off. And then after you wipe it off, you can go ahead and put the paintbrush into your
water and that way it'll, it will get all the way clean. So in the next step, what we're going to
do is we're going to add some watercolor paints. However, before we add
our watercolor paints, we need to make sure that this painting is completely dry. And the reason why
is if we don't, then our black can smear
everywhere along with our paint. So we want to make sure
that this is dry before we add any water or any
watercolor paints. So I will see you back here
after our paintings are dry.
5. Step 4: Paint the Design: In this step we are going
to paint 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 up our paints so that they
are easier for us to use. So I always encourage my
students to go ahead and take a moment to do that step
because it really helps. When we are ready to paint. There we go. Now that our paints
or softening up, Let's turn our attention
to our design. Here we have our goldfish design that is inspired
by Henri Matisse. We have some goldfish here
in a fish bowl surrounded by some leaves and plants
sitting on a table. And there's a chair right down here in the left-hand corner. So you get to choose the
colors that you'd like to use. You can go real bold with
your colors and bright. And to do that, you'll need more
paint and less water. Or you can use softer colors in that way
that you do that the way that you create softer colors is that you use more
water and less paint. Feel free to do some color mixing on your
palette right here. That's always a good idea. Or you can do some color mixing directly on your piece of paper. It's up to you. The first
thing that I'm going to do is I'm going to start by
painting my fish orange. And the reason I'm
going to paint my fish orange is because
these are goldfish. Goldfish are orange. So I'm going to go
ahead and do that. Then what I'm going to
do next after I paint my goldfish, orange is, I am going to look
towards the top of my water in this area. And I'm just going to paint some squiggly lines like this. And these are fish as
you're looking from above. So there we go. Now at this point
what I'm going to do is I'm just going to start painting the leaves and
the table and the water. And then I will save
the background, meaning this area
that doesn't have any detail on it
for the next step. So what I'm going to
do is I'm going to go ahead and speed up this video. And I'm going to be painting. I'm going to be painting
slowly and carefully. It's going to look like
I'm painting quickly, but I'm really not. So you can go ahead and
watch me as I am painting, and then you can get
started on your own. Design. All right, friends,
I'm finished painting my details and I'm
really excited and happy about this painting
because it is nice and bright and colorful and that's
exactly what I was hoping for. So in our next step, what we're going to
do is we're going to paint the background. So I will see you back
here in the next video.
6. Step 5: Paint the Background: In this step we are going
to paint the background. So let's get started. You get to choose the colors that you would like to
paint your background. And I'm going to choose the colors that I
think will look great. I'm going to use a
little bit of pink and maybe some white to lighten
up the pink a little bit. Because I want the background to be a little bit more muted. That means a softer color because all of the
details are so bright. I might also use a little
bit of orange and yellow. I'm not sure on that. We're just going to
see what happens. So I'm just going
to start painting. I'll prepare my pink
paint over here in this. Well, you can see that I'm going to start out
by putting some white here. Some watercolor sets do have white and some
do not have white. So if you have white, you can actually experiment
with that as well. But if you don't have
white, That's okay. Just use the colors
that you do have. So I'm going to go ahead
and mix some paint, which is always fun. And then I'm just going
to start painting. I feel like that's
a little bit dark. So I'm going to add
a little bit more white and a little
bit more water. And I will keep testing
it out until I'm comfortable with the color
on my piece of paper. Alrighty friends. I'm finished with my painting. I think it turned
out really great. I hope that you had a lot
of fun with this project. I will see you next time.
Em Winn, Teacher, Art Instructor, Artist
