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Art for Kids & Beginners: How to Draw and Watercolor Paint a BIRD in a BIRDHOUSE

teacher avatar Em Winn, Teacher, Art Instructor, Artist

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Lessons in This Class

    • 1.

      Introduction and Supplies You Will Need

      1:23

    • 2.

      Step 1: Draw a Bird in a Birdhouse

      10:57

    • 3.

      Step 2: Paint the Birdhouse Design

      5:39

    • 4.

      Step 3: Paint the Background

      2:18

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About This Class

Are you looking for a fun and unique watercolor painting project for your child? 

Are you searching for an art project that will ensure artistic success and confidence?

Would you like an experienced art teacher guiding your child through the creative process?

This Bird in a Birdhouse drawing and watercolor painting project may be just what you are looking for! Designed with beginners in mind, this project is perfect for first-time painters and children ages 6+. By following along with me, step-by-step, the beginner artist will learn the skills to create masterpieces of their own long after this project is complete.

There are three steps in this art project:

  • Step 1: Draw a Bird in a Birdhouse Design
  • Step 2: Paint the Design
  • Step 3: Paint the Background

The process used to teach this project is a step-by-step method that will inspire and delight the beginner artist into drawing and painting action! This process involves observing, following instructions, and creating until the student is happy with the outcome.

Students will learn basic drawing and watercolor painting techniques and apply these techniques to complete this project. This Birdhouse drawing and painting project is designed to give beginners the skills they need to begin their artistic journey into self-expression, reflection, and creative thinking.

Supplies and materials needed for this project:

  • Watercolor Paint Set
  • Watercolor Paper
  • Oil Pastel Set 
  • Paint Brush
  • paper towels
  • bowl of water
  • mat to protect work area

Let the creative fun begin!

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Em Winn

Teacher, Art Instructor, Artist

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Hi. My name is Em Winn and teaching art to children is what I love to do! I pride myself on creating dynamic, meaningful, and engaging art lessons that are taught in a relaxing and joyful way. I have over 20 years teaching experience in the elementary classroom and in the art studio, and I feel that I have a good grasp on how to create a learning environment that makes children feel happy, motivated, confident, and successful. Let the creative fun begin!

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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 was 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 the entire creative process so they will feel comfortable at all times. I'm excited about sharing this project with you. Let's get started. Let's talk about the supplies and 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 cup or a bowl with clean water. You will need a set of crayons or a set of oil pastels. Either one will work fine and you will need 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 a Bird in a Birdhouse: In this step we are going to draw our design. So let's get started. What we're going to do first is we're going to choose our brown crayon or our brown Oil Pastel. A darker brown might work best if you have it available to you. So I'm going to choose a brown Oil Pastel because I'm going to be using oil pastels. Let's go near the top of our piece of paper. Not to the tippy top, but pretty close to the top. And what we're going to do is we're going to make a branch going from this side of our piece of paper to this side. And when we get close to this side of our piece of paper, we are going to open up the branch into two branches. So let me show you what I mean. We're going to start about right here and make a line. It's not going to be super straight because branches are not really that street. We're going to go up a little bit towards the end of our line. And we're going to go all the way to the edge of our piece of paper. We're going to do the same thing, come down just a little bit, not super straight line. And then we're going to come down on this line. These are going to offshoot. This branch right here is going to offshoot into these two branches. Now we're going to make a sideways V like this. And as you can see, that will turn our one branch into two branches. Alright? Now that we have our branch, what we're going to do is we're going to make a string coming down wherever you want. I'm going to put my string in the center. So I'm going to make a line like this. It's not going to be super straight because it's a string. Then I'm going to double that up. Then this is where we're going to put our Birdhouse. So that's what we're going to make right now. From this string, the bottom of the string, we're going to make a slanted line and another slanted line coming out the other side. Then what we're going to do is we're going to come a little bit down from that line and we're going to make another slanted line and another slant and light. Remember, it doesn't have to be perfect. Now we're going to close with a small line on each side. So we're going to be connecting this line to this line, this line to this line with two smaller lines. Now we're going to make, this is the roof of our Birdhouse. And now we're going to make the bottom part of our Birdhouse, the actual house part. Okay. We're going to have a slightly slanted line. We're going to come a little bit and from the end of that line and make a slightly slanted line, come down. And the same thing on the other side. And then we're going to close up this shape at the bottom with a straight line. Now let's make a circle right here. This is the place where the birds can actually get into the Birdhouse. Now what we're going to do is make a small stick here because I know that birds like to stand on the little stick to get into the little circle into the house. Now that we've done that, we're going to put a few little lines here and this will decorate. Give a little bit of detail to the Birdhouse. If there's something else that you'd like to put on there, you can do that as well. Let me add one more there. What you need to do is just look at your Birdhouse and then decide if there's anything else that you'd like to put in there. Alright, the next thing that we're going to do is we're going to put our brown away and we're going to choose another color. You can choose whatever color you would like. So we're going to choose the color for the leaves up here on the branch. I'm going to choose the color green. I like this shade of green. It's a really bright green. And what we're going to do all along the branch, the top part of the branch, and on the lower part of the branch is we're going to make some leaves. You can make any shape leaves that you'd like. And we're going to just make some curved lines or swirly lines or whatever you'd like to do. This is the type of leaf that I like to make. I'm going to do. That's a funny leaf, right? Remember with Art, there are really no mistakes. So you can make whatever you'd like as far as Leaves go. I'm going to pull a line in there. A little bit more detail. Perfect. I'm going to put that away. Then. What we're going to do now is we're going to create flowers down here at the bottom. Now just imagine that we're going to have flowers coming up from the bottom of our piece of paper. And if they're not going to be touching the Birdhouse, but we are going to make them around the Birdhouse. Alright, sounds good. You can make your flowers go as high as you'd like on your piece of paper. You're going to go just in this area right here. Alright, because I'd like to see a little bit of sky right here. So I think I'm going to choose the color orange. And you can choose whatever color you'd like for these flowers. Think about the flower that you'd like to make. I'm going to make it easy. And I'm going to show you how to make it easy. Going to start out with a circle. So I'm going to make some circles actually, they're pretty big all around my Birdhouse. If there's a different type of a flower that you'd like to make. You can go ahead and do that. Now that I have my round orange circles, I'm going to I'm going to maybe choose. This is like a darker orange, almost read. I think I'm going to choose that for the paddles, for my daisies. Sometimes I'll choose five or six petals depending on what fits. Did you see how I went to this line right here and then I jumped over and then I started my line back over here because this petal is behind the Birdhouse. Did the same thing on that side. Did you see that? I'm not sure if you can see the bottom, but my petals are going off of the piece of paper. Here we go. Alright. If you'd like to add anything else to your flowers, you can go ahead and do that. I think I'm going to add a swirl inside the center of my flowers, inside of the circle of my disease. So a yellow swirl. If you'd like to fancy up the petals a little bit, you can do that as well. It's completely up to you. Alright? Now what I'm going to do is I'm going to add some leaves to my flowers. So I'm just going to add some leaves in certain areas. They might be different shapes and that's okay. Just do what you'd like. Fill in those spaces. Perfect. Alright, now let's create our Bird and we're going to put our Bird right here in this center. Your circle might be larger or smaller than mind such as do the best that you can for your little Bird. Choose a color that you'd like to use for your Bird. I think I'm going to use red. And what we're going to do is just make a small bird, just the head in this space right here. So let me just make the head of my bird like that. And then maybe I will make a little beak with my yellow. And remember you could to use the colors that you'd like going to color that in. And then maybe I'll make some eyes so my Bird can be peeking out. Who those that are big eyes, right? This Bird has really big eyes. Your eyes might be bigger or smaller than mine. Mine just happen to be pretty big. Keep in mind, when you're using your black, you will get messy hands if you choose to use black. So we can use your paper towel to get that Oil Pastel off of your hands. If you don't get all of it off of your hands, that's okay. We'll pastels are really, really soft, so they do leave behind a little bit of oil on your hands. Alright, Now I'd like you to take a look at your artwork, at your drawing, and then decide if there's anything else that you would like to add to your artwork. So for example, if you have a space that you'd like to fill up with something, you could go ahead and do that. Think about gardens. Think about nature. You might want to add a lady bug or a butterfly. It's up to you. Just get creative with it. Alright, I'm happy with them way that my artwork looks right now. So what I'm going to do is I am going to stop right here. And when we come back, what we will do is start painting. So I will see you back here in the next video. 3. Step 2: Paint the Birdhouse Design: In this step, we are going to add some watercolor paints to our design. So let's get started. The first thing that you'll want to do is add one or two drops of your water to each pan of paint. And what that will do is it will soften up your paint a little bit so that it is easier for you to use. So I do encourage you to take a moment to add one or two drops of water into each pan of paint. Now, while those Paints are softening up, Let's turn our attention to our design. So here we have a cute little Bird peeking out of a Birdhouse in a garden. You get to choose the colors that you'd like to use. Think about the garden and the colors in the garden. And that will help you decide the colors you're going to use. I think I'm going to use brown for my branch, green for my leaves. And I'm not sure yet on the colors for the flowers. Sometimes when I'm painting, I have an idea, but I might change my mind or I might pivot, and I might do something totally different than what was in my mind before I started. What I'm going to do is I'm just going to start out with the colors that I know that I'm going to use, which are brown. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to take a little bit of brown with a little bit of water, put it into one of my wells. Maybe the color brown that I want to use. I want a little bit lighter brown here, so I added more water. If you'd like a darker color than you would use more paint than water. So you just have to experiment a little bit, which is the funny thing about doing Art. You get to experiment. Alright? So for the roof of my Birdhouse, I think I'm going to use brown. And then I think I'm going to use a light purple. Light purple for my, this part of the house from light Bird my Birdhouse. I'm getting some purple and putting it in one of my wells, adding a little bit of water. Then I'm going to just start Painting. Keep in mind, when you are painting with watercolor paints. Sometimes the Paints, the pink colors will run into each other. They will mix and they will flow. And that's actually the really neat thing about painting with watercolor paints. Sometimes you don't have that much control. But that's what makes it phon. I'm almost finished painting this Birdhouse. How it looks so far. And then what I'm going to do is I'm going to paint this little stick and the inside of the Birdhouse. And I want those to be a little bit darker, purple. I'm going to paint that a little bit darker, a little bit darker than that. We go. Then the inside I want darker too because it's going to be a little bit shadowy in there, right? Maybe even a little bit darker. There we go. That's nice. Right? So now I have my branch and I have my Birdhouse. And what I'm going to do now is I'm going to start painting the leaves and the flowers. And then I'm going to wait until the last two, Paint My bird. So what I think I'll do is I will speed up my painting. That way. You can watch me. And I will see back here in just a minute. Alrighty friends. So I'm finished painting my leaves, my flowers, my Birdhouse, and my branch. And now I'm going to paint my Bird, and I'm going to paint my Bird Red. Alrighty friends. So now I'm finished painting my branch, my leaves, buy flowers, my bird and my Birdhouse. And what we're going to do in the next step is we are going to be painting the background. So I will see you back here in the next video. 4. Step 3: Paint the Background: In this step we are going to paint our background. So let's get started. I'm going to choose to paint my background blue, but you can choose any colors that you'd like. I'm going to use two different shades of blue. So I'm going to show you the shades right now. I'm going to use this shape right here. It's a lighter blue. I'm going to put that into one of my wells and add some water. Then I am going to use more turquoise blue, which is this blue right here. And I'm just going to trade off between those two blues. And what I'm going to do is I'm going to start at the top here. And I'm going to work my way down. You don't have to start at the top if you don't want to. If you'd like to start somewhere else, you can go ahead and do that. Keep in mind, if you want stronger, more vibrant colors, use more paint and less water. With your watercolor paints. If you choose to have a softer color, then you'll use more water and less paint. I'm using quite a bit of water with this blue. And you get to choose what you'd like to do. Remember, this is your artwork, so you get to choose what you'd like. I'm going to go ahead and speed up the video. You can watch me and I will be back in just a minute. Alrighty friends. I'm finished painting the Background. I'm really happy with the way that my artwork turned out. I hope that you had a lot of Fun with this project. I had a lot of fan teaching you. I will see you next time.