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1. Introduction and Supplies You Will Need: Hi friends, how are you? I hope you're having a
really great day today. I'd like to introduce
you to this project. This is a drawing and
painting project, and it is a little bunny
skating on a lake on the ice. And we have a snowy background. Designing this project,
especially for kids. You do not need to have
any drawing or painting experience at all to be
successful with this project. I will take you step-by-step through all the steps
that you need to take. So you will feel
comfortable at all times. Let's go for this applies in 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 some
watercolor paints and some clean water
in a bowl or a cup. You will need a paper
towel and a black crayon. You will need a large
paintbrush like this. And a smaller paintbrush
maybe about this size. If you don't have
exactly the sizes, that's okay, just use what
you have available to you. You will need some white paint. I'm going to be using tempera
paint in this project, but you can certainly use poster paints or acrylic paints. Just use what you
have available to you and then you'll need a pallet
to put your paints on. 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 Skating Bunny Design: In this step we are going to draw a skating bunny rabbits. So let's get started. The first thing that
you'll want to do is pick up your black crayon. And we're going to go about halfway down on a
piece of paper. So right in the middle here, we're going to move a
little bit to the left. That's where we're going to draw our bunny right
here in this area. And our bunny is going to
be skating in this area. On this side, we're
going to create a tree, which we will do later. So let's start by going to the middle of
our piece of paper. And the first thing
that we're going to do is we're going to make a circle. Make sure it's not too
tiny but not too huge. That's going to be
our bunny's head. So this bunnies ears are
going to be a little bit off to the right side because he is going to be skating this way. Alright, so let me
show you what I mean. So bunnies ears are pretty
long and tall, right? So we're going to make
some really long letter US and they're going
to be closer to the, to the right side than
the left side. All right. Now we're going to
put a little bit of detail inside of those years. And now we're going
to make a face. And because the bunny
is facing this way, we're going to put his right
eye over here very close to or right on top of the line that you
made for his head. And then we're going to move
over a little bit and make the other eye right
here, his left eye. And then we're going to make his or her nose and
a little mouth. And if you'd like to
put some whiskers on, you can go ahead and
do that as well. So you can see that bunny, it looks like here
she's turning this way. Alright, so now we're
going to come down here. And let's put a little
scarf on her bunny. So just a line down
over and backup. And because our bunnies going
to be skating this way, the wind is going to be
carrying her scarf this way. So let's make two lines coming
out and maybe some fringe. Now let's make the
body of our bunny. So bunny bodies are
different shapes, so just make it any
shape that you like. And now what we're going
to do is we're going to make some skates down
here at the bottom. So the way that I like
to make skates Is this. It just kinda look like legs
and little feet like this. So that's 12. And then down here at the bottom and we're going
to make a curved line. And then it's going straight, curved line going straight, and then two lines
coming down like that. So it looks like he or she
has some little skates on. Now let's make some little
arms for our bunny, and this helps with balance. So we're just going
to make a U-shape to the side coming out from this line and then maybe another arm
coming down like this. And then if you want to
put some little lines right here to show
his little toes, his or her little toes. And then if you want
to put a circle here, you can go ahead and do that. That'll show the tummy. That's just if you want to, sometimes I like to add that. It just gives a little
bit more detail. All right, so now
we have our bunny. And what we're going to do
now is we're going to draw a straight line coming
across our piece of paper, but we're not going to
go through our bunny. It's going to go
like this and it doesn't have to be perfectly straight because we want it
to look like it's the ground. This will be the line
that divides the ice that the funny is
skating on from the sky. And remember, we will
be creating a tree right here on this side of our piece of paper
on the right side. So we're not going to
be drawing anymore. So in the next step, what we're going to
do is we're going to paint our background. And I will see you
in the next video.
3. Step 2: Paint the Design With Watercolor Paints: In this step we are
going to be applying some watercolor paints
to our piece of paper. So let's get started. The first thing that we're
going to do is we're going to prepare our paints. And the way that we do
that is we add a drop or two of water to
each pan of paint. And what that will do is it will dissolve the
paint a little bit, and it makes it much
easier for us to use. So it's important to go ahead and take a
minute to do that. Now, let's turn our
attention to our drawing. So what we're going
to do now is we are going to paint our eyes. And I like to use a really
light color blue for that. And then the background sky. And then we might even apply some paint to a few
areas on our bunny, our body is going to stay white because it's a snow bunny. But we can add a little
bit of color to the ears, to the nose, to the scarf, maybe even to the
tummy if you want to. All right. So I think my paint is ready
and what I'm going to do first is I'm going to
start out a really, really light blue,
meaning I am going to make it so light that you might not even be able
to tell that it's blue, but I think that I will. So I'm going to paint my eyes are really,
really light blue. Because when you look
at eyes on a lake, sometimes it has that
blue tinge to it. So I'm going to just take
a moment to do that. After I'm finished
painting my eyes, I'm going to move onto my sky and I'm going to
make it the same color, blue, but I'm going to
make it a darker shade. So I'm going to make it a pretty dark and vibrant color here. So I'm adding more
paint and less water. If you want your blue or any other color to be really
light, you add more water. If you want it to be darker, you add more paint. Little bit darker. Right? So I'm just going to
go ahead and do bad. Already friends. I'm finished with the
background and now I'm going to work on
my little bunny. I'm going to add some pink
here and add some water because I want my pink
to be pretty light. And then I'm just
going to add it to my bunny bunnies ears, my bunnies nose, and
my bunnies. Tommy. And then I'm going
to add some color to this scarf of my bunny, who I think I'll use a purple. There we go. So what we're going to do next is we're going to allow the background to dry
for just about 10 minutes. And when we come back, we will be able to paint a tree and some snowflakes
in the background. So I'll see you back
here in the next video.
4. Step 3: Add Details to the Background: In this step, we are going to paint some details
in our background. We're going to paint
a white tree right here because it is
the wintertime. And then we're also going
to paint some snowflakes. So you're want to use your smaller paintbrush for
this part of our lesson. Alright, let's pay
our tree first. So we're going to
start the trunk of our tree right above
this line right here. This is the line that separates
the sky from the ice. And what we're going
to do is we're going to make a tree right here. I'm going to show you
how I make a tree, but you can make any
tree that you'd like. Remember this is winter time, so this tree does not have
any leaves on it, okay? This is the type of tree that loses its leaves in the winter. So what I'm going to do is
I'm going to make sure that my paintbrush is continuously
loaded with my white paint. And I'm just going to
start painting a trunk. And I'm going to
fill it in as I go. And it will be pretty light depending on the type
of paint that you have. And then I'm going to
go off and I'm just going to start making branches. Hope that you can see this. You might have to
go over your lines, your paint lines a few
times to be able to see. It really depends on the
type of paint that you have. If you have an acrylic paint, your paint might be
a little bit darker, but I'm using a tempera. So it's a little bit lighter. A lot of kids use tempera. Alright, so this is
what we're going to do. We're just going
to make our tree, make it any way that you want. Make it with a lot of branches, are just a few branches. And remember when you
are making a tree, the trunk is typically sicker
than the actual branches. Okay. So make sure and you
can go over and over it, make sure that that
trunk is pretty thick so it can support
all of those branches. So I'm going to take
a moment to do that. All right, friends,
I really like the way that my tree looks. And what I'm going to
do now is I'm going to add some snowflakes
to the background. And this type of snowflake
that I'm going to add just is three lines that are intersecting in the
center like this. That's my favorite type
of snowflake to make and I'm not going to
make a 100 of them. I'm going to make
maybe 12 or so. And I am not going to put
them in a straight line. I'm going to make sure that
they're kind of spread out. Because when you look
at snowflakes fall, you can notice that they don't
fall in a straight line. They actually fall
all over the place. Already friends, I'm finished. I think that my bunny
is having a lot of fun out there skating
in this snow. I hope that you enjoyed this project and I will
see you next time.
Em Winn, Teacher, Art Instructor, Artist
