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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. 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 little black cat. 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 paint brush. I'm going to use a paint
brush that's this size, but just use what you
have available to you. You will need a cup or a
bowl with clean water. You will also need a black
oil pastel or crayon and a yellow oil pastel or
crayon and a paper towel. So go ahead and gather all of these supplies
and materials, and I'll see you back
here in the next video.
2. Step 1: Draw a Peeking Cat Design: In this step, we
are going to draw our cute kitty cat design. So let's get started. The first thing
that we're going to do is we're going to pick up our black oil pastel
or Black crayon. I'm going to use a
black oil pastel. We're going to go pretty
close to the bottom, but not all the way to the
bottom, about right here. And we're going to make
two small pas, okay? Let me show you how
we're going to do that. These paws are going to look like they're
floating in the air, but we're going to anchor
them in a few minutes. Okay. So let's make
an upside down, letter coming this way. And then we're going to do
the same thing over here. Upside down, letter
U coming this way. These are going to be the paws. Now what we're going
to do is we're going to make the little toes. So I'm going to make, I guess about three little
toes like this. And if you'd like
to put some nails right here at the
ends of the toes, so it looks like our paws are kind of floating in the air, and we need to anchor them to a fence because we are going to draw a little cat that
is peeking over the fence. So we're going to draw a
straight line starting here, and then we're going to
jump over the paw and then create another line right
here between the two paws, jump over the paw and then
come out to the other side. So let's go ahead and do that. Going to start here
with a straight line, jump over that first paw, jump over that second paw, and come out the other side. So we have our two
paws and our fence. Let's add a little bit
of detail to our fence. I'm going to add some
lines coming down just like this. There we go. If you'd like to add a
little bit more detail for the fence down
here, for example, if you want to make some
little lines like this, so it looks like wood, go ahead and do that, but you
don't have to do this. I'm just using some light lines. Okay, now what we're going
to do is we are going to create a cat peeking
out over the fence. Alright, let me show you
how we're going to do that. We're going to start here
in the middle of this paw, and then we're going to do the same thing on this
side in just a moment. So we're going to make
a slanted line coming up and a slanted line coming up. And then what we're going
to do is we're going to make a slanted
line coming down, a slanted line coming down. And then we are going to connect these two lines with a
curved line like this. So this is the top part
of our cat's head, and these are the ears. Okay? Now what we're
going to do is we're going to make a
small face down here, and the mouth of the cat will
be hidden by this fence. Alright? So let's
make some eyes. You can make any type
of eye that you'd like. Some people like round eyes, some people like
more cat eye shape, that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to make curve
line, curve line. Curve line and a curve line. And then inside of these shapes, I'm going to make Iris. And then I'm going
to make the pupil, and it's going to be just a
straight line doubled up. Alright. Now what we're going to do is we're going to
make a small nose. I'm going to make a nose that looks like this,
little triangle. And remember what I
said about the mouth? Make a small line here, and then the mouth is down here, and it's being
hidden by the fence. I want to make sure I put
some whiskers on here. So I'm just going to go
right over those paws. Another thing that I like to do when I'm making a little cat, I like to put some
lines above the eyes, some little dots, actually,
they're not lines. They're dots. So I'm
going to do that. I think that makes
it look really cute. And then if you'd like to add some triangles
inside of the ears, that always adds a
little bit more detail. Alright, you don't
have to do that part, but that's just a suggestion. That's what I'm choosing to do. Now, what we're going to
do is move to the sky, and we're going to
add a little bit of detail in this sky. So I'm going to add
a pretty large moon. That's the letter C,
and then I'm going to close that shape
with a curved line. And then what I'm going to
do is I'm going to wipe my hands off a
little bit because oil pastels can get
a little bit messy, wipe my hands off,
and then I'm going to add some stars to my sky. And for this project, I'm just going to add
some little circles, some small circles,
and these are going to represent stars. So I'm going to go ahead and
take a moment to do that. I'm just pressing fairly hard
with my yellow oil pastel, and I'm making sure
that I don't smear my black oil pastel because oil pastels
can get real smeary. Alright, I want to make sure
I have quite a few stars. Put the over here. How does that look? I think that's good. Alright, so what's
going to happen when I paint over these stars is those stars are going to resist the watercolor paints
and they will pop out. You'll be able to see that they have the color
will pop out. Okay, so I'm excited
about the next step, which will be to
paint our design. I will see you back
here in the next video.
3. Step 2: 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
of our pans of paint. And what this will do is it will soften up the
paint a little bit, so it is easier for us to use. So when I am teaching students, I always suggest adding just
that little drop of water. It really helps. Now that
our paints are softening up, let's turn our attention
to our design. So here we have a cute little
cat peeking over a fence. And what we're going to
do is we are going to paint the whole entire
design right now, okay? I am going to keep
a few areas white. I'm going to keep
the moon white, and I'm going to keep this
part of the eye white. So that will really stand out. Alright? I'm going to paint
the little cat black, and I love little black. Cats. I have a little
black cat myself. And so I'm going to
paint the cat black. I'm going to do that last because black is
a really strong, powerful color, and I
want to make sure that I don't muddy the water too
much with my black paint. Okay. So I'm just
going to start with maybe some green eyes and some pink on the
ears and the nose, maybe a brown fence, and then I will move to the
sky, which I will paint. I haven't really decided yet. I'm going to paint it either
a dark blue or purple. I haven't decided,
but the good news is you get to choose the color that you
would like to choose. Think about the nighttime sky and then make your decision. You can even do a combination of blue and purple,
if you'd like. Sometimes I like to
do that, as well. So I'm going to start
out with my pink. I'm going to put a
little bit of water in one of my wells and make some light pink paint because I don't want my
pink to be too dark. So I added quite a bit of water and just a
little bit of paint. Now I'm going to move to green. This color green
looks great to me. You might not have the same
exact colors in your palette. That's okay. Just
use what you have. Gonna choose some green eyes. Now I'm going to
move to the fencing, and I'm going to rinse
my brush out and add a little bit of water
into one of my wells. And then what I'm going
to do is I'm going to add some brown paint because I want my fence to
be a lighter brown. I don't want it to be too dark. Oh, that's perfect. Alrighty. Now I'm
finished with my fencing. I'm going to move
on to a blue sky. I've decided to use blue. So I'm going to put a
little bit of water and some blue paint into
one of my wells. I'm not going to
make it super dark. Remember, if you want something a pink color to
be a little bit lighter, then you use more water, and if you'd like
the pink color to be a little bit darker, then you use a little
bit more paint. Alright, I don't know if
you can see this yet, but my star oil pastel, the yellow pastels, oil pastels that I use for this sky are
resisting the paint, and they're kind of popping out. Alright, friends. So the
last thing that I'm going to do is I'm going to paint
my little cat black, and I'm not going to paint
it a really dark black. It's going to be a lighter
black, more of a gray. So let me show you
how I'm going to make some light black or gray. I'm going to place a few drops of water
into one of my wells, and then I'm going to add just a small amount
of black paint. Black, as I mentioned before, is a pretty powerful color, so you only need a very small
amount of the black paint. So I'm going to go ahead. Oh, that's a nice gray. Go to go ahead and paint
this little kitty. Alrighty friends, I'm back, and I'm finished painting. My little cat, I think
he looks so cute, and I'm very happy with 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.
Em Winn, Teacher, Art Instructor, Artist
