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1. Introduction and Supplies You Will Need: A 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 groundhog that is
popping out of the soil. I hope that you have a lot
of fun with this project. Let's get started. 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 cup or
a bowl with clean water. You will need a
black oil pastel or a black crayon 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 a Groundhog Design: In this step, we are going to
draw our groundhog design. So let's get started. The first thing that we're
going to do is pick up our black oil pastel or crayon. And we're going to come up a
little bit from the bottom. We need to make sure that
we leave a place for some dirt here that the groundhog
is going to pop out of. So we want it to create a little mound
right here of dirt. So we're going to come
up just a little bit. We're going to start
about right here, and we're going
to make an upside down that's really big
on our piece of paper. So I'm filling up a lot of my
space on my piece of paper. Now that we have
our upside down U, let's make some small ears. Those are just going to be some curve lines on
the side at the top. Now what we're going
to do is we are going to come right
here to the middle, and we're going to make a
shape that looks like this. It's kind of a rectangle,
but also a circle. It has very soft angles. Then inside of this shape, we're going to make a
triangle like this. And then from this
triangle point, we're going to make a curve
line and another curve line. And hopefully, you'll have
a little space here at the bottom because we're going
to make a tooth like this. Alright. The next thing that we're going to do is
create some eyes, so I'm going to make
a small eye here, and then another eye here. If there's a different way that you'd like to
make your eyes, you can go ahead and do that. Now I'm going to make
some circles for cheeks. You do not need to do this
part if you don't want to, but I like how this looks
with the little cheeks. Going to paint those pink. Now, what we're going
to do is we're going to come down here to the space, and we're going to
make some feet. So I'm going to make some
upside down Us two of those. And then I'm going to make
some little toes like this. Those are just some wes
connected to each other. Now what we're going to do
is we're going to close up this shape right
here with a line. It's not going to
be super straight, but this is going to
represent the dirt, the mound that the
groundhog is coming out of. Now let's come down here
and make some dirt, so I'm going to make a mound of dirt that just comes
down like this. And then if you'd like to
make anything down here, sometimes when groundhogs
are digging up, they displace some flowers or some plants so you can make some little plants or flowers, anything that you'd like
down here at the bottom. Might make something right here. Now I'm going to come
back up here into this space for my
groundhog's face, and I'm going to make some little hairs coming
up like this. I just like to do that because it creates a little
bit more interest. Now I'm going to make some
little lines and these are going to represent the
hairs on the groundhog. I'm not going to make them
super close together. Alright. If there's
anything that you'd like to add
into the background, you can go ahead and do that. You can make some raindrops. You can make some clouds. It's completely up to you. I think I'm going
to make some nice big fluffy clouds like this. This is how I like
to make clouds. If there's a different way that you'd like to make clouds, go ahead and do your way. Alrighty friends,
I'm finished drawing my groundhog popping
out of the soil. And when we come back, we will
start painting our design.
3. Step 2: Paint the Groundhog: In this step, we are going to
paint our groundhog design. So let's get started. The first thing that
we're going to do is we are 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 our
paint a little bit, so it is easier for us to use. So I do encourage my students to take this step because it
really does help. Now that our paints
are softening up, let's turn our attention
to our design. So what we're going
to paint right now is just the groundhog, and we are going to
paint the background, which is the dirt down here
in the sky in the next step. So let's just focus
on the groundhog. I would like my
groundhog to be brown, and I'm going to make a
lighter brown right here for this area of the mouth and
nose and then pink cheeks. And maybe a little bit
of a darker brown for the ears and the small feet. So I'm going to go
ahead and do that. I'm going to put a few
drops of water into one of my wells on my palette. And then I'm going to
add some brown paint, mix it up really well. Remember, if you want
a lighter brown, then you use more water. And if you like a darker, stronger, more vibrant brown, then you use more paint. So it's up to you. Let me see how that looks. Oh,
that looks perfect. Alright, so I'm
going to go ahead and paint this groundhog. And then when we come back, I am going to show you how to mix and paint for that
mouth and nose area. All right, friends, now, I'm finished painting
my groundhog, and what I'm going to
do is I'm going to add some more water
to this brown, quite a bit of water
because I'm going to paint this area right here, and I'd like it to
be pretty light. So I'm adding quite
a bit of water. Mixing that really well
and see how light that is. It's a very, very light brown. And I'm not going to paint the tooth because I
want that to stay white, and I'm not going to paint
the nose because I want to paint that a dark
gray or a black. Now what I'm going to do
is I'm going to paint these ears and
these little feet. So I'd like those to be
a pretty dark brown. Let me add some more
paint right here. I think I'd like it to be
even darker than that. See how dark that is?
Because I added more paint. It creates a little
bit more interest. Now I'm going to paint
the cheeks and I'm going to paint
those cheeks pink. So just a very light pink. Now I'm going to go ahead
and make some black. So I'm going to put some
water in one of my wells, add a little bit of black. It will actually turn to a gray color because I don't
want it to be too dark. There we go. Now
in the next step, what we're going to
do is we are going to start painting
the background.
4. Step 3: Paint the Background: In this step, we are going
to paint the background. So let's get started. Alright, I've decided
that I'm going to use a light blue
for the background. So I'm going to put some drops of water into one of my wells, and then I'm going to add some light blue paint
and paint the sky. And then after I paint the sky, I'm going to come
down here and I'm going to paint this
little mound of dirt. So let me go ahead and
speed up this video, and I'm going to
work on the sky, and I'll be back
in just a minute. Alrighty friends, I'm
finished painting the sky. Notice how I did not put
paint on the inside of my clouds because I want to make sure that they are
really nice and white. Now I'm going to move down
here and I'm going to paint the grass and the dirt. So let me start with the grass. Just going to go like this. Now, for this mound
of dirt down here, I'm going to paint it
brown, a dark brown. So what I'm going
to do is I'm going to have my brown paint here, but then I'm going to add a little tiny bit
of black paint, and that will change
the shade a little bit. I just want it to
be a little bit of a different shade from
the actual groundhog. So let me test this down here. Yes, that looks great. I think I want it a
little bit darker. There we go. Add a
little bit more. You might have to do some
experimentation with your mixing if you choose to add some black
paint to your brown. Just go back and
forth until you get the paint to be the way
that you want it to be. Alright, I'm going to
go ahead and paint this mound of dirt. Alright, friends, so I'm
finished painting the mound of dirt that our groundhog
is popping out of. And as you can see, the shade of brown is a
little bit different. And so the actual groundhog
is pretty light brown. The ears and the little feet
are a little bit darker. And then this is
a different shade of brown down here because I added some black
and brown together. I really hope that you had a lot of fun with this project. I will see you next time.
Em Winn, Teacher, Art Instructor, Artist
