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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 guide you step-by-step through all
the steps you need to take. Today, we are going to be
creating these two cute lions, a small lion and a big lion. 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
and a paintbrush. You will also need a cup or
a bowl with clean water. And a black crayon or a black oil pastel
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 Two Lions: In this step we are going
to draw our design. So let's get started. The first thing that we'll
want to do is pick up our black oil pastel
or black crayon. I'm going to use my
black oil pastel. Find the middle of
your piece of paper. The middle of my piece of
paper is about right here. And what we're going to
do is we're going to make this small lion's face right here in the middle of
our piece of paper, little bit to the right. What we're going to do is make a shape that looks like this. It's going to be, I
call it a soft square. So it's not quite a square
and it's not quite as circle, but it does have a little bit of an angle to each of the corners. This is going to be the
small lion's face and head. Now what we're going to
do is we're going to make the main for our lion. We're going to just make
some lines coming around. They don't have to be perfect. Going to follow
that soft square. Now, right here,
we're going to make some very small ears
that are lying can hear. Now we're going to move
to our larger lion, and we are going to create
our larger lion right here, right next to our smaller lion, and above just a little bit. So we're going to make a shape similar to this one but
a little bit larger. So I'm going to come over, come down, come back up. Just like this. So they're both kind of tilted to the side. Now we're going to
do the same thing. We're going to make the main. So we're going to
draw the lines. Once you get to that
smaller lion's mane, you're going to pick up
your crayon or oil pastel so you don't go over into
this part of our drawing. I'm going to come over here, come down like this. So it almost looks
like this lion is behind this lion
just a little bit. Let's make some ears up here towards the
top on each side. And then we're going
to stop right there. Now before we put any features
into the lion's faces, what we're going to
do is we're going to make the bodies down here. We're going to start with
the larger lion's body. So we're going to start here fairly close to the edge
of our piece of paper, but not touching the edge. And we're going to make a
straight line coming down curve and then stop. Alright? So it almost looks
like the letter L. But we have more of a
curved line right here as opposed to a sharp
angle. Alright? Now what we're going to do, this is going to be
the back of our lion. Then this is going to be the
bottom of the lions leg. We're going to curve
around like this. That's going to be the foot. And then we're going to make
a curved line like this. This is going to be the knee. So I'm not sure if you can see
see that this is the back, this is the bottom, this is the leg, and then this is the knee. Okay. Now what we're going
to do is we're going to move up here and we're going to make the arm
of our larger lion. So this curved line right
here is going to be squeezed between the main of the smaller lion and the
knee of the larger lion. Okay. So can you see it's an arm
that comes down this way. Alright, the next
thing that we're going to do is we're going to make the body
of our small lion, and it's going to be
just a small body. So what we're going to do
is start about right here, come down, and
then come back up. Alright, so most of the body of the small lion is going to be tucked behind the
lions so you won't be able to see it very well. Alright. Okay. The next step is going to be making the little lions feet. So we're just going to make
some curved lines coming down like this because
it's a very small lion. Then what we're going to
do is we're going to make the tummy of the larger lion. If you have the space, if you don't have any
space right here, then you won't have to put
the tummy because it will be covered up by the small lion. Now what we're going to
do is we're going to make another leg right here
for the larger lion. So we're going to follow
this line right here. So come down. Just like that. It looks like we have one knee and foot and another
knee and foot behind. Okay. Now let's add a tail
for each of the lions. And I don't have that much room, but I feel like I
can squeeze a tail so I'm going to
make a tail coming up and then another line coming
up to complete that tail. And then if you can't
fit a tail, that's okay. You can just pretend like the tail is going off
of your piece of paper. Now a teardrop shape for
the end of the lion's tail. Now this tail for this
big lion is going to be pretty skinny because I
don't have that much space. So I'm going to make
those two lines. Then I'm going to make a
shape that looks like this, but part of it might go off of, off of the piece of paper. Sometimes when you
are creating art, your drawing or your
painting will go off the side or off the bottom or off the top
of your piece of paper. And I tell students not to
worry about that too much. You can just use your
imagination and pretend like the rest of your drawing or painting is off the side. Because sometimes it's
hard to judge exactly how large or how something
small is going to be. Alright, So now that we have
our heads and our mains, and our bodies and our tails. What we're going to
do next is we're going to add some detail. Let's start with the
small lion's face. So we're going to
start with the nose. We're going to make a triangle. So let's make a
straight line closer to the bottom of your shape. And what we're going to
do from there is make a straight line down
in a little smile. Then we're going to come up
at a little bit of a slant, a little bit of a slanted line, and then come back
up from the edge of that triangle for the nose
with another slanted line. Then this little line
is going to have closed eyes like this. And some small little whiskers. I just like to
make two or three. Now we're going to
add a little bit of detail inside of the main. I'd like to just add some
straight little lines in there. If there are other
shapes that you'd like to add ahead and do that. Then I added some small lines
for the feet, for the toes. Then this line is also going
to have some closed eyes. Just like that. We have some slanted
lines for the nose. We have a straight line and
a curved line for the mouth. We have a triangle nose, and then we have two
curved lines for the eyes. Let's add a little bit
of detail to the main. I'm just going to add some lines going
all the way around. It'll add a little bit more
interests to our design. Then some very small whiskers. Excellent. Now we're going to
make some lines for the pause of our larger lion. So now that we have our lions, let's make something that are lions are going
to be sitting on. So I'm just going to make a straight line coming
out from my lion, come over like this. So it looks like
they're sitting on the grass or the ground. Then you can add something
in the sky if you'd like. I think that I'm going to
put a little heart here, just a small one to show that they really
care about each other. I think that that's
all that I'm going to do at this point. If there is something else that you'd like to
add to your design, why don't you go
ahead and do that. This is your artwork. So you get to add
whatever you'd like. If you have some oil pastel
on your hands like I do. That's really common. Oil pastels are very soft
and they're made out of oil. And so they can get
a little bit messy, which is fine because
when you're doing art, that's part of the
fun of art, right? Getting a little bit messy. So just use your
handy-dandy paper towel to clean your fingers off, if you would like. Now with oil pastel, you also need to be
careful because if you tend to swipe
your paper like this, then you might smear
your oil pastels, as I said, that they're
very, very soft. When we come back, we will start applying some watercolor paints
to our drawing.
3. Step 2: Paint the Lion Design: In this step, we
are going to apply some watercolor paints
to our drawing. 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
to each pan of paint. And what this will do
is it will soften app or dissolve our paints
just a little bit. That will make them
easier for us to use. So I like to take a minute to do that because it really helps. Now that our paints
are softening up, Let's turn our attention
to our drawing. We have two lions here, and we're going to
think of the colors that we see on lions
out in nature. We see browns,
yellows, and oranges. So those are the colors
that we're going to use to paint our Lions. I'm also going to put some pink cheeks on
my lions as well. Now for the background, you get to choose the
colors that you like. I'm going to choose a
green for the grass and then maybe a blue for the
sky and then for the heart, maybe a pink or red. So I'm going to
start with my pink. I'm going to put a little bit of pink into one of my wells, add a little bit of water. And then I'm just going
to make some circles, some light circles for
the cheeks on my Lions. I always think that that
looks really great. So I'm going to do that. I'm painting slowly
and carefully, so I do my best work. Here we go. Now I'm going to
show you a trick. Put that down. I'm going to take my
handy-dandy paper towel. I'm going to hover over
those pink cheeks and I'm just going to
touch very gently. And what that does
is it lightens up those cheeks because I want
them to be pretty light pink. And it also drives
the paint just a little bit so it doesn't spread around on the piece of paper. You can skip that step
if you'd like to, if you don't want
the pink cheeks. I'm also going to
paint my heart pink. I was thinking read, but I think pink light be really a better choice
for my artwork. You can choose whatever
color you would like though. So there I go. There's
the pink Picart. Alright, the next thing
that I'm going to do is I'm going to use
this lighter orange. And I'm going to just start painting with my lighter orange. And you might have different colors of paint
in your paint palette. So if you'd like to do a
little bit of color mixing with your yellow and your darker orange to
make a lighter orange. You can do that. Or you can paint your faces and bodies of your
Lyons Brown if you like. It's completely up to you. This is just the choice that
I am making for my Alliance. So what I'm going to
do is I'm going to go ahead and I'm going to
speed up the video. And I'm going to paint my
Lions a combination of orange, maybe a little bit of brown, I'm not quite sure yet. And maybe even some yellow. I'm going to go
ahead and do that. And then I will see you
back here in just a minute. Alrighty friends, I'm
finished painting my lions. And I think that
they look great. I decided to use a combination
of a light orange and darker orange and
a little bit of brown right here that I
added a lot of water to. And then a darker brown where I added a little bit more paint. Remember, if you want your colors to be
stronger and darker, you add more paint. And if you'd like
your colors to be lighter and softer like this, you add more water. When we come back, we will paint the background.
4. Step 3: Paint the Background: In this step we are going
to paint our background. So let's get started. In the previous video, I was letting you know that I thought I would paint this area down here green and
the background blue. And I think I've
changed my mind. And I wanted to talk to you
about that for a moment. Whenever you are
creating artwork and you decide that you want to change
your mind, that's fine. It's fine to change your mind. So just do what you'd
like to do in the moment. Okay, so I'm looking at my
artwork and I think, wow, I think that green would look really great
in the background. And I think that Brown would
look really great down here. So that's what I'm going to do. You do not have to stick
with your original plans. You can always change
your mind, okay? So I'm going to go
ahead and do that. I'm going to start with
the bottom and I'm going to paint the bottom brown. I think that that would
look really nice, just a light brown. Then I'm going to move
up and I'm going to paint the background
area a light green. So I'm going to
speed up the video. I'm going to take my time
because I really do want to do a really nice
job on my artwork. And I understand that if I
go slowly and carefully, I can do my best work. Alright, so I'm going to go
ahead and start painting. And I am excited
about seeing what this green looks like
on the background. Alrighty friends,
I'm back and I'm really happy that I chose green for the background and brown down here
at the bottom. I think that that was a
really great decision. I hope that you had a lot
of fun with this project. I will see you next time.
Em Winn, Teacher, Art Instructor, Artist
