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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 all the steps
that they need to take. Today, we are going to be
creating this cute sea horse. I hope that you
have a lot of fun. 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. I like to use this
size paint brush, but just use what you
have available to you. You will need a cup or a
bowl with clean water. You will need a set of oil pastels or crayons
will work as well. You will also need
a paper towel. 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 Seahorse Design: In this step, we are going to
draw our sea horse design. Let's get started now. Sea horses come in a lot
of different colors, but we're going to choose the orange color,
the color orange. To get started on our sea horse, I know that I see a lot of
sea horses that are orange. If you have two different
shades of orange, just choose the one that you
like the best. All right. What we're going to
do is we're going to go towards the top of
our piece of paper, but not all the way to the top. Just about right here, a little bit to the right. All right, the first thing that we're going to do is
start about right here and we're going to make
an upside down like this. This is going to be the top
of our sea horse's head. Now what we're going
to do is we're going to follow with this line coming down and we're going to curve
around into a short spiral. This is going to be the
tail of our sea horse. Let's continue on
with this line. We're going to come
straight down. Then we're going to
start curving around. And remember to go
slowly and carefully. You do your best work that. All right, this is
the tail down here. We're going to make
it a little bit thicker in just a moment. Now what we're going to
do is we're going to come back up to this
part of our line. What we're going to
do is we're going to make the nose of our sea horse. What we're going to do is start here and then we're going to come out right there. Now we're going to make a
short curve line like this. Then we're going to
come back in with another line that stops
about right there, a little bit past
this first line. Now what we're going to
do is we're going to make a curve line from this line, about two or 3 " to
about right here. Curve line like that. As you can see, our sea horse
is starting to take shape. We have the head, we have the nose,
the cheek area. Now we're going to
make the tummy of our sea horse and then we're going to move down to the tail. Let's make the tummy. We're going to start here at the bottom of this curve line and we're going to
make a line that comes out like this and stop
about right there. Now remember if your
sea horse doesn't look exactly like my
sea horse, that's okay. That's actually a
really good thing. We want your sea horse to
look like your sea horse. Now what we're going to do is we're going to
start at this line, we're going to come
down and create a spiral tail that
goes like this. And end up touching this line right here,
this curve line. Let's start here, we come follow along and stop right there at
the tip of the tail. All right, now what we're
going to do is we are going to add a little bit of
detail to our sea horse. All right, let's go back up here and let's add maybe
some circles. Can add small circles or big
circles. It's up to you. I think that's the
perfect amount of circles for my sea horse. If you'd like to
add more or less than I do, that's fine with me. All right, now let's
move to the tummy and let's make a curve
line like this. Then inside this curve line, let's make some
diagonal lines on the tummy diagonal
just means slanted. All right, let's do the same
thing down here at the tail. Let's start here at
the tip of the tail. Then we're going to just
make some short lines. Go all along the tail. Then you get to decide
where you'd like to stop creating your lines. I think I might make one more. All right there, if there's anything else
that you'd like to add. Any more decorations that you'd like to add onto your sea horse? The body of your sea horse. You can go ahead
and do that now. Before we switch to
a different color, right, Let's put our
orange oil pestel away. Let's choose our oil
pestel, red oil, pestel. You might have an orangeish
red or a true red. You get to decide if you have
more than one red choice. You get to decide which color
red you'd like to choose. Now what we're going to
do is we're going to add some details to the back and
the head of our sea horse. Let's start with the
slanted line that comes out the top of the
head of our sea horse. Then what we're going to
do is we're going to make some curve lines that are
attached to each other. And then we're going
to come down to about right here, the
middle of the back. Okay, let me show you
what we're going to do. We're going to make a series of curve lines that are
attached to each other. There's, there's another one. And I'm just going to keep
moving down just like this. This can be a little bit tricky. You just have to practice
and do your best. All right, now what we're going to do is
we're going to move down a little bit from
these lines right here. And we're going to make
some curve lines like this. Now what we're going to do is we are going to put our red away, and we're going to
choose the color Brown. Find your brown. And if
you don't have brown, just use another darker color. I'm going to use my brown.
But look at my brown. My brown broke the last time I was using it. And that's okay. That's what happens
with oil pastels. They break very easily because
they're made out of oil. I'm going to choose my brown. I'm going to make an eye right here inside of the
shape of my head. And it's going to be a
big eye, really big. Now what we're going to do
is put that brown away. Let's choose the
color, pink or red, whichever color you'd
like for the cheek, we're going to make a small
cheek, right here, circle. Just like that. All right. Now the last thing
that we're going to do with our sea horse is we're
going to create it's eye. We're going to choose
our black again. My black broke and that's okay. It still works perfectly fine. Going to put my eye right here. The pupil of my eye right here. Remember also with oil pastels, because they're so soft, they smear very easily. You have to be careful and
not try to swish some of the color off of your
piece of paper because it can get real smeary. All right? I have a little bit
of oil pastels after that, black on my fingers. So I'm just going to
use my handy dandy paper towel to wipe that off. All right. Now that's
what we're going to do. That's all the drawing
that we're going to do for our actual sea horse. We're going to move to the
background at this point. What we're going to do
first is we're going to create some bubbles
in the background, and the bubbles are
going to be white. If you don't have
white, that's okay. Choose another color like
maybe blue or yellow. We're just going to
make some circles. Now the tricky part is you are not going to be
able to see my circles. In fact, it's pretty hard for
me to see my circles too. When you're using
white on white, it's really challenging
to see what you're doing. Just do the best you
can with your circles. Those are going to
be the bubbles. All right? Then you can put your white away when
you're finished. Then we're going to move down here to the bottom of
our piece of paper. And we're going to make some
sand and maybe some plants. If you have room for a couple of shells, maybe some coral. It's completely up to you. I'm going to go back and get my brown and I am going
to make some sand. Remember, when you're
creating sand, sand is not straight. It's not a straight line. That's what makes it neat. Make some sand that's
not perfectly straight. Then after we do that, we're
going to add a few dots. These dots are going
to be representing the actual little grains
of sand like that. All right, now you get to choose whatever
you'd like to put. Down here at the bottom, I think I'm going to put
some little seaweed. I'm going to choose my green. And then I'm just going to make some plants coming like this. If you'd like to make
a different type of a plant, you can do that. I think over here on this side, I'm going to make some coral. I have my pink ovals that I have filled in with
this pink oil pastel. And then I have some squiggly
lines that come down from my ovals and that's going
to represent my coral. All right. I'm going
to put that away. Now, take a look
at your artwork. If there's anything
else that you'd like to add at this time, you can go ahead and do that. If you'd like to add
some more bubbles or some swirls that represent some different
currents in the water. With your blue, you can do that. It's completely up to you. Now's the time to
finish up your drawing. And then in the next step, what we're going to do
is we are going to start painting with our
watercolor paints.
3. Step 2: Paint the Design: In this step, we are going
to paint our design. Let's get started. The first thing that
we're going to do is we are going to place a drop or two of our water inside
each pan of paint. What this will do is
it will soften up our paint so that it makes
it easier for us to use. I always suggest to my students to do this step because
it really does help. Now that our paints
are softening up, let's turn our attention
to our sea horse design. Here we have our
little sea horse. This little sea horse is
swimming along in the ocean. Think about the
colors that you would like to use on your sea horse. Think about the
colors that you'd like to paint your
sea horse with. You get to choose the colors
that you like to use. In this step, we're
just going to focus on painting the sea horse. We're not going to paint the
background at this time. All right. Keep in mind, I would suggest that you keep this part of your design
white. This is the eye. And what that will do is it will make your eyeball pop out. If you keep that white, you can make sure that you'll be able to see
where the eye is. If you choose to paint
your eye, that's okay too. That's just a
suggestion from me. Okay, I am going to stick with the theme
of the warm colors, which are red, orange,
yellow, and pink. I'm going to choose to paint
my sea horse those colors, but you can choose any
colors that you like. All right, I'm going to
start here with my orange. And it looks like it's all
softened up. It's perfect. I'm going to start painting
my sea horse design. What I'm going to do is I am
going to speed up the video. You can watch me paint. And it looks like I'm going
to be painting really fast, but in reality, I'm really
not painting that fast. I'm taking my time. I'm going slowly, carefully. I do my best work. I'm going to remember if my paint starts running
into each other, If the colors start
running into each other in mixing, that's okay. That's just what
watercolor paints do. I'm just going to embrace the designs that my paints make. All right, Friends, I'm finished and I'm really
happy with my sea horse. I think my sea horse
looks amazing. I decided to use
orange and yellow and pink because I wanted to stick with those warm colors. All right, in the next step, what we're going to do is we are going to paint 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. Let's get started. You get to decide
the colors that you'd like to use to
paint your background. Think about the ocean, the colors of the ocean, the color of the ocean floor. Those are the colors
that you may choose to paint or you may
not. It's up to you. I'm going to choose blue
for my background ocean, which is right here all around. I'm going to remember that my bubbles are right
here somewhere. I can't see them very well. But as soon as I
paint over them, they'll probably pop out because the oil pastel will
resist the paint. Then I think I'm going to paint my coral either
pink or maybe red. I haven't decided yet. Then this little
piece of seaweed, I'm going to paint green. Then this down here, the sand, I'm going to paint
a very light brown. Let me show you how I'm going
to make that light brown in case you want to make
a light brown as well. It's like a tan color. What I'm going to do
is I'm going to place some water inside
one of my wells. I'm going to place a
tiny dot of brown, mix it around, and then
apply to my piece of paper. I want it to be
really light because sand is typically very light. There are some sands, I don't know if you've ever
seen sand in real life, but there are some sands
that are very white. And then there are some that
are actually a black color. And those are really
beautiful beaches. All right, so here's my sand. And then I'm just
going to move on to plant my seaweed plant, and my coral, and my background. And again, I'm going
to speed up the video. It will look like I'm
painting very quickly, but I am going to
be taking my time. All righty friends, I'm finished
painting my background. I'm really happy with the
way that it turned out. As you can see, I used blue
for the ocean background. And I added a lot of
water to my paint because I wanted the color blue
to be really light. Keep in mind if
you would like to use a lot of water with
a little bit of paint, you will get a lighter
shade of that color. If you would like
a darker shade, then you will use more
paint and less water. I really hope that you
enjoyed this project. I will see you next time.
Em Winn, Teacher, Art Instructor, Artist
