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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, so you will feel
comfortable at all times. 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 marker. You will need a
permanent marker. Permanent means that the ink in the marker will not run around
if you add water to it. And the last thing that
you'll need is 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 Surfing Bear Design: I in this step, we are going to draw our
surfing bear design. So let's get started. The first thing that
we're going to do is find the middle of
our piece of paper. The middle of my piece
of paper is right here. And what we're going to do
is we're going to create a circle right here
above the middle line. Okay? So that is going to be the head and face
of our surfing bear. So let's go ahead and make
a medium size circle, not too big and not too small. If your circle is not perfect, like my circle is not
perfect, that's okay. It's really challenging
to make a perfect circle, even for me, and
I've been making circles for a lot of years. So whatever type of
shape that you have, even if it's not a perfect
circle, that's okay. Let's make some
ears coming off of the top side. Of your circle. And then we're going
to come down here to the lower part of
our piece of paper. Starting here at the
bottom part of our circle, what we're going to do
is we're going to make a slightly curved
line coming down, and we're going to do the
same thing on the other side. Now we're going to
come in a little bit. Come in a little bit from those initial lines
and then make an upside down U that connects these
two lines right here. This is going to be the
body of our surfing bear. Now let's make the surfing
bear's arms and legs. So the arms will come
out from the side. You can make them up.
You can make them down. You can make them
slanted like mine. Maybe. On this one, I'll go a little bit more
straight out like this. That way, my bear can balance. Alright, now let's
come down here to the lower part underneath
the little pants, and we're going to
make some little legs. So curved lines. Now that we have the basic
shape of our surfing bear, what we're going to
do is we're going to cut back up to the face, and we're going to
add some details. So let's make an oval
towards the bottom. Of our circle, that's
going to be the nose area. Make a line towards the top, but not touching the top, and then a V and close that up. So it looks like an
upside down triangle. Let's make a straight line
coming down from the bottom of that triangle and then a curve
line for a little smile. Now what we're going to do
is we're going to come back, and we're going to
make some eyes. I'm going to make my
eyes pretty wide set, meaning that they're not going
to be too close together, but I am going to want to make them roughly the same size. Okay. The next thing that we're going to do
is we are going to add some little swim trunks
down here at the bottom. So I'm going to
make a curve line, and then I'm going
to add a design down here with my marker. You can add some
flowers or you can add some stripes or some
squares or circles. It's up to you. I'm going to add some stripes. So it just gives a little bit more detail to these shorts. There we go. Alright. The
next thing that I'm going to do is I'm going to add a little bit of
detail into the ears. And then I'm going to start
working on my background. So because this is
a surfing bear, we're going to make a surfboard
down here at the bottom. Let me show you how
we're going to do that. It's going to be
a small surfboard because we don't have a
lot of space down here. So what we're going to do
is we're going to start about right here and
make a curve line. Jump over the bear's leg, come out in the middle, and then jump over again, and then come out
and then end up roughly the same space
that we did over here. My areas a little bit
smaller and that's okay. Now we're going to make
a curve line coming down and then going back up. So we connect those two lines. And then I'm going
to make a triangle down here at the bottom. And then you can decorate your surfboard any
way that you'd like. I am just going to make a
stripe down the middle. Did you notice how I jumped over the legs of
my surfing bear? So I'm going to make one
stripe going down the middle. Alright. The next thing
that we're going to do is we're going to make some waves
down here at the bottom. We're going to make a wave
coming up from the bottom, so I'm going to come up, and it's going to be a little
bit of a splashy wave. So some curved lines. Like that. Let me show you how I did that. I made a curve line coming
up from the surfboard, and then I came in
with a curve line, came out with a curve
line in and out, and then all the way back down. All right, I'm going
to make a little bit of a wave up here at the front. So curve lines, same as
in the back. Like that. And then I think what
I'll do is I'll make some little water drops. You can make as
many water drops as you'd like if you want to
make some back here, maybe. They look like little
raindrops, don't they? Now I'm going to create some
water in the background. So we'll just go like this. I think that's good. Now, I think what
I'll do is I'll add a little bit more detail
down here at the bottom, so I'll add a few
more little waves. I just like to
make little lines, little curve lines, and
that reminds me of a wave. Here we go. It
reminds me of water. Alright, if there's
anything else you'd like to add down here at this
point, you can do so. I'm going to move up to the
top of my piece of paper now. And because this
bear is surfing, I'd like to make a small
sun here at the top. So I'm going to make a circle. And then I'm going
to make some rays going around that circle. There are different ways
that you can make rays. You can just make lines
coming out if you'd like. Or you can make triangles. I've done that before.
It's up to you. I think I'll even put a little
smiley face inside my son. So upside down we like this and then maybe
a very small smile. If you'd like to add anything
else to your artwork, now's the time to do that. You can add some
clouds or a bird, anything that you'd like
to add into the sky, you can do that at this point. After you've finished drawing, take the cap off of the
back of your marker, put it back on so your
marker doesn't dry out. And in the next step, we will add some
watercolor paints.
3. Step 2: Paint the Design: In this step, we are going to
add some watercolor paints. So let's get started. The first thing
that we'll want to do is prepare our paints. So we're going to add a drop or two of water to
each pan of paint. And what that will do is it
will soften up our paints, and that will make our
paints easier to use. So I really do like
to take that step. Now that our paints
are softening up, let's turn our attention
to our drawing. So I am going to
paint my bear brown. I'm going to paint
the water blue, the sky blue, as well. The sun maybe maybe yellow
or maybe an orangish color. The trunks on the bear, I'm not quite sure what color. I'm going to paint those yet. And the surfboard,
I'm not sure, either. So what I'm going to
do is I'm going to remind you that because
this is your artwork, you get to choose the
colors that you like. Alright, so I am going to
start by painting some cheeks, some pink cheeks on my
bear because I like that look where you
see a cartoon animal, and you see those pink cheeks. So I'm going to make some
circles for my pink cheeks, and I'm also going to
paint the inside of the ears pink, as well. There we go. Now I'm going
to show you a trick. So I want to lighten up the
pink on the little cheeks. So I'm going to hover over my pink cheeks with the
handy dandy paper towel, and I'm going to soak up some of that color so the color
gets a little bit lighter. See how that works?
So if you ever see an area where you think has a little bit too
much extra paint, you can just soak that up
with your paper towel. Now that I have my pink, I think I'll move to my yellow sun move to my yellow son because I would like
to paint that yellow. I am going to try to
stay inside the lines, but I'm not going to
worry about it too much if I do go
outside of the lines. There we go. Now what I'm
going to do is I'm just going to move on to my bear
and my surfboard. So I'm going to
choose some brown. And I'd like my bear
to be not a really, really dark brown,
but not a really, really light brown either, maybe a medium brown. Yes, that's perfect. So I added a little bit of water along with a
little bit of paint, and I mixed it inside
of my pan right here, and I came up with a certain
perfect shade of brown. Done. Done. Alrighty friends, I'm finished painting the bear and the surfboard and the sun. I did paint this
little nose area of the bear a really,
really light brown. You might think that it's
white because it's so light, but I just added a really large amount of
water to my brown paint, and it turned into
a very light brown. I'm going to wait
until the end to paint my nose because I wanted
to be a gray color, and I usually use
the black last. The black, I usually make
the gray with the black. When we come back, we will
be painting the background.
4. Step 3: Paint the Background: In this step, we are going
to paint the background. So let's get started. I'm going to paint the waves
and the water a dark blue, and I'm going to paint
the sky a lighter blue. I'm going to start
with the waves because I want to
show you something. I want a little bit of white to be on the tips of these waves. So I'm going to put some of this dark blue inside
one of my wells. And when I paint, I'm not going to go
all the way to the end of those lines because I want to leave a little
bit of white space. So it looks like a little
bit of froth on those waves. Do you see how I did that? So I like that look, so I wanted to do that. And I will also do that
on this wave as well. So I'll leave a little bit
of white there at the tip, so it looks like a little
bit of froth on those waves. I'm going to paint
everything else blue down here at the bottom. Maybe a little blue right
here and right here. So what I'm going
to do is I'm going to speed up this video. Then you can watch me, and I'll see you back
here in just a minute. Alright, friends, I'm finished
painting the background, and I really am happy with it. I decided to paint these
two little drops blue and then leave these two drops white. I think it looks awesome. I also decided to leave this
stripe right here white, and the stripes on the swim
trunks white, as well. The last thing that
I'm going to do is paint that little nose gray. So to make gray, you take a
little tiny bit of black. And a lot of water, and you will be
able to make gray. You have to be very careful
when you're filling in the space because
it can take over. Whoo. Do you see what's
happening right now? It's taking over that space, so you take your handy
dandy paper towel and you just lift up that color. And because it didn't have
a lot of paint in it, it lifted up very, very well. Now I can go back and I
can add some more black. And I'm going to be
very careful this time adding that black. It's actually a
gray because it has a lot of water in
it. There we go. And if I want to take up some of that paint because it has
a lot of water in it, I just hover over
with my paper towel. And if I still feel like
it's not quite dark enough, let me show you another trick. You can take off some of the water with your
handy dandy paper towel. You just wipe your paint
brush onto your paper towel, and then it will get
most of the water off, and then you can try again. Sometimes it takes more than
one attempt to get it right, and that even happens to me. Even though I've been painting
since I've been a child, sometimes I want to do things over again, and that's okay. All right, friends,
I hope that you had a lot of fun
with this project. I will see you next time.
Em Winn, Teacher, Art Instructor, Artist
