Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Crayon Resist Watercolor

Holiday Ornaments




Vocab: overlap, wash, resist, highlight, balanced, shadow, composition  

Materials: Watercolor paper, watercolors, paint brush, water, black crayon, pencil, circle template

Step 1. Complete a pencil drawing of holiday ornaments using circle templates, overlapping circles. Include a highlight, top and hook on each ball.







Step 2. Trace over the drawing with a black crayon.
Step 3. Watercolor each of the ornaments with bright colors. Leave the highlight the white of the paper on each ornament.
Do not paint wet areas by wet areas with the watercolors.The crayon should create a resist barrier between the ornaments.






Step 4. Finish painting all ornaments, paint the tops, and the extras (bows, bells, holly, lights,evergreen branches etc.) Create shadows with the black crayon.




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