Watercolor Zentangle

 Flower Mixed Media

Objective - To create a mixed media design with watercolor paint and pen zentangle.

Materials - White paper, pencil, watercolor paints, water, paint brushes, sharpies

Steps:

1. Idea search flower pictures. Choose one to draw. 

2. Draw the flower in pencil on the white paper. The flower should be large and detailed.

3. Outline the flower in bold sharpie.

4. Paint the flower with watercolor paint.

5. Fill the negative space (background) with zentangle designs. The zentangle should be traced with a sharpie. 

5. space (background) with zentangle designs. The zentangle should be traced with a sharpie. 

Student Work...

Cubist Clover

What is Cubism?

Cubism is an art style that uses geometric shapes to depict

three-dimensional subjects on a flat canvas. 

Examples of Cubism…

Self Portrait of Pablo Picasso, 1912

PABLO PICASSO 'Factory, Horta de Ebbo', 1909 

Cubist Clover Design

Materials: White paper, pencil, ruler, colored pencils,

markers, heart stencil

1. Draw four hearts connected in the center to create a clover.

2. Add a stem.

3.With a ruler, draw random straight lines through different parts

of the clover to create a “cubist” effect.

4. Use different colored green markers and colored pencils to

color in all of the sections of the clover, you may also use

analogous colors to green. 

5. Use a contrasting color scheme for all of the negative space

(the background). Color each section individually.

Plan out your colors.