What do YOU need to have in YOUR Painting? ? ? 1. Fish (Figures) 2. Landscape (Background) 3. Water!
1. Fish • Pick out a few fish that you like. • Sketch 3 THUMBNAIL sketches in your sketchbook to decide where you want to put your fish in the picture • TRACE or DRAW the fish onto your watercolor paper using PENCIL • Think about composition!!!
Trace Me!
1 A. Fish • Each fish must have 3 colors – A wash – light color – Shadows – darker color – 3 rd color that is texture or layered color • We will work on this together
2. Landscape (Background) • Is there sand or pebbles on the bottom? • Are there plants? What type? • Draw them in PENCIL
2 A. Landscape (Background) • Think about your colors • Have some variety • I don’t want to see a flat painting
Sharpie! • Once you have everything drawing in PENCIL you are ready for the next step… • Outline everything carefully in sharpie marker
3. Water! • Not just solid blue! –Are there bubbles? –Try different water designs!
Painting • Paint the entire picture using your BEST watercolor skills • Think about using different techniques to make different textures! • Start with the fish. • Then paint the landscape. • Then paint water.