Watercolor Butterfly with Graphic Style Background
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Date: 2012-10-29 Author: Michelle East Categories: 6th Grade, Art Lessons, Drawing Lessons, HS Art, Mixed Media Lessons, MS Art, Painting Lessons, Pen & Ink, Watercolor Lessons, Worksheets & Handouts Tags: art, art class for kids, art lessons for children, art lessons for kids, art projects, art projects children, art projects for, art schools for kids, artist painting supplies, bird art, black and white design, butterfly art, color lesson, composition, craft, doodle art, doodle design, drawing lesson for high school, drawing lesson for middle school, elements of art bird project, expressive color lesson, for high school, graphic design butterfly, Graphic Style Art, Graphic Style Art Lesson, graphic style for high school, graphic style lesson, HS art, India ink, insect project, kids art class art with mixed media, kids art lessons, kids school art projects, mixed media, mixed media graphic, MS Art, paint, painting lesson, positive and negative space reversal, positive negative space, Positive Negative Space Reversal, principles of art, repetition, rhythm in art, rule of thirds, Sharpie (marker), sharpie art, sharpie art lesson, Space in art, space lesson, teacher art projects for kids, teaching art to kids, Twelfth grade, velum paper, vibrant watercolors, Visual Arts, Watercolor, Watercolor & Pen Art, Watercolor and Pen Art, watercolor art projects for kids, watercolor butterfly, watercolor lesson, watercolor paint, watercolor painting lesson, Watercolor Pen and ink, zentangle, zentangle designs
Graphic Style Watercolor & Pen Art Lesson
I happened upon the idea for this piece in an unlikely place- the restroom of a retirement home! Unfortunately, the artwork on the walls didn’t have any artist name anywhere on the pieces of art. The basic idea was a pen & ink drawing of a bird or butterfly colored with vibrant watercolors & a black & white graphic style background. There were four prints & they were so eye catching that I was inspired to create my own! This could be a project for 6-12th grade and it is a fun exploration of positive and negative space reversal!
Supplies: drawing or velum paper, sharpies or black ink, watercolors
Instructions:
- In pencil, draw a butterfly, bird or insect. Outline your lines with Sharpie-vary the width to add interest. You can also stipple some of it to add texture. If you choose to use ink instead of sharpie, then you should paint it first, then apply the ink.
- If using sharpie, now paint the image with watercolors.
- Next, use a ruler to draw a rectangle behind the image. It needs to go from top to bottom.
- Draw in any additional visual elements (like flowers, swirl ides, etc.). You can have them go in & out of the rectangle area for more interest.
- Use a sharpie or Pen & ink to fill in the background.
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