Objects painted into the foreground such as the pond should not be too dark and draw the eye to them. Trees painted on the hilltop should not reach to the top of the painting unless the moon is quite high on the page. Use the lesson to teach about perspective. White on black makes a nice gray effect for the trees. Use black acrylic on trees only if you want them to stand out. Use the height of the moon as the guideline for how tall to make the trees. Try several layers of white acrylic over the background as it can be transparent. Students should be reminded to: wet all surfaces before painting not leave watercolor brushes in water and keep the paintĪllow one color of blue or purple to touch another so that the water mixes them rather than trying to brush one color overtop of the other. Using a dry sponge, lightly dab white acrylic paint on the tree branches for a snowy effect. Use white acrylic paint at the edge of the snow along the pond.ħ. Paint the dry paper using a lot of white with blue and gray. If you want, create a pond using acrylic paints in the foreground. Try painting white over the black to achieve a more subtle gray tree.Ħ. You can also paint the trees in black acrylic paint but they will stand out on the painting. Brush the strokes upward and in thinner and thinner lines to make branches. Then apply white acrylic paint to create tree shapes on the hills. Allow watercolor to dry for a few minutes. Also paint some gray areas near the moon so they appear as clouds.ĥ. Using black or gray as the color, paint across the hills and in several areas under the skyline. Tissue will absorb excess water and paint to dry the area.Ĥ. While the paper is still wet, dab a round lid or coin wrapped in a tissue onto a spot in the sky where you would like a moon. Use another blue and then a teal or gray color to complete the skyline.ģ. Quickly wet the paper all the way to the top.
Using a dark purple or blue, lightly paint horizontal lines of color. Using the line as a guideline, wet the paper above the line half way to the top. Use a pencil to lightly draw a line 1/3 of the way up for a hilly landscape.Ģ. Tape the watercolor paper using masking tape around all 4 sides to a board or old tile to paint on. Small round coin or circular paint bottle wrapped in tissue, paper towel Watercolor paints - blue, black, purple, teal, gray, white It is easy and fun to create–and adaptable for all grade levels, 1 through 8. The cool colors on a color wheel of purple, blue and black will help the students achieve this winter landscape scene. To begin this easy watercolor winter landscape painting, show students a winter scene or have them observe the outside landscapeĪnd describe the colors of the sky.
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