
This beginner-friendly course teaches you to draw and watercolor paint 14 animals, guiding you step by step through the entire creative process with no prior experience required, plus project examples.
Learn the essential supplies for this beginner course, including watercolor paints, markers, crayons, salt, a permanent marker, pencil with eraser, paper, towels, water, brush, and watercolor paper.
Practice downloadable warm-up drawing exercises to train lines, shapes, and hand muscles before each lesson, then copy the content of the first box into the second and third boxes.
Draw a garden cat and paint a surrounding daisies scene using watercolor techniques, guided by a step-by-step approach to materials, outlines, facial features, and flower layering.
Plan your colors before you start and paint a garden cat with watercolor, exploring purple hues, color blending, and painting along while you watch me paint.
draw a cartoon koala surfing a surfboard using a permanent marker on watercolor paper, with sand and sun background, and decorate with a shirt and shorts.
Learn to paint a koala with watercolor by planning colors, creating a blue sky with cloud-like washes, and adjusting water to make lighter tones.
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Wake up your paints with a drop of water, choose gray, test the mix, and paint the elephant and background in watercolor, leaving white toenails and avoiding reworking areas.
Learn to paint a sea turtle with watercolor, plan colors, use brown for head and limbs, green and turquoise for shell, and blue and purple water with salt texture.
Learn how to start a watercolor project by gathering thick watercolor paper, a multi-color paint set, a permanent marker, a brush, clean water, paper towels, and a protective mat.
Learn to draw a cartoon Scottish terrier step by step, shaping the head, neck, legs, and body, then create a playful background with grass, a bone, and clouds.
Learn to draw a funny bunny using shapes and patterns, beginning with framing outlines and ear shapes, then detailing face, body, and a busy watercolor background.
Master step one of drawing an owl by gathering supplies and shaping an oval head with eyes and a beak. Create a U-shaped body with wings and a patterned background.
Wake up watercolor paints with water, choose vibrant colors, and paint an owl with a green head, pink body, and yellow wings, noting color intensity and drying before markers.
Learn to draw a giraffe with watercolor paper, paints, and a permanent marker, including eyes, horns, spots, neck, and a background of vines and leaves.
Learn to paint a cartoon giraffe with watercolor, choosing colors like orange, yellow, and brown spots, and layering a blue sky and green vines for a playful background.
Important Notice: This course is intended to be purchased by a parent or guardian. Adult supervision is recommended. Per Udemy’s Policy: Those under 18 may use the services only if a parent or guardian opens their account, handles any enrollments, and manages their account usage.
Do you know a budding artist who is interested in learning how to draw and watercolor paint?
Are you looking for an experienced art teacher to guide them throughout the creative process?
Are you seeking a healthy activity that will encourage creativity and boost self-confidence?
This Art for Beginners: How to Draw & Watercolor Paint 14 Animals course may be just what you are looking for! Designed with beginner artists in mind, this course is suitable for ALL AGES. With a total of 14 fun and unique cartoony animal art projects, students will learn the skills to create masterpieces of their own long after the course is complete.
The teaching process used for the drawing portion of the project is a step-by-step method that will inspire and delight students into drawing action! This process involves organizing shapes and lines together until a recognizable outcome is achieved.
After students complete the drawing portion of their project, they will move onto painting the project. Students will learn basic watercolor techniques and apply these techniques to complete their project. This Art for Beginners: How to Draw & Watercolor Paint 14 Animals course is designed to give young artists the skills they need to begin their artistic journey into self-expression, reflection, and creative thinking.
Supplies and materials needed for this course:
watercolor paper
watercolor paints
paintbrushes
permanent marker (Sharpie marker works great!)
crayons or oil pastels
markers
pencil with an eraser
paper towels
salt
small paper plate (to hold the salt)
bowl of water
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Let the creative fun begin!