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Pastel & Watercolor Winter Scenes
We are expecting our first snowfall tomorrow. There are very few things as beautiful to me than the first snowfall of the year. Just the thought of snow, made me giddy and inspired this fun and pretty art project for the kiddos. We live in the woods, so I just wanted something that looked like our backyard after a snow storm.
This is an easy painting project that will be fun for kids to adults. I think they will love how the pastel resist and the watercolors work together to make these simple winter scenes.
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What you will need:
Directions:
Draw 2 or 3 bare trees using a Sharpie. These will be focal trees in your painting.
Draw straight lines of varying lengths and positions around and behind your trees.
Use an oil pastel to draw a wavy line along the bottom 1/3 of the page. Color in the bottom with the pastel.
Outline the tops of the main trees with the pastel so that it looks like fallen snow on the branches. Add snow by making small dots around the page or lightly rub the side of the pastel vertically or at an angle up and down the page.
Paint over your whole picture with watercolors in the color or colors that you choose for your wintery sky. Watch your scene magically take form as the pastel resists the watercolors and you uncover a lovely winter scene.
If you want to add an even snowier look sprinkle table salt over your wet watercolors and watch the reaction that it makes. Let the paint dry and brush the salt off into the trash.
And there you have a quick and easy winter masterpiece. Aren’t these lovely? If you like these you might also like some of our other winter and Christmas inspired art projects.
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This beautiful scene of a red cabin in the middle of snowy mountains is perfect for winter watercolor painting. The soft blues and whites give a sense of peace and serenity, while the warm red cabin brings warmth and coziness to your painting.
Cute Bear Hybernating
Capture the beauty of winter hibernation with this painting of a bear sleeping underground. You can draw your own sketch or use one that’s already provided to create your perfect winter scene.
Cozy Red Cabin with Rabbits
The winter season is all about being cozy and warm, which makes this painting of a red cabin with rabbits the perfect choice. The combination of bright colors and cute animals is sure to bring life to any painting.
Step 5:
Once the first set of shadows has dried we can go in and add the shadows beneath the two other pine trees on the right.
Begin by adding clean water under each tree with the water directed toward the left side. Each puddle underneath the trees should begin wider at the base of the tree, then become thinner as it gets closer to the left side.
Repeat the same step as we did before by adding a light wash of the black-green paint mixture to the puddles of water underneath each tree.
Allowing the first set of shadows to dry first, allows us to add these shadows over the previous ones without having to worry about the shadows clumping and blending together.
Step 6:
To finish off our painting we are going to add snow to the branches of our pine trees.
Take your small detail paintbrush and dip it into the white acrylic paint and begin applying it to the top of random tree branches. Keeping the pattern random will help the snow appear more natural.
Let the snow dry and you are done!
Congrats! You’re Done!
I hope you enjoyed painting this easy watercolor winter landscape with me today! If you did please consider sharing it on social media or Pinterest!
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