Scratch a Christmas ball

You need:drawing sheetoli pastels or crayonsblack tempera paint brushalufoil ribbontoothpick or skewerColor the sheet with crayons. Paint it over with black tempera paint and let dry. Scratch with a toothpick or skewer a Christmas ball and fill it with patterns. Cut a small piece of aluminumfoil and paste it on the ball with...

Winter tree in warm-cool colors

 You need:drawing sheets 25 x 32,5 cmcrayonswatercolor paintblack tempera brushesjar with waterWith crayon: draw a horizonline and a tree trunk from the bottom of the sheet. Draw branches that touch the edges of the sheet. Draw a pattern in the landscape below the horizon. With watercolor paint: paint the sky. Paint the surfaces...

Same insect - different colors

 made by student of grade 1You need:drawing sheets A5 sizecrayonsliquid watercolor paint brushDraw two the same insects and color them with crayons: one with cool colors, the other with warm colors. Paint the background with dilluted watercolor paint: warm colors for the 'warm' insect, cool colors for the 'cool' insect. Element...

Transport in the style of Hundertwasser

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000) was an Austrian artist and architect who is best known for the colorful buildings he designed, built with attention to the environment and nature. The buildings of Hundertwasser are very recognizable: straight lines are missing, there is use...

In the style of Henrique Matos

You need: white drawing sheet A4 sizeliquid water colour jar with watercompassesrulerpencilblack waterproof markersHenrique José Teixeira Matos is a Portugese painter. He is born in 1961 in Oporto.  Matos painted landscapes, portraits and abstract works, but is best known for his op-art work.Show pictures of Matos's work on Wikimedia...

Op art hands

You need:drawing sheetpencilrulermarkers Draw a grid on the sheet with squares from 2 cm by 2cm. Draw your hand or an object with a pencil. Color this alternately with black an a color of your choice.  Color the background squares with the same colors, but so that the checkerboard pattern revers...