How To Paint a Picture of the Mission Bell. Worksheet.

I am glad to share my how-to-paint a mission bell art lesson and printable worksheet.

This is a nice little art lesson for the beginner. Parents and teachers will be able to use it in class and at home.

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How to paint a picture of a mission bell. 

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ART SUPPLY LIST

You can use any watercolor paint. I prefer my small Windsor Newton paint set; it has a nice selection of colors. I also use Grumbacher Paints in the tubes.  You can easily find these at any craft store like Lobby Hobby or Michaels. (Look for coupons online.) You can collect lots of paintbrushes, but it is better at the start to keep it simple with a few small, medium, and medium-large brushes and a combination of flats as well as rounded paintbrushes. For these art lessons, I use Strathmore series 300 Watercolor paper. It is economical and available at Michaels and Hobby Lobby and online. 

Printable notes.

BEGINNINGS
 Trace the design onto 140-pound watercolor paper; this is the heavy paper that will not buckle. For this project, I used Strathmore 300 series; it is ideal for beginners, and you can buy it at Michaels or Hobby Lobby, both of which offer great coupons online. If your paper is too thick to trace through, place it against a window with the light shining through, and then you should be able to trace it easily.

I used a small Windsor Newton travel set of paints for this picture, but any decent paint will give you good results. The first layer of color should be watery and not very brilliant but pale. Use a large brush for the first wash.

Wash in the sky with watery blue color.
Wash the green for the bell.
Mix yellow and brown for a sandstone color and wash in all the walls.

LET THE FIRST STEP DRY.

SECOND WASH
Use a smaller brush.
Mix violet and green for the first shadows on the bell
Mix violet and the brown-yellow for the shadow inside the arch and under the edges.

WHILE THAT DRIES
The next step will not be so watery.
Mix red and brown and deepen the color of the bricks on the front. Leave spaces between the bricks.
Mix orange and yellow and go over the bricks on the sides; remember to leave spaces between the bricks.
Mix violet and brown for the shadow on the crossbeam.

FINISHING TOUCHES
Use your smallest brush.
Mix blue and violet, and green to go around the very darkest areas of the bell.
Mix brown and violet for the edges around the bricks.

I hope you paint a masterpiece!

(c)Adron D. 1/22/16