Bunnies Bunnies Everywhere!

In honor of Easter we painted bunnies this week! Everyone’s bunny was different and I loved them all! I did this project with my Drawing class (ages 6-12) and it’s mainly a drawing and painting project but it can easily be modified for younger ages.

Materials:

Bunny Drawing Sheet

Practice paper

Pencil

Bristol Paper

Yellow, White, and Light Brown or Tan Paint (for background)

Black, White, and Blue Paint (for Bunny)

Brushes

Hairdryer (optional)

Step One

Practice your Bunny! Using the drawing sheet as reference, practice drawing the bunny. Make sure to plan out enough room on the paper for both ears and body (this can often be the most challenging part).

 

Step Two

Draw your Bunny! Draw the bunny on Bristol paper, make sure to take your time on this step. The nice thing about this bunny is it looks good even when distorted a little.

Step Three

Time to paint the background! On a palette or plate create three small piles of tan or brown, yellow, and white paint. Start by painting the bottom of the paper tan/brown, about a third way up, switch to yellow (use the same brush). Finish up the top of the page with the white, remembering to still use the same brush. (You will be painting around your bunny so blending will be tricky. This is fine as a more expressionistic background works well)

 

Step Four

Paint your Bunny! On a plate or a palette create three small piles of black, white, and blue paint. Using some of the black, blue and white paint, mix a light grey (you’ll only need a little bit of black paint for this). Take part of the grey paint and make a new pile adding more black for a darker grey. Paint the whole bunny using the lighter grey, including over the eyes, ears, and white mouth/nose area. While the paint is still a little wet, blend some of the darker grey into the ears, shoulders, and legs of bunny; don’t worry about over blending, just a hint looks good. Once the grey paint is dry (use hairdryer for faster dry time) paint white into the ears, hands, feet, and mouth/nose area. Lastly, using black paint, put in eyes and nose.

Check out these fantastic bunnies!

Happy Snails!

 

Inspiration can come from anywhere. After seeing a colorful snail picture online I decided it would make a fun project. I tried it out with my Folk Art class (ages 4-6) but this project should work with both younger and older children.

Materials:

Pencil
Practice Paper
Blue, Green, and White acrylic paint (for the background)
Brushes
cut up sponge pieces (for the clouds)
Bristol Paper
Drawing Paper
Bright Oil Pastels
Construction Paper
Yellow, Orange, and Red watered down acrylic paint (for snail shell) *optional
Scissors
Glue

Step One

Start by practicing a spiral, this will be your snail shell! You'll want to make sure your spirals are on the large side.

 

Step Two

Next paint your background! Draw a line to separate the sky and ground on Bristol. Paint blue for the sky and green for the grass. Once dry (you can use a hairdryer for fast drying time) sponge paint white clouds in the sky.

 

Step Three

Time to create the snail shell! Using oil pastel, draw a large spiral on drawing paper (drawing paper is thinner than Bristol which makes cutting easier but will still take watered down acrylic). Next draw lines within the spiral to create sections. Fill in the sections with different color oil pastel. Lastly paint over spiral with watered acrylic, this fills in any spaces missed by the oil pastels. Draw snail body on any color construction paper and cut out along with spiral.

Step Four

Put it all together! Glue snail body and spiral onto background then add a face. For an extra touch, cut flowers out of construction paper and add stems in green oil pastel! Viola! Happy Snails!