These cute snowman landscapes are a great lesson in using watercolor pencils…
Materials
Crayola Watercolor Pencils, Watercolor Paper, small watercolor brush, water cup, paper towel
*I use the crayola watercolor pencils. the 24 pack has 2 grays and several blues. So they work well for 2 kids to share a pack.
DIRECTIONS
We begin the drawing with a grey watercolor pencil. I stress the importance to the kids of drawing lightly. The watercolor pencils do not erase easily. Draw the simple shapes for the snow mans body, working from large to small, then add shading on each sphere of the body. We paint over each part as we go, with a small amount of water. I have them dip in the water and then touch the brush to the paper towel, so they get some of the water off of the brush before it touches the paper.
Once the snowman body is done, we begin with the background using a light blue or aqua watercolor pencil. Color in a horizon and the shadow of the snowman, and use a small amount of water to paint over. Color the snowman nose, eyes, arms, scarf and a hat. We only paint water over the scarf and hat, not the nose, eyes or mouth. Then the trees and shadows of trees, paint over with water.
I carefully plan out the steps when using watercolor pencil to give areas a chance to dry along the way. It keeps it from getting messy and all blended together.