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Creature Painting

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Creature Painting
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Ink and watercolor are used to create magical creature/monster paintings.

By Andrea Mulder-Slater

What You Need:

  • Paper
  • Water-based paint (tempera or watercolour)
  • Paintbrushes
  • Water
  • Containers for water
  • Markers (permanent)
  • A covered work area

What You Do:

  1. Wet the paper with a paintbrush dipped into water.
  2. Paint over the paper with many colours.
  3. Let the colours run into each other.
  4. Let dry.
  5. Find faces and creatures and monsters in the painting and outline with marker.
  6. Display the finished work.

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