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watercolour painting, earth day
This a great project for Earth Day. Watercolour makes amazing marbles and it is a good introduction for the beginner painter.
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Amber R. favorited Big Blue Marble
22 Aug 18:43
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Mistress Nora of Madness favorited Big Blue Marble
28 May 00:35
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thatartistwoman published their project Big Blue Marble
04 May 09:00
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Step 1Find a nice selection of round objects for tracing. On a single large sheet of watercolour paper trace these out in pencil.
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Step 2Add the highlight. Select one to be the Earth...the big blue marble. Add the continents.
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Step 3Using watercolour paint begin painting your marbles. Reference photos help with choosing colour combinations. Allow your colours to mingle a bit. Don't worry about staying in the lines as we will be cutting these out.
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Step 4...
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Step 5Paint your Earth marble. Lift off some clouds by blotting with a kleenex while the paint is still wet.
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Step 6Let your painting dry.
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Step 7Cut out your marbles and glue onto the black background paper. Overlap marbles to give appearance of depth.
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Step 8Finally using crayon or pastel add lines for back wall or corner of the room.
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