Painting with Faith

by Faith Farris
Published June 26, 2023

Paint a picture of your favorite animal.

 

Materials

  • Watercolor or Acrylic paint
  • Medium and detail sized paintbrushes
  • Glass of water
  • Paper towel
  • Pencil

Painting your animal

  1. Locate all your supplies and get everything set up!
  2. Draw your favorite animal using a pencil and background.
  3. Using the same medium brush, start painting in each of the shapes that make up your animal and background.
  4. Allow this layer of paint to dry completely before moving on to the next step.
  5. Taking your small detail brush, gather even darker, more saturated versions of each color and add fine details.
  6. Allow the layers of paint to dry completely before moving on to the next step.
  7. Artwork is never complete without a signature! Using a pencil, add your initials to the painting.