A Fairy Art Project That Plays With Color
I’ve always loved fairies, and I used to hunt for them in every single garden I went to. I was convinced that I would stumble upon their secret. So when the Bissonnette family asked me to design a fairy art project after winning a contest, I was thrilled.
This project plays with color, just like I imagine a fairy plays in a garden. In particular, we play with not using the color black.
If I asked you to draw something, chances are you would grab a pencil or pen, but if I asked you to grab a marker, what color would you choose?
Black.
That’s because black is a basic and simple outline. But what if we tried something…different?
In this project, students are encouraged to try a different color to draw with, and then use that same color to paint over it with watercolors. The result makes you look twice – because you can’t quite understand at first glance why it’s different! (Hint: It’s the colors!)
If you’d like to do this project with your kids and students, we have a full downloadable PDF for you. You can click the button below, or scroll all the way down. There’s even a video project if you love doing art projects that way.
Whichever way you choose, please tag us at @soulsparklettesart so we can see your beautiful finished projects!
Midsummer Fairy Video Lesson
What you'll need:
- 9×12 white mixed-media or watercolor paper
- Oil pastels
- Watercolors
- Paintbrush and cup of water
Midsummer Fairy Instructions
Starting on the left side of the paper, choose any color other than black to draw a J-shape for the face. Add the neck and hair.
Next add the arm and the body. Depending on where you started, you may have room for the legs.
Add the wings, making them pointed, or rounded, or even wavy, your choice!
Add a few lines that start at the fairy and move away, curling up in a spiral. This is the magic!
Add in the roses under the fairy and magic swirly lines.
Choose a skin tone for the fairy and color the face, neck, and arm.
Then choose a color scheme. For each part – the dress, wings, flowers, and leaves, use at least 2 colors. Choose colors that are different than the color used to draw the fairy and garden so that they pop.
Color the hair in stripes of color going down.
Next, color the flowers, wings, and dress in splotches of colors,
Finally, add anything additional you’d like to the background.
You can also choose not to paint it and have students color it in the way they’d like. In this example by an 8 year old, she used color to explore how it would look if a fairy was bringing the garden to life!
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