My Favorite

Things Watercolor

Paintings Inspired by the “Travelling Art

Journals” of Jacqueline

Newbold

For this watercolor

painting, we will be using

YOUR

FAVORITE THINGS

as inspiration and subject

matter!

In a few minutes, we will be filling out a

questionnaire called

“These are a Few of MY Favorite Things”

This will help you come up with ideas.

In addition to the

drawing &

painting, you will

be adding some

journaling, too!

The journaling will be the last

step, but in the meantime, you

can be jotting down thoughts or

ideas for the journaling part.

The “Travelling Art

Journals”

of

Jacqueline

Newbold

You have the next 5- 7

minutes to fill out the

questionnaire sheet.

This will help you come

up with ideas.

When you finish your questionnaire…. • Choose 3-5 things from the list to draw.

• Divide your sketchbook page so that you have a box for each object.

• What determines the size of the boxes you draw?

• Draw one object in each space. Need anything to fill the space of the background?

• Draw the objects using CONTOUR LINE style.

• What is CONTOUR LINE DRAWING?

Contour drawing is an extremely carefully observed outline drawing. In many ways it

is the opposite of a gesture drawing. A

gesture drawing is drawn quickly, but a

contour drawing is drawn very, very SLOWLY. A gesture often fills in the middle

of objects, but a contour is only

concerned with the very edge. A gesture

is terrific for zooming out for the whole

picture, but a contour drawing is good for

zooming in for the teeniest details.

Contour and gesture are totally different

ways of seeing things.

GESTURE VS. CONTOUR

DRAWING

Gesture contour line

How to do a good contour line

drawing…

*One way to help you do contour drawings

is to think of a tiny ant moving along the

edge you're looking at, going up and over

each and every tiny bump.

Zoom right in - capture

every bend and curve you

see!!!

More tips for making good

contour drawings….

Work VERY slowly. Speeding will make you

lose detail and make your drawing appear

"fake."

LOOK at what your drawing! Spend about

10% of your time looking at your paper, and

the other 90% looking at what you're

drawing. You'll start making up details and

end up with a simple-looking drawing if you

don't.

It's usually best to use long, unbroken lines

rather than a collection of short dashes.

TIPS: • Bring objects or photos to class so you have a visual reference

when drawing!

• Make objects run off the edges (like you see above) for visual

interest. Don’t center them in the middle of each space!

• Instead of sketching or drawing in all the boxes, use one of the

painted boxes as a place to journal, stamp, or stencil the letters

of a word, the place you visited, or a title. • Incorporate cast shadows, highlights and texture into your

drawings to give them a more realistic feel! • Jot down ideas onto the watercolor tape using sharpie, and you

can transfer these notes to the page after you pull off the tape.

Divide your paper into spaces that are appropriate

for your subject matter. You may choose to do this

before or after you draw your thumbnails.

Think

about

portrait

vs.

landscape!

1. Use skinny tape to define the spaces – then paint washes for the

background. Let it dry OVERNIGHT. 2. When it is DRY, use pencil to transfer your drawings to the paper.

3. Sharpie outline neatly over drawings when you finish with pencil.

When you FINISH

painting… 1. Carefully remove the tape from

your paper. 2. Journal some thoughts and ideas

about your paintings in the white

spaces USING PENCIL.

3. Make your text meaningful to you,

and take time to make the text

beautiful so that it ENHANCES your

artwork.

4. When you finish in pencil, show a

teacher and we will give you permission to sharpie over the

pencil.

5. Erase all pencil lines.

6. Sign your artwork & label the back with your name and class period.