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Dreamcatcher Drawing

Materials

  • Paper – any size paper will do, but we recommend thicker paper like watercolor paper.
  • Watercolors – we used liquid watercolors, but a watercolor palette is fine.
  • Crayons or oil pastels
  • Pencil and eraser
  • Black sharpie
  • Watercolor paintbrush
  • Water bucket
  • Paper towels
  • Newspaper

Instructions

  • Using a pencil, draw 6-8 circles within each other decreasing in size.
  • Draw a pattern or design within each circle.
    • Make sure to repeat the pattern/design all the way around the circle. You will begin to see new shapes!
  • Draw some wavy lines to represent string tying the dreamcatcher and feathers together.
  • To draw feathers, think of an elongated eye/almond shape. Your feather can either have a round or pointed tip at the end – it is up to you!
    • Draw two lines down the center to represent the rachis, which is the middle part of a feather.
    • To draw small separations in your feather, draw v-shapes along the sides and erase the outer line.
    • Add clusters of lines together to create texture and embellishments.
  • When you are done drawing, use a black sharpie to go over all the pencil. Erase any leftover pencil from your paper.
  • Add more details and highlights with either oil pastels or crayons.
    • If you are using crayons, we recommend white crayons only as they give the best results.
    • Limit your color palette to 3-4 colors.
    • Make sure not to color in the whole dreamcatcher!
  • Use watercolor to paint over the whole drawing.
    • Painting can be messy! Cover your workstation with newspaper to better contain the mess.
    • We like using liquid watercolor as the colors blend together better.

 

 

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