I let her choose which pastels to use where. You can use the guide pdf, or a pumpkin you have at home or a photo you have of a pumpkin as a reference, whatever you prefer! This is a good spot to drop some “Elements of Art” talk in naturally. You can see that joining lines and shapes together create the form, in this case the form is the pumpkin.
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Autumn Art Project – Halloween Pumpkin
Try our easy autumn art project and make an Halloween Pumpkin painting using watercolour pens and black ink. Autumn is the perfect time to stay inside and get creative. Wrap up warm, grab a cup of tea and have fun with this pumpkin art project. Follow our easy step-by-step instructions to create a lovely pumpkin painting with lots of interesting textures and colours!
Materials
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Paper – for best results use watercolour paper, but any thicker paper will work
- Watercolour Brush
- Black Waterproof Pen – A brush pen will give a nice effect, but any black ink pen will work
- Watercolour Brush Pens – use Orange, Yellow, Red and Brown for a classic orange Halloween pumpkin.
Watch a time-lapse video of this project here
See picture with text instruction below:
- Sketch a simple outline pumpkin shape using your pencil, make sure to include clearly defined pumpkin ‘ribs’ and a stem. Use a picture of a pumpkin for reference, or use the template below as a guide. The sketch should be very light.
- When you are happy with the pumpkin sketch, tidy up any mistakes with the eraser. Also use the eraser if you have pressed too hard while sketching. The drawing should be only faintly visible for the next stage.
- Outline the pumpkin ‘ribs’ of the pencil sketch with an orange watercolour brush pen.
- Outline the pumpkin stem with a brown watercolour brush pen. Add a few lines along the stem for texture, then use a lighter brown, or yellow, to fill in the gaps between the lines.
- Using the watercolour brush pens, fill in the pumpkin ribs with a mixture of yellow and orange. Don’t worry too much about how it looks at this stage. The colours will blend later and create interesting patterns.
- Dip you watercolour brush in some clean water and use it to wet the entire pumpkin drawing. Make sure you cover all bits of the drawing with water.
- Let the painting dry fully before moving on to the next step.
- Use the black ink pen, or brush pen, to draw the outline of the pumpkin, refer back to your original picture reference or template if needed.
- Use different colours – try making yellow, green or red pumpkins.
- Add some writing with the black in pen, for example ‘Happy Halloween’ or ‘Trick Or Treaters Welcome’
We used this method to create this Halloween Pumpkins Art Print – Download today and print at home for some stylish Halloween decor.
Now it’s time to paint.
I linked these liquid watercolors above along with a more affordable options. Liquid watercolors are highly pigmented and a small drop goes a long way! They are really nice from a time and clean up perspective. It’s much easier for kids because they do not have to do any mixing. I like to use them at our house from time to time for a change up.
I put the colors in two groups as pictured above and asked her what she noticed. She immediately said “warm and cool colors!”. Probably because we had created this “How to Draw Leaves: Fall Watercolor Painting” project the week before.
Next, she filled each pumpkin with their color of paint. If your child feels the urge to mix it up and paint all different colors, I support them 100 percent.
Once all the pumpkins were painted, we let them dry.
I told her we were going to paint the background with a cool color to help create balance (principle of art). She said she had a great idea and needed purple as well so I let her mix a drop of blue into the pink she used for the pink pumpkins.
After letting the pumpkins dry, we began to work on the background.
Here you can see that I chose a plain light blue wash.
And, my daughter made it a pumpkin party with multi-cool-colored confetti. So fun!
I also created a sharpie version if you would like to try that out. Just replace “oil pastel” with “Sharpie” in all the instructions.
Let your finished “How to Draw a Pumpkin: Fall watercolor painting” masterpiece dry!
I hope you enjoyed this art project! We’d LOVE to see YOUR beautiful artwork! Tag me on social media and use the hashtag #amybaileyart or comment below to let me know how it went!
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