It'll be a great way to fill a rainy day with painting fun, encouraging the creativity of your little ones.

Alternatively use Tracedown paper, which you place under your drawing and go over your original lines again to transfer your design. For the mouth I use a fine round brush and dabbing motion instead of strokes as the hairs are a lot shorter here. it shared a photo on Instagram: “We love painting as you know but sometimes, you need a purpose for your creations, a place for them to go to after you’ve created them. brush, paying particular attention to the direction of the fur and leaving the underlying darker fur showing through. The paint needs to be thinned just enough to allow the paint to flow from the brush but not so thin as to lose the opacity of the colour.I added a small lolly pop and a small bag of sweets inside the plastic housing that the bear came in. When you are happy with the drawing, transfer it onto tracing paper and use the old-fashioned method of rubbing a light-coloured pastel pencil on the reverse side of the drawing then carefully position the image right way up on your chosen surface.

It kept her busy on that rainy day with a great selection of paints and paint brush it has everything she needed to complete it.

I chose to add a bright aqua bow to complete the look (optional), but you can customize the bow or other attire to your own liking. Using variations of brown shade in the bear I have used various shades of raw umber and yellow ochre. Paperchase and other places have gorgeous plain and kraft covered photo albums just crying out to be decorated and personalised. Good fun at a party I bought a whole set of different ones as an activity for my daughter's birthday party. You Can Folk It - Be my Valentine teddy card ❤️ Using the Teddy Bear template from the Masterclass For Beginners, we created this cute card.

A favoured method is to draw the subject in a sketchbook, where you can make corrections and alterations. So I think you can tell already that you will need to be patient when painting your teddy bear, because if you don't add all these layers, your teddy won't look fluffy. Block in the dark, shadow colours of the fur with shades of: raw umber; burnt umber with a little ultramarine blue for the darkest areas; and raw umber and ultramarine for the slightly lighter areas by the bow, around the right ear and pads of the feet.This detail shows the basic build-up of dotting for the fur of the snout and the underlying fur of the head. We are getting rid of all the white of the canvas and replacing it with the darkest possible color in that area. Pause once you have sewn around 75% of the edge of the muzzle and stuff the muzzle with the polyfil. Rd 4-8: SC in each around; after last st on last row, slip stitch into first st to complete the round. Turn and go back the other way: insert through the top of the 2nd leg, go all the way through the body, come out the other side and go through the top of the first leg.