​You will need
• Waterproof Black Sharpie Markers (or any waterproof markers)
• FAS Painting Dyes and Fine Brushes

Draw a picture using the black markers. 

Using the markers enables the children to add lots of fine details to their drawings. 

The picture is then coloured with FAS Painting Dyes. 

It doesn’t matter if the dye runs together or the lines are gone over. This gives a nice watercolour effect and the black lines always stay visible. More details can be added after the dye has dried. The process can also be done in reverse with the dying done first.

You will Need:

Paint: Thick quality good quality Green paint.  Super Tempera or Student Acrylic are both ideal for this.
Old plastic dishwashing brush
Brown Crayon
Spare sheets of paper for testing.
Shallow paint trays or old plastic container lids.
Paint brushes
Black marker for details.

Let’s Get Started:

Print off the Template of the tree trunk. (see above)

Colour the trunk in with a crayon or marker.

Pour a little paint on to your paint tray or plastic container lids.  You will only need a little amount.  If you are painting autumn colours use yellow, orange and deep yellow.  Otherwise use green and leaf green for the tree leaves.

Use a pressing stamping action with the brush to get the leaves effect on the branches of the tree.  Try testing on a spare sheet of paper until you are happy with the consistency of the paint.
Once dried you can use a black marker for highlights


Tip: Less stamping of the paint looks better.

Mixing two or more green leaf colours looks great.

An acrylic paint works well

Cheaper brands of paint may be too thin for this artwork.

Painting Bugs with Paper Folding Art.

Learn how to paint colourful bugs, beetles, ladybirds and grasshoppers.  This example shows how easy it is to create and paint bugs of all sorts of shapes and sizes with Super Tempera school paint.

There is a lot you can do with paint that you just can't do with markers, pencils or crayons. 

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This is so easy and so much fun!

There are some things you just can't do with pencils, markers and crayons.