This fun filled and colourful painted scene of the kite festival is a mixed media painting. It is a creative and interesting art and craft activity for children. Display it on the table or hang it on the walls of your home to decorate your children's room.
Fevicryl Acrylic Colours - Chrome Yellow – 03 , Black 02 , Crimson 04, Lemon Yellow – 11, Light Green 12, Fevicryl Liquid Embroidery Colour Glitter - Red 405, Pink 410, Regular Orange 705, White 707, Black 702, Pearl Lilac 307, Fevicryl Glass Colours – Water Based, Stone Clay, Woody Clay, Decoupage Wooden Placemat, Colour Palette, Fine Art Brushes, Fevicol MR
Take a thick white card paper and draw a picture of a boy, dog and a kite spool Outline all of them using Acrylic Colour - Black 02 and let it dry
Take a wooden placemat measuring 10" x 10" inches in size or you may take the size of your choice Mix Acrylic Colour - Lemon Yellow with White to get a pastel yellow shade and apply it on the placemat as a basecoat and leave it to dry You may give two coats for an even finish
Apply a thin layer of woody clay on the lower side of the placemat to denote the ground Just above the layer of the woody clay apply a layer of the stone clay to give a pebbled look and feel
Take an 8 no. flat brush, hold it vertically and dab Acrylic - Light Green Colour for the tree in texture Leave it to dry
Take the outlined picture of a boy, dog and the kite spool Colour the shirt of the boy in Acrylic - Chrome Yellow and the shorts in Red. Let it dry The facial features are made using Liquid Embroidery Colours Make two blobs with Liquid Embroidery - White for the eyes and give two drops of black Liquid Embroidery – Black on it for the eyes Draw thin lines for the eyebrows using Liquid Embroidery Cone - Black The nose and the mouth are made using Liquid Embroidery Cone - Orange The hair, collar and the lower edge of the T shirt are also coloured using Liquid Embroidery - Black
Colour the patches on the body of the dog in Liquid Embroidery - Black Leave it to dry
The handle of the spool is coloured in Liquid Embroidery - Red and the thread in Lilac Leave it to dry
Draw two kites, the bigger kite measuring 2" x 2" inches in size and the other smaller one being smaller on an OHP sheet . Outline the kites using Liquid Embroidery Glitter Colour - Pink and Red Leave it to dry
Fill in the kites using Water Based - Glass Colours in the shades of your choice Leave it to dry
Cut out the boy, dog and the kite spool from the paper Arrange and stick them on the already painted placemat using Fevicol MR