Watercolor Bamboo [A Youth Advisory Board Project!]

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Thanks to Coyote’s Youth Advisory Board member, Kaelin for this awesome creative challenge!

How to watercolor bamboo! 

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Black watercolor

• medium sized paint brush

• watercolor paper 

HOW TO DO IT:

1. Start with strokes sections going vertical, and at different angles, across the page. 

2. Paint small strokes horizontally in between each section with more pigment.

3. Paint very thin lines going in curves coming out from each small stroke you just painted. This is where the leaves will come out from. 

4. Paint the leaves! Do this with quick small strokes and medium amount of pigment. The leaves can vary in pigment, curve and shape. 

5. Now you have your bamboo! 

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Step #5: BAMBOO!