It'll be a great way to fill a rainy day with painting fun, encouraging the creativity of your little ones. Sew muzzle on the face: Using the yarn needle and long tail of cream yarn from the muzzle, sew the muzzle onto the face. The kids can let their creativity flow and make the money box their own by painting it however they want. Now, mix a little raw umber and white and dot it over the snout, leaving some of the previously applied colour showing through. 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.

This classic crochet teddy bear is made with size G crochet hook using Bernat softee baby cotton yarn. Next, block in the snout using a darker mix of yellow ochre, raw umber and white and a dotting technique with the tip of the No.Pause once you have sewn around 75% of the edge of the muzzle and stuff the muzzle with the polyfil. The next step is to begin painting the mid-toned fur of the head and paws using linear strokes of the No. We are getting rid of all the white of the canvas and replacing it with the darkest possible color in that area. Using variations of brown shade in the bear I have used various shades of raw umber and yellow ochre.

brush, paying particular attention to the direction of the fur and leaving the underlying darker fur showing through. Ideal as they all came with their own (good quality) paint and brush so the kids could take it home afterwards and still finish it at home. For the mouth I use a fine round brush and dabbing motion instead of strokes as the hairs are a lot shorter here.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. 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. This detail shows the basic build-up of dotting for the fur of the snout and the underlying fur of the head. Create the shading on the flatter areas of material by dry brushing – dragging the darker colour over the lighter colour.

Gouache contains a lot of finely ground pigment, which makes it ideal for portraying vibrant colours that show up particularly well when jewel-like colours are needed. To enjoy all that Hobbycraft has to offer, please enable cookies or check whether another programme is blocking them. This is just one of three teddy bear designs taught in our Folk Art painting Masterclass for Intermediate painters.

In other words you will only add layers of color in an are until the area you are painting has the same tonal value as the corresponding place on your reference photo. Using a long piece of tan yarn, push the needle through the top center of one leg then thread all the way through the body so that it comes out the body on the other side where you would want to place the second leg. The fur that extends out over the dark background colour, cuffs, dress and bow helps to give the illusion of a three-dimensional form.

Learn the techniques and designs from our Folk Art Masterclass for beginner painters - including this cute teddy design. Make sure you are happy with the painting of the coat and bow then continue painting the fur using the same basic colour mixes, which have been lightened with white.Rd 4-8: SC in each around; after last st on last row, slip stitch into first st to complete the round.