Friday Fun
Today will be a little different from the usual Friday Fun but we are still going to have some fun. We are going to replicate an animation background painting from a Chuck Jones cartoon. I love cartoons from this era, they had such fun backgrounds and the music was great. Just not the same with today’s cartoons. Before we get started let’s take a quick look at Chuck Jones.
Chuck Jones:
An American animator, director, cartoon artist, screenwriter, and producer. His career spanning over 60 years, Jones made more than 300 animated films, winning three Oscars as director and in 1996 an honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement.
Supplies:
acrylic paint (phthalo blue, purple, orange, lemon yellow, black, and white)
canvas or heavy duty painting paper
brushes
Ok let’s get started. Get your supplies ready and let’s go…
Start with painting the back ground first. Using phthalo blue, purple and a little white paint the entire canvas and let it dry.
Add stars and moon. Flick the white paint to simulate stars in the sky. Paint the moon with white and lemon yellow and let dry.
Draw the houses and T.V. antennas and then paint them black. Let this dry and then paint white for the windows. (we do this so color will be bright and show up when we are painting over another color)
Finish the the windows with orange and yellow. There you go you now have your own animation background painting.
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