This document provides instructions for creating India ink trees on paper in 5 steps: 1. Use india ink and a straw to blow ink drops on paper to create trees, filling the page with at least 10 trees. 2. Once dry, paint tree leaves on the top half of the trees using watercolor paints in 2 colors, alternating between trees. 3. Fill the bottom of the page with the 2 leaf colors to create the ground. 4. Outline the leaf colors with complementary colored markers. 5. Paint the remaining white areas of the sky with a watercolor not used for leaves. Let dry and display.

1. Elementary
INDIA INK TREES

2. Materials
• 12” x 12” White Paper
• India Ink
• Plastic Sheeting
•Water Bucket
•Markers
•Watercolor Paints
•Brush
•Straw
•Vinyl Gloves

3. Step 1: Trees
Cover work surface with
plastic sheeting.
Use vinyl gloves if
needed to protect
hands from India Ink.

4. Trees Continued
One drop of India Ink at
the bottom edge of
white piece of paper.

5. Trees Continued
Use a straw to blow ink
drop up towards top
edge of paper to create
first tree.

6. Trees Continued
Continue using only one
drop of India Ink at a
time before moving on
to the next drop.

7. Trees Continued
Fill up entire white
paper with at least ten
India Ink trees from the
left side to the right.

8. Step 2: Leaves
India Ink trees must be
completely dry before
painting tree leaves.

9. Leaves Continued
Pick one primary or
secondary color to
begin painting leaves
on trees.

10. Leaves Continued
Make sure to alternate
between trees to leave
room for a second color
paint.

11. Leaves Continued
Pick a second primary
or secondary color to fill
in the rest of trees.

12. Leaves Continued
Keep leaves on top half
of trees only leaving the
bottom half of paper
open.

13. Step 3: Ground
Use the two chosen
colors from the tree
leaves to fill in the very
bottom of paper to
create the ground.

14. Step 4: Outline
Use a complementary
color marker to outline
the first color chosen
for tree leaves.
i.e. green leaves
outlined with a red
marker.

15. Outline Continued
Use a complementary
color marker to outline
the second color chosen
for tree leaves.
i.e. orange leaves
outlined with a blue
marker.

16. Step 5: Sky
Now that all tree leaves
have been outlined
begin to paint the
remaining white areas
for the sky.
Choose a watercolor
paint not used on the
tree leaves.

17. Sky Continued and Finish
Make sure every area of
sky around leaves, trees
and ground is painted
in.
Let dry and hang on the
wall to enjoy!