Use a good eraser to erase all the pencil marks out of the whole picture.

Now you are ready to paint!!! Usually you would pick your own colors but while you are learning technique it will be simpler if you use the colors I do. It might be a good idea to Xerox some copies of your picture on card stock so you can practice painting it many different colors.

You'll need something to put your paint in so the paint in the jars won't get mixed together.

You'll need some water and a plate to mix the colors in. Start with about 15 brush loads of water in one of the sections of the picnic plate.

Now mix a touch of black in the water and test it on a scratch sheet of paper. Her legs will be gray.

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