The Wiggle Jiggle Fish

This is a fun quick rundown of how to make a jellyfish!

It's simple fun and good for all ages.

~pencil

~paper

~scissors(optional see step 1)

~canvas

~paint

~paint brushes

~pallet

-white pen (optional)

1.1. look up a few reference photos and come up with an idea of how you want your jellyfish to look

1.2 grab your paper and pencil and make a rough outline of the jelly fish body.

for ours we made a bean shape

1.3 add small bumps to your jelly fish bottom for some shape

1.4 draw long lines for tentacle (optional)

1.5 (do 1.1- 1.4 again if you want to keep the original sketch) cut out the top of the jelly fish and leave to the side.

make a gradient from dark blue to white.

1. put a blob of white in the upper left corner

2. put blue paint under and and add a little white to it

2. add blue in the middle and lower right hand corner

4. add a dot of black to the bottom right hand corner

5. blend all the colors together in a back and forth motion (note if you want the water to go a diffident direction blend it at an angle or however you want) until you have a smooth gradient

take the jellyfish cut out from earlier and place it on the canvas and trace it with a pencil wherever you the base to be

then grab the colors u want for the tentacles (we used acrylic paint)

and start painting (tip-using different sized brushed and different amount of pressure can make a cool thick to thin effect which is what we did)

tip-mixing your colors can make great variety in the tentacles

after adding all the tentacles u want go over the body of the jelly fish in your darkest color along with adding in some indents/curves to the inside

tentacles

1. from the base of the jelly fish draw a long wavy line down to the bottom of the canvas

2. use darker colors 1st

3. then go lighter the more you add

jellyfish body

1. go over the pencil sketch with the body color

2. add curved lines that are thicker at the ends coming out of the center points of the jelly fish.

highlights:

go over the right side of the curved lines

add white circles for bubbles and little dots in the tentacles

grab your white paint and a small paintbrush

you can free hand or for the big bubbles we grabbed a lid (any small lid/circle item will work)

we dipped the lid in a thin layer of white paint and lightly put it on the canvas

for the small bubbles we took a white pen and made the highlights on the big bubbles as well as the tiny bubbles

and for the dots on the jellyfishes tentacles we dotted white paint on them