Paint a Handprint Peacock with Your Kids

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Make a Handprint Peacock Painting
6. Peacock
Supplies you will need:

Colored paper and paper with patterns if you choose to do the matted look and mount them for impact. (See photos.)
Glue sticks for mounting
Small paint brushes: I recommend this brand of brushes. They do not fall apart like cheaper brushes do, they hold up to frequent use and proper cleaning as well.
Foam flat brushes
Colored acrylic paints: This is the same set I have in my own home. You get a nice variety of colors at a good price. Plus, the box this set comes in is sturdy, so you can continue to use it for storage.
Black sharpie or nice thin pens for detailing

You will need dark cobalt blue, teal and a black fine pen.

Paint the entire palm of hand with a foam brush, in the dark blue. Press down carefully in the center of the paper, being sure to make good contact. When removing your hand from the paper, roll it off to the side to gradually release it from the page, rather than lifting straight up.
Let it dry and then paint your pinky fingertip in teal, and add one fingertip dot to each of the dark blue fingertips on the paper.
Once those are dry, go in and use the pen to add in feather details, face, legs, and so on.
Complete your artwork by mounting it onto a background page that peeks out around the edges to form a frame and give it a matted look. Use glue stick on the back of your artwork to affix it to the background page.

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