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Macaw Parrot

Meet one of the most colorful birds in the world: the macaw parrot! In this adventure, we'll learn about these amazing parrots and how to draw one. Then we'll practice color mixing to paint their beautiful rainbow feathers!

This lesson is a great chance to learn about color theory and create all the colors of the rainbow with just three colors 🎨

Traceables in 3 Easy Steps

If drawing is hard for your learner, make a quick traceable! Traceables can help younger artists build fine motor skills and confidence.

Download "Macaw Parrot" traceable

1. Print it out

Choose a paper size that is slightly smaller than your watercolor paper.

Choose the print size for the traceable
Printed traceable example

2. Shade the back

Flip your traceable over and use a pencil to shade the back. When you hold your paper up to the light, you will be able to see the traceable on the other side.

Shade the back of the traceable with pencil
Double check the back is fully shaded

3. Transfer to watercolor paper

Place your traceable on your watercolor paper with the scribbled side down. Firmly trace over the lines. When you remove the traceable, you will see a faint sketch has transferred over to your watercolor paper. This gives your learner a guide to draw over during class!

Trace over the lines onto watercolor paper
Finished faint sketch transferred onto watercolor paper
paint over your sketch
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Gershner Family
Difficulty: 3

“I liked your video because it had so many colors in it.” Emma, age 5

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Markle Family
Difficulty: 3

so colorful we love it we named ours stormfly and Starfly

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Zamora Family
Difficulty: 2

Macaw Parrot finished masterpiece

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Ayad Family
Difficulty: 5

Gracie's Parrot

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Secchiano Family
Difficulty: 2

Gavin age 10

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Seavers Family
Difficulty: 2

My child (10 years old) absolutely loved this! She enjoyed every aspect of this lesson. She said Ms. Lauren is a great teacher.

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White Family
Difficulty: 2

I liked how you gave time for me to work with music. I also like how you ended with the Sound of Music So Long, Farewell! Eliza - age 8

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The Andersson Family
Difficulty: 1

That it is a good thing to know

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The Grider Family
Difficulty: 2

I loved it. It was great. I love macaws too

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The Greer Family
Difficulty: 2

“She does really good at the blend colors.”

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