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WatercolorsFrustrating or Fantastic?
What does kind of image do you
expect to see when someone says,
“It’s a landscape?”
Trees
Clouds
Buildings
Climate Traits
Ocean or Lake or River
In the following examples of
landscapes, discuss examples of something
unexpected or exceptional about the
art you see.
Spring Barn + Windmill by Gretchen Kelley
Marzipan from Erice, by Janet Fish
Maja Wronska
Z.L. Feng
The artists you just looked at have very
different ways of working with watercolor
paint. In your group, agree on 2 things the
artists SHARE that make these paintings,
“good.”
So you have a good idea of what makes a
good landscape.List what things you would need to paint a landscape:
What might be the hardest things to get right?
How long do you think your best effort would take?
How could the students at your table help you?
Let’s PaintEach Student will need :
Paint Set—they come “as-is” so make the best of what you get.
Paint Brush
Paper
Water Cup
Paper Towels
Create a Landscape Painting:
Use the page well.
Incorporate 2 things that make a good water color landscape painting as you discussed in your group.
Attempt to replicate some of the techniques you liked in the examples we looked at.
Evaluating your First EffortWhat did you
like: What needs
Improvement? Solutions?
Compare your expectations with the
results:Did you have all the materials you originally thought you would need? Did you think of some additional supplies that would have been useful?
What was the hardest things to get right? What was successful about it and what wasn’t?
How long do this effort take? Would have more time helped?
How did students at your table help you?
Compare your expectations with the
results:Did you have all the materials you originally thought you would need? Did you think of some additional supplies that would have been useful?
What was the hardest things to get right? What was successful about it and what wasn’t?
How long do this effort take? Would have more time helped?
How did students at your table help you?