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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?

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