The Talkative Teacher
  • Blog
  • Contact

Ideas, Resources and General Musings

Watercolour Masterpieces

19/11/2015

0 Comments

 
I love teaching art! I was never good at art, which I believe actually makes me teach it better. Those who have natural artistic talent can struggle to connect with those who don't. Plus, if I can make something beautiful, so can anyone!

As part of our Extreme Weather topic, I thought we'd have a go at painting some atmospheric cloudy skies. 

I began the lesson in one of my favourite ways: I asked them to do the task with no help. So, I gave out watercolours and asked them to paint me a cloudy sky. When they asked for more information, I just said to paint any cloudy sky however they wanted. On the example below, this is the picture in the top left. 

After that, we experimented with some different techniques I had found online:
1) Blotting (not pictured)
Brush water over the paper, paint different shades of blues, purples or sunset colours onto it, then dab with paper towel.


2) Dripping and dribbling (pictured bottom left)
Wet the paper thoroughly, then use a very wet brush to pick up a lot of paint and drip it onto the paper, then tilt the paper around, allowing the paint to run and bleed. 

3) Negative space (pictured top right)
Using a clean paintbrush, paint water in patches around the paper. Then, using very wet paint, paint your sky colour into the dry space and right up to the wet areas. It will bleed into them, giving an effective smudgy edge to the cloud. 

The children evaluated each technique and experimented with them on scrap paper. They then chose their favourite technique to create a final piece with. For this, we still used only A5 size, but on card. The results really were spectacular! Take a look:
Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Mrs P

    Hi! I'm Mrs P: passionate primary school teacher!

    Help them to know something they didn’t before, feel something they never have, do something they thought they couldn’t do or, best yet, ask a question they hadn’t thought to ask before. If you can do that for a child every day, consider it a job well done!

    By Subject

    All
    Art
    Being A Teacher
    Christmas
    Class Management
    Classroom
    Craft
    Cross Curricular
    Displays
    English
    Geography
    Greater Depth
    ICT
    Maths
    New Term
    PE / Sport
    Reading
    Religion
    Science
    Tips & Tricks
    Writing

    By Date

    October 2018
    August 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    April 2017
    October 2016
    July 2016
    April 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Blog
  • Contact