Watercolor & Tissue Paper Animal Portrait
This was a project brought on by a recent artist in residency helping the school with a fundraiser - Martinis and Masterpieces - and art auction organized by the school.
During the residency, the grade 3/4 class collaborated to create this piece of art for the auction:
In the classroom, students made curricular connections to the grade 4 Social Studies: Regions of Alberta. Their personal art was meant to reflect a particular animal from our beautiful province, while echoing the style of art from the large fundraiser piece.
The process included research, sketching, playing with materials such as watercolor and tissue paper, sharing different techniques, and engaging in a final composition. From an art perspective, students are learning about contour, light and shadow as well as using multiple mediums for emphasis and symbolism.
Students were encouraged to find a bust portrait of an Alberta animal and make several sketches, applying lessons from a group animal sketch. As we experimented with paint, students were making conscious decisions about the weight of color in each area: if the background was dark, the animal should late and vise versa. Many students used the wet-on-wet technique, attempting to blend a variety of different colors to make their image unique.
Completed pieces!
Please email me if you would like more details on this project!
During the residency, the grade 3/4 class collaborated to create this piece of art for the auction:
In the classroom, students made curricular connections to the grade 4 Social Studies: Regions of Alberta. Their personal art was meant to reflect a particular animal from our beautiful province, while echoing the style of art from the large fundraiser piece.
The process included research, sketching, playing with materials such as watercolor and tissue paper, sharing different techniques, and engaging in a final composition. From an art perspective, students are learning about contour, light and shadow as well as using multiple mediums for emphasis and symbolism.
Students were encouraged to find a bust portrait of an Alberta animal and make several sketches, applying lessons from a group animal sketch. As we experimented with paint, students were making conscious decisions about the weight of color in each area: if the background was dark, the animal should late and vise versa. Many students used the wet-on-wet technique, attempting to blend a variety of different colors to make their image unique.
Completed pieces!
Please email me if you would like more details on this project!
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