Watercolor Abstract Landscapes by 1st Grade

 I apologize for the sideways pics...too much trouble to fix that! Anyways, aside from me being lazy, this was a lovely project. I needed these kids to understand landscapes in a really simple way so here it is!

Day One: Draw horizon line, overlapping mountains, perspective lines and details in pencil.

Day Two: Outline in "abstract color" with oil pastel and paint with watercolors. (You mean the sky doesn't HAVE to be blue...omg.)

More finished paintings coming soon.

Realistic vs. Abstract Self-Portraits : 4th Grade

 

 This project was from the beginning of our 1st 9 weeks together and I just haven't gotten around to posting these. So here they are!

 

We discussed the steps of drawing a realistic self-portrait.

 

 

 

They outlined their pencil drawings with oil pastels....

 

They painted with tempera cakes...we talked about "arbitrary colors" that aren't realistic.

 

Finally, the next class I taught them about mixing skin tones using acrylic paint. (won't do that again!) And they painted over their arbitrary color with realistic colors....turned out pretty fun for an experimental project. :)