April 06, 2015

Spring Flowers:2nd Grade


I wanted to do a fun spring flower picture in one class time...but was not wanting to go "still life" or "Georgia O'Keeffe".  I had the students work on wet on wet with the gouache.  We discussed color mixing...and possible combinations to avoid.  I allowed the students to blot their painted background with a tissue to remove excess water & to lighten up the over all feel.  I then had them paint directly on top of the colorful background(they did not draw first..scary for some...other thought it was fun/exciting).  I feel the results turned out wonderful...and it looks amazing in the hallway!!  Really brightens things up!!!





4 comments:

  1. Steeling! Love it! Thanks for sharing. Nic

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    1. An honor to be stolen from by the likes of you!!!! :)

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  2. I really love the colors in this! Along with the black outline of flowers. Think we are going to give this a try later this week.

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