Inside Out Seascape Watercolour

This is a super fun seascape lesson where the students draw the inside of a seascape inside an underwater animal's body. See my previous post on this project HERE.

Sketch out the drawing on heavy white paper.

Outline in Sharpie.

Paint using watercolours. 

Some Grade 4 - 6 results!

 

Dutch Tulip Fields- One Point Perspective

 

This is a classic Spring lesson for my Grade 5's: Dutch tulip fields utilizing one point perspective. 

I'm going to mix it up a bit this year with a different theme, so stay tuned!

I found this lesson HERE on fantastic Dutch art blog "Kids Artists".

One thing the Netherlands and my Prairie Province in Canada have in common is: FLAT!! lol

I posted this lesson previously HERE so you can see all the steps.

A step a student suggested is to add further perspective by making the clouds smaller as they get closer to the horizon line. Here is Alberta, we have GLORIOUS cloud formations (that you can see for miles on the prairie)- so it was nice to add these. Grade 5 students used bleeding marker technique for these but you could use whatever you like.

Chalk Pastel Landscapes

 

Grade 5 students recently completed these chalk pastel landscapes.

On blue construction paper, they drew out a simple landscape, being sure to include a background, middle and foreground. Then they outlined all their pencil lines using a blue oil pastel. 

Then they coloured everything in using chalk pastels. 

I encouraged them to build up the layers slowly, blending between layers.

Some Grade 5 results: