Today the students started the process of learning how to make a painting in steps. Usually, when given paint and paper, the students will make a painting similar to the paint by number method. That being that they paint the background, middle ground, and foreground all at the same time, and paint each item in the work right up to the edge of the other items. So, for example, they will paint a tree and then paint the sky right up to the edge of the tree.
This is good for a beginning painter, but since I have had the students before and taught them painting, I wanted to extend the learning to creating painting in steps.
This week the students worked on the background of a new painting. I also included the skill of blending the background to go from a dark color to the lighter tint of that color. The older students worked on two at a time starting with a blue sky blend, then a color of their choice blend. The younger students just did one painting. In addition to the lesson, I included learning about how to tape their work to a background so the paper stays flat during painting, and they would be able to paint off the edge of the paper. This is the first time they have had to tape a paper down and paint. It was hilarious to watch some of them tear the tape!
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