9/24 - Bridge Silhouette

The kids have been hearing me talk about the seven elements of art. These are the building blocks of all projects:  line, shape, color, texture, form, value and space. Today we will use line, color, shape and texture.

We are working with watercolors. Students will draw a horizon line and lightly paint the water and the sky.

Next we will start to add some texture with short brush strokes of color. We will continue to fill the space until....

It looks something like this.  When dry (next class) we will sketch in our bridge choice and paint with black tempera paint to create a silhouette.

Here are some famous works with bridges. Please pardon the screen shots. I do not know how to import images!

French impressionist Claude Monet:

American painter Thomas Kinkade:

Japanese artist Hiroshige:

American futurist painter Joseph Stella:

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