Kindergarten Crayon + Watercolor Paintings

 Students read "Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown and learned how to draw their own stars, moon and nocturnal animals.
Then, they watercolor painted over their crayon drawings.

1st Gr Abstract or Realistic

 Students learned the difference between abstract art and realistic art. They looked at examples of both types of artwork. Then they decided whether they would create an abstract artwork or a realistic artwork.

 Some students divided their page and created both abstract and realistic art. Abstract art is designs, shapes and colors. Realistic art is when you can name what you are looking at.

 Then students watercolor painted over their drawings.

3rd Gr. Deep Sea Creatures

 Students read "The Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister and then using crayon, colored deep sea creatures of their choosing. Then they watercolor painted over their crayon drawings.

2nd Gr Crayon + Watercolor Landscapes

Students looked at examples of landscape paintings and learned that a landscape is a picture of the outdoors. They learned about horizon line and how when something is far away it appears smaller. Then they started coloring in their landscape with crayon.

 The next step was to watercolor over their landscapes.