Thursday, October 22, 2015

3rd Grade Salty Watercolors


3rd graders learned the secret to creating texture in watercolor paintings - salt!  They first traced real leaves, looking closely at the shape and veining.  After outlining the leaf shapes in oil pastel, students painted the leaves in realistic colors, and then used the wet-on-wet technique to create the flowing colors in the background. The "salt fairy" (that's me!) circulated around the room and added salt to background areas while they were wet.  The contrast of warm and cool colors really makes the leaves pop!



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