4th Grade Watercolor Paintings of animals (Martell- Stevenson's Class)

In 4th Grade children have been learning about the process of painting. Too often children paint like they draw and painting alone as a medium is not fully explored when this happens. I will go through this process with various different topics just so that it becomes ingrained in them to follow this path when painting. Children begin with painting the background shape without details. They create a background that uses the wet-on-wet technique to create a "far-away" look. the next class children use small detail brushes to add hair, eyes, claws, whiskers, etc.

Other paintings by 4th graders in this unit:

http://murchart.blogspot.com/2010/01/watercolor-paintings-of-flowers-by-ms.html

and

http://murchart.blogspot.com/2010/01/watercolor-paintings-of-animals-created.html