3rd Grade Children in art have been building their skills in drawing animals and are now using them to create a painting of one of their favorite animals sketches and its habitat. The painting lesson is split into 2 sections, one where the all shapes are first painted and at another lesson where the details are added with a smaller, detail brush.
Children make choices in the work about composition, size, as well as all items to be included.
Children take great pride in their work and are very deliberate and careful while painting. I don't just hand them a set of watercolors and say "paint!". Kids really get to learn all about how to work with the media, its properties and general characteristics so that the end product shows a much higher skill level than when they began. When you see these paintings you will be amazed!!
You can do this at home by purchasing your child a Crayola watercolor set and a 80lbs-140lbs. sketchbook. The best way I found to get my kids hooked on painting is to do it with them.
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