5th Grade Christmas ornament watercolor painting
I found this idea from the Tiny Art Room blog. She said she found it on Pinterest so I'm not sure who thought up this great lesson but here is how I taught it.
I began the lesson by talking about still lifes and showing examples of Van Gogh's sunflowers. We discussed the difference between still lifes, portraits and landscapes.
Students were given three different circles to trace. They were to overlap them and then add shadows and a highlight. I did a quick lesson on shadows and lights for this part with the kiddos.
If you want to see how I taught this here is the link. Just copy and paste it in your browser.
https://youtu.be/UxcyyENu2S4
Students drew hangers and erased lines to make the ornaments appear they overlap. This took one 50 minute class period.
The next step was to outline all the lines with a black crayon and color the highlights with a white crayon. My students complained that they needed the crayon to have a finer tip. They probably could have used a black fine tip marker but it wouldn't have had the same effect with the watercolors.
They still turned out nice! The last step was to paint the ornaments with watercolors. If they dripped paint onto their background then they were encouraged to come up with how to mask it. Have a look!
