Painting
Rainbow Fish Watercolor Painting
Description:
This goal of this art lesson was painting, specifically watercolor painting. We started the lesson practicing six different watercolor techniques, that way the students could incorporate at least two of them into the rainbow fish painting. Once we were finished practicing the water color techniques (graded wash, flat wash, wet-on-wet, sgraffito, crayon resist, and smudging), we then began to trace a template for the body of the fish and then drew the scales and face of the fish. After those two steps were complete, we then started to paint our rainbow fish, using at least two of the learned watercolor techniques. While painting and finishing up the project, we listened to the audio book of the "Rainbow Fish." To conclude this art lesson, we cut out the painted fish (once it had dried) and wrote three sentences answering the following questions: "What is your special characteristic?" "Why do you think that characteristic is special?" "How has this special characteristic helped you or will help you in school, your community, or in situations?" Once the fish was cut out and the three sentences were written we glued both items onto a solid background.
Extension Activity:
For an extension activity on watercolor painting, I would have students use these different techniques to paint the different seasons. As an example, in second grade students learn about the different seasons in science, so students could pick a different seasons to paint (because they are learning different things that indicate the season). With that being said, a student could use the wet-on-wet technique they learn to indicate or resemble spring/rain. This would give students a fun way to better understand what characteristics as season has that helps us know what season we are in, as well as the pattern of the seasons.
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