5th grade watercolor projects

This week 4th grade is starting their Robin Mead inspired landscapes! She's a contemporary artist from Georgia, and you can check out her work on her website here! I was also inspired by the awesome art teacher, Lauralee Chambers, from her beautiful student examples on Instagram! Here's Robin Mead's Instagram too :) She has a Youtube channel too! Here's how we created ours! Materials: Sax 90 lb paper pencils Sharpies Crayola artista II watercolor Big Kid's Choice Paintbrushes Robin Mead…

We had some beautiful snow a couple of weeks ago and a few school delays, so my classes are a little behind on the projects they started at the beginning of January. I wanted to post a few in progress pictures of the pinecones that my 4th and 5th graders are working on. I have really enjoyed this one so far and I will definitely be adding it to my regular list of projects for winter. The students have learned about so many of the elements of art AND principles of design with this one. We've…

With all the fancy projects an art teacher can find on Pinterest, sometimes it’s good to go back to the basics. Simple drawing and painting of familiar subjects. This week my students drew art manekins. You could see much more concentration in the students than while doing other projects. I was looking through the folders on my computer and found these animal watercolor paintings my students had made last year. For more watercolor lessons, check out these old posts: How … Read more... →

Materials: watercolor paper, watercolor resist (or rubber cement), pencil, eraser, watercolor paints 1.) Draw a simple design very ...

These easy watercolor techniques for kids are perfect for all ages and offer endless possibilities for creativity and fun.

Mrs. S on Instagram: "Looking for some fun, easy projects to start the school year off? I’ve been making these color cats for the past 18 years and I never get tired of them! Each year I make them a little differently whether it’s with finger paint, watercolors or tempera paint sticks.. check out the link in my bio for more ideas!"

We have recently wrapped up our summative watercolor project, called "identity maps". Students learned to express aspects of themselves usin...

I discovered liquid water colors a couple of years ago and absolutely love them for working with children. The colors don't get all mixed u...

Struggling with teaching one-point perspective? This drawing lesson is super easy and offers lots of opportunity for your students to be creative and expressive.

Finally matting these! Beautiful 5th grade watercolor with gel pens. The source of inspiration was a painting at @bicocacolors that I just…