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| By Neve - I just love Neve's moody clouds and her colour choices for the rain! |
Lesson Background:
Our spelling word of the week was 'rain' a few weeks back. We explored the word in lots of ways-definition, etymology, long a sounds, -ain onset and rime, and we created these rainy pictures and wrote procedures about them. Sorry for the poor photo quality... I forgot to photograph them before I hung them up!
Lesson Materials (per student):
1 sheet A 4 art paper
thin brushes
lead pencil
watercolour paint palettes
Lesson Steps:
1. Demonstrate how to draw the cloud across the page- show different options for shapes they might like. Children follow along, drawing the cloud the way they think looks best.
2. Show students how to draw a raindrop shape- I always ask my students to describe the shapes and lines and many of them said it was a 'teardrop' shape. Some said it was like a ball with a triangle hat on top. Students draw in their raindrops.
3. Model how to use watercolours to paint the cloud. I showed the wet-on-wet technique (lightly paint with water first so the paint swirls into the water) and wet-on-dry technique where they paint straight onto the paper. I also showed how to make the clouds look heavy with rain by using dark colours to outline and shade the base of the cloud. Students choose their favourite way to paint the cloud.
4. Show students how to paint the raindrops and stripes across them if desired. Students follow along.
5. Show students how to paint sprinkling rain by adding little flecks of colour.
Student Artworks:
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| By Olive |
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| By Sebastian |
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| By Ahmed |
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| By Margot |
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