Sea life water colors

 For this peer activity, we used watercolors to paint an underwater scene, exploring a variety of painting techniques. We began by reading a story about animals that live underwater, learning about their unique characteristics. Next, we completed a practice sheet to experiment with four different techniques: wet-on-wet, creating designs with the brush tips, using salt to add texture and create reactions, and applying crayons to create resistance. This practice helped us understand what worked well and what needed improvement for the main project. For the main design, we started with dry materials, drawing our underwater animals and sand formations. Once the drawings were complete, we applied watercolors to paint the scene. After finishing the painting, we added salt to the watercolors to create texture in the sand and allowed it to dry.


extension: I think this would be really fun to extend by having students create all different kinds of life in all different kinds of environments. I think it could also be fun to tie to a science lesson where the students have to include a certain amount of things in their painting that they encountered in the lesson. 

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