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Van Gogh in the First Grade

For Teachers 1st
First graders design projects based on work of Van Gogh.  In this Van Gogh arts lesson, 1st graders review and and model artwork prior to creating their own landscape project in watercolor.  
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Watercolor Experimentation

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Learners create watercolors. In this art lesson, students allow music to inspire them to create a watercolor painting that reflects the beat patterns they hear.
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Creative Watercolor Painting - K-6 Art Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students express themselves with watercolor painting and music. In this Pre-K - 6th grade lesson plan, students experience watercolor painting to a rhythmic beat. Students are encouraged to paint using brush strokes according the beat...
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SEASHELLS - PENCIL DRAWINGS

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore realism through drawing techniques to create 3D drawing on a 2D surface. They review steps of drawing and vocabulary and develop eye hand coordination while creating their own sketch. Upon completion of sketch students...
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Seaweed Art

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Pupils read a book about seaweed. They create various types of seaweed by painting a variety of lines. Students utilize a variety of line techniques such as wavy lines, zigzag, and curly.
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Draw a Blue Whale

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students follow step-by-step directions to draw a whale. They sketch the shape of the whale first, experiment with mixing a variety of watercolors second and then add a layer of coarse salt to the drawing for a textured effect.
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A Chance of a Life Time

For Teachers K - 4th
Students view and discuss the painting A Narrow Escape, by Alfred Jacob Miller. They write their own narrative about a time they were either scared or frightened. They make sketches of that time and choose one to paint using watercolor.
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Japanese Landscapes

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students study nine watercolor techniques and identify the elements of Japanese landscapes. They design a watercolor landscape using a number of the nine techniques and add contour lines with pen and black India ink.
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Summer Watercolor Pictures

For Teachers All
Students create a watercolor picture to express themselves. They focus on what they did over summer vacation. They place their pictures in a class book about what they did over the summer.
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Experimenting With Water Media

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students practice 12 different water color techniques and then use at least 5 of the techniques to create a painting of a landscape.
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Watercolor Paintings O'Keefe Style

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners practice watercolor techniques and then apply that knowledge to a painting that uses subject matter and abstracts that Georgia O'Keeffe might have chosen.
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Watercolor Techniques

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the medium of watercolor paints. They observe basic watercolor painting techniques and experiment with these techniques on watercolor paper.
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Watercolor Landscapes

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore watercolor paints as a medium for landscape paintings. They use watercolor paints to create landscape paintings.
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Water Color - Pen & Ink

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students paint with watercolors, define positive and negative shapes, mix wet and wet colors, develop visual balance, and define shapes with pen and ink.