 Self Portrait |  "Exotic Landscape" 1910 |
Fifth graders have been working hard on paintings to display at their production of "Jungle Book Kids!"
We got inspired by the work of the self-taught, Post-Impressionist French painter Henri Rousseau. We noticed that he showed space through overlapping and was skilled at creating a variety of shades of green, so that's what we aimed for in our own paintings. Fifth graders learned and practiced new painting techniques including watercolor wash for the background and mixing tempera to create multiple shades of one color.
We got inspired by the work of the self-taught, Post-Impressionist French painter Henri Rousseau. We noticed that he showed space through overlapping and was skilled at creating a variety of shades of green, so that's what we aimed for in our own paintings. Fifth graders learned and practiced new painting techniques including watercolor wash for the background and mixing tempera to create multiple shades of one color.
Here is a link to a video introducing a new children's book about Rousseau: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9VHjJvRcFw
And check out the 5th graders paintings in our online gallery!!
http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?exhibit=721986
And check out the 5th graders paintings in our online gallery!!
http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?exhibit=721986
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