Watercolor grids are awesome, but very hard for my 6th grade class. I ran across this activity from A Faithful Attempt Click HERE to see post. The post was super with great directions! Thank you, A Faithful Attempt for an awesome project!
Okay, so here was my main problem. I gave the kids a choice of what to draw. I explained to the students that they needed to pick a fairly simple design. I showed them my example. I highly discouraged several very complicated drawings. I had explained the many problems with a complicated drawing. Some refused to take the easier route on this project. They were heck, bent, and determined to make it work. As you may surmise, most of the kids that chose the more complicated and detailed designs had more trouble completing the task. I tell you, sometimes you just got to let them figure stuff out.
Okay, so here was my main problem. I gave the kids a choice of what to draw. I explained to the students that they needed to pick a fairly simple design. I showed them my example. I highly discouraged several very complicated drawings. I had explained the many problems with a complicated drawing. Some refused to take the easier route on this project. They were heck, bent, and determined to make it work. As you may surmise, most of the kids that chose the more complicated and detailed designs had more trouble completing the task. I tell you, sometimes you just got to let them figure stuff out.
The four below have good art sense. They know their limitations and they are planners. Wow, look how their art smarts worked in their favor. LOVE!
Directions:
Day 1-Make a 1 inch by 1 inch grid on your sheet of paper; Measure the lines with a ruler in one direction. Then measure out the lines with the ruler in the other direction. You should have a nice straight grid.
Day 2-Draw a design on top- I encourage fairly simple shapes (or a shape) that filled the paper nicely.
Day 3 and Day 4-Do you want to use warm colors for the background or cool colors for the background?
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Do you want to use warm colors for the drawing or cool colors for the drawing?
*Hints: Make sure you add lots of water when using watercolors.
Move around on the paper. Do not work on squares side-by-side as you run the risk of colors bleeding into each other and making brown (yuck)
I heard this band, Kaleo, singing "Way Down We Go" while the kids were doing this project. I kinda feel like the song sums up the feeling of some kids feelings while trying to push through and finish the project. As I have said before, the devil is in the details. Hey, watch out for the details!
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