Watercolor Technique Practice Landscape

This is an easy and attractive way to teach students about different watercolor techniques.


Materials: watercolor paper, permanent marker, rulers, watercolor paints, paintbrushes, plastic wrap, bubble wrap, salt, watercolor colored pencils, crayons, rubbing alcohol, tissues

I only give the students red, yellow, and blue paints and have them mix colors in pallets. 

1.) Students created a landscape by drawing a horizon line (wavy, bumpy, zig-zag) a little bit above the center of the paper.

2.) Students traced a circle in the top half of their paper. Coming from the circle to the edge of the paper (or horizon line), they drew 4 straight lines with a ruler.



3.) The bottom half of the paper was divided into 7 sections with various types of lines.

4.) We used warm colors for the sky and these techniques: tissue blotting, white crayon clouds, variegated wash, gradated wash. Wet on wet was used in the sun.


5.) We used cool colors for the ground and these techniques: watercolor colored pencil, crayon resist, bubble wrap, plastic wrap, rubbing alcohol, salt, dry brush.





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