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WEAVING A WATERCOLOR

Grade: K-6 • Age: 4-10 • Written by: Sandi DeLoge
[Sandi is a visual artist teacher and artist at Southside Elementary in Columbus IN]
www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=3160

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Objectives:

Students will review color wheel/rainbow colors and explore watercolors.

What We Used:

watercolors
paper 9x12 (2 sheets per student)
brushes
water
color wheel(s)
scissors

What We Did:

Students reviewed primary, secondary and intermediate colors.
Students were shown watercolor brush techniques.
Students picked a starting color from the color wheel and a shape to repeat and continued in order around the color wheel.
After both paintings were done students then cut one into strips, leaving the strips attached on one edge. (see "More Information" link below)
The other painting was cut into strips (either regular or irregular) and one at a time a woven into the other painting. (see "More Information" link below)
Edge pieces were glued down and then student picked out a background color to mount their weavings onto.

More Information:

► Click here for a video that shows you how to weave paper together.

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Recommended Books:

Watercolor: For the Artistically Undiscovered
Most of the pages in this book are actual watercolor paper with blank space reserved for the use of the reader/painter (that's you). Comes with a palette of six artist-quality watercolors and a brush. Most importantly, this book also comes with the artwork, technique tips and encouragement of renowned illustrator Thacher Hurd.

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