Red Spring Watercolor Flowers

Spring is in the air and summer just around the corner.  With just a few months before summer vacation, students energy is changing.  They are energetic; would rather be outside playing and ready for summer.  They can feel it coming.  Recently we worked on some soothing watercolor flowers.  I kept this project small and focused on learning Chinese brush strokes. The paper was cut to 4.5 inches by 6 inches; painters tape applied to back and after a brief demonstration on how to make flowers using brush strokes, student began. I also supplied a large color reference from a calender of Chinese paintings.  Students painted the flowers using a watercolor pallets the first week. The background was painted with a liquid watercolor the following  week.  We mounted them on a blue construction paper.  These were completed by 3 grade students.  They turned out quite nice, don't you agree?

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