Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Severe Weather Ahead!














The second grade students have been experimenting with watercolor washes to create some stormy skies.  They used wet on wet watercolor techniques and added salt to the stormy oceans to find some interesting effects.  They are learning about weather-related natural disasters in science, and they have used tornadoes and hurricanes as themes for their work.  After the backgrounds dried, they used markers to add silhouettes and contour lines to their work.  They were inspired by the amazing landscapes created by Turner, some of which are housed right here in Chicago!

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