Iris watercolor card: grades 9-10.Materials: Royal Greeting Greeting is a way for humans[1] to intentionally communicate awareness of each other's presence, to show attention to, and/or to affirm or suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with Card 50 Pack Soft Grip[TM] Assorted Round and Flat Taklon brushes Essentials[TM] Watercolor Paints Water Basins, Paint Palettes, Pencils, and Paper Towels Essentials[TM] Oil Pastels Oil pastel (also called wax oil crayon) is a painting and drawing medium with characteristics similar to pastels and wax crayons. Unlike "soft" or "French" pastel sticks, which are made with a gum or methyl cellulose binder, oil pastels consist of pigment mixed with a (optional) Objective: Students will explore various painting techniques while creating a watercolor painting watercolor painting, in its wider sense, refers to all pigments mixed with water rather than with oil and also to the paintings produced by this process; it includes fresco and tempera as well as aquarelle, the process now commonly meant by the generic term. of an iris on a greeting card. Students will explore the works of Vincent VanGogh. Introduction: Ask the students if they know of Vincent VanGogh. Have they seen his iris painting? Review information about VanGogh. If possible, have irises available in the classroom to use for the paintings. PROCEDURE: Step 1: Pass out Royal greeting cards See e-card. , Essentials[TM] watercolor paint, Soft-Grip[TM] brushes, and water basins. Step 2: Instruct in·struct v. in·struct·ed, in·struct·ing, in·structs v.tr. 1. To provide with knowledge, especially in a methodical way. See Synonyms at teach. 2. To give orders to; direct. v. the students to draw the bottom half of the petals to the iris with a pencil. Step 3: Instruct the students to draw the rest of the petals for their iris. The drawing should fill the front of the card. Step 4: Have the students add a stem and leaves with pencil. Step 5: Starting with the lightest color that they plan to use, have the students paint the flower. They can be painted with a wet or dry brush. A wet brush allows the colors to be soft and blend well. Using a dry brush provides very intense colors that do not bleed Printing at the very edge of the paper. Many laser printers, including all LaserJets up to the 11x17" 4V, cannot print to the very edge, leaving a border of approximately 1/4". In commercial printing, bleeding is generally more expensive, because wider paper is often used, which is later well. Students can combine both techniques for interesting results. If desired, the drawing can be outlined with Essentials[TM] oil pastels, which acts as a resist to the watercolor, keeping the color within the oil pastel barriers. Submitted by: Karen Pester, Exploring Art |
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