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Today I interrupt my current series to bring you 6 quick tips for painting in the classroom. Before I get into the kinds of paintings I asked the children to create for their personal narratives, I think it’s important to share some of the tips for success with the “art” part of the lesson!Painting in the classroom is much easier to do than most teachers realize. In fact, I have come to believe that watercolor paints should be just as basic in the “regular” classroom as crayons and markers. They really are that simple and mess-free. (If you know the tricks!)Here are my top 6 tips for managing watercolor painting lessons:1- Take time to teach your students how to use watercolor paints properly.
Watercolor pencils can help you create beautiful watercolor works of art without having to use paints. Draw with your pencils on watercolor paper or thick papers that will hold water. You can then apply water by brushing it on or spraying your drawing. Figure 6: Painting foreground hill and rocks with watercolor How to paint sand. Let us now look at how to paint sand with watercolor. After using the same two colors to mix a dull brown to the consistency of creamy milk, take a brush with clean water and wet a section of the painting where some of the sea will merge with the sand.
There are two videos previously posted on this site: the first is a general “” video and the second is focused on, such as skin tones. Teach yourself these techniques and then teach them to your students. Modeling is critical! I always remind the children to get their paints wet and juicy before they start, rinse the brush well between colors, be gentle with the brush, and leave the wet painting flat to dry.2- Make the effort to gather the right quantity and size of water cups or bowls.
I really can’t overstate the importance of proper water containers. Too tall and they tip over easily. Too small and the children are constantly needing to change out the water.
You want something with a wide base (so it won’t tip over) that’s not too deep but not too shallow.I have found that a smaller size rectangular plastic container (the kind that comes with a lid) usually works well. It’s also nice if the plastic is clear because then you can draw a permanent marker line on the outside indicating where the water fill line should be. (Also known as the “Don’t fill the water over this line or you’ll get in trouble” line.)Quantity is a big issue too. If you have 5 students reaching across desks to share one water bowl, expect a mess.
Most accidents happen because students are reaching. Also, reaching across a table every time you need water really slows down the painting process. Water is a critical ingredient in watercolor painting! It’s ideal for each child to have his or her own water cup. The other good alternative is to have two students sitting side by side with a shared water between them.(For teachers who think their students “can’t handle” watercolor paints and cups of water I have to say this: My colleagues and I taught 3 year olds in preschool how to use watercolor paints independently. There was a little bin on the art shelf that held 2 trays of paints, 2 small cups with a line drawn halfway up, 2 brushes, and some sheets of paper. My little 3 year olds knew exactly what to do.
They took out the bin, laid out their paper and paint, carried the cup to the sink, filled it halfway with water, and returned to start painting. They also cleaned up the entire area independently. These were “regular” (energetic and active!) 3 year old children. If they can do it, elementary school students can do it!)3- Use quality materials.
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Cheap art materials (like dollar store paints and brushes) produce cheap-looking art. Cheap-looking art produces “cheap” writing, lacking inspiration and rich language. Sounds harsh but it’s true. It’s worth the extra dollar or two to get paints that have quality pigment and brushes that are going to hold the paint well.
I address this issue in the.4- Assign each child his or her own pan of watercolors. For several years I kept a class set of watercolor pans. I passed them out when we needed them and collected them when we were through. No matter how much I emphasized to the children the importance of rinsing their brush to prevent the paints from getting “muddy,” it seemed like after a few weeks my pans were always a mess! Then I started working with schools as a consultant/resident teacher. Several of the classroom teachers I worked with assigned the watercolor paints we ordered to students individually, writing their name or number on the front of the box.
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I was amazed by how much more invested the children became in keeping their paints neat and clean! Once they knew that those paints were theirs to live with all year (and take home when summer came,) they magically remembered to rinse their brushes! Imagine that! 😉I would never start a school year again without procuring a basic tray of Crayola or Prang watercolors for each student (with their name on it.) It’s a “necessity” to me now- right up there with glue and scissors!5- Get the right kind of paper!
It really matters. I address this issue in the. My favorite kind of paper to use for most of my painting projects is. I used to order the big sheets and cut them down, figuring I might want the big size for a large project. In reality, I spent too much time at the paper cutter trimming it down because 90% of the time I just need 9×12 paper. That’s the perfect size for students to fit on top of a desk alongside paint and water.
These days I just order the big ream of 9×12 80# white sulphite. It will last all year!
Avoid card stock, construction paper, and copy paper. They either shred and wrinkle or prevent the colors from mixing properly.6- Make a clear plan for passing out water, paints, and paper.
Most of the time, art-based lessons get “crazy” due to a lack of procedures. Teachers will tell me, “My lesson was a disaster! The kids were up all over the room, spilling water, dripping paint on the floor I’ll never do that again!” The real problem in those scenarios is that there were no clear procedures and routines for passing out and cleaning up the materials. I have a way of minimising potential pitfall number one.As a watercolourist myself I use two water containers: one for washing my brush and one for rinsing. I introduced this to the kids in my art classes, from year one, and although it is not fool proof and still requires some water changes along the way it does minimise it. I also have a system of how to set out the water containers that works really well (17years of teaching art in a primary school has given me time to develop a pretty good way of minimising potential spill hazards as you describe with kids reaching across each other to reach water and paint containers.
Here’s a link to a post that shows how I have the kids set up for painting. You are right the kids are very able to do this for themselves from a young age, I think it is important to arm them with the skills to do these things for themselves. It might take a bit of time to start with but once it’s an established routine they can do it very quickly! Really great for including a bit of choice based learning opportunities too once they know how to organise themselves.dette recently posted.