LANDSCAPES

WALT: Experiment with Watercolours to produce different effects

WILF: THAT YOU HAVE CONSIDERED HOW TO REPRESENT THAT PARTICULAR TEXTURE OR MATERIAL

COLOURS WILL RUN (BLEED) INTO EACH OTHER WHEN WET

Wet on dry

Wet on wet

1.Painting on a backgroundPaint a pale wash and let it dry. (Green)

2.

Paint an area

Then, using scrunched up tissue paper, take some of the paint away-

Don’t press too hard or all the paint will go!

You can also use clingfilm.

UNDER THE SEA

3. Wet on wet

Wet the paper with your brush

Then start adding colours and they will blend together quickly

THE SEA

Use different greens whilst the background green is still wet

Dot the page as opposed to brushing to show leaves

4.

dry brush- put the brush into the paint without soaking it in water. Hold the brush to the paper and flick away.

5.

1. Painting on a backgroundNow that your background has dried- we can add a darker colour on top. The more you brush along the paint, the stronger the colour will be.

After painting your thin grass lines,Get some paint on your brush and flick against your fingers

6.

Wax resistDraw the white lines with a white crayon or a candle. When you paint over the white lines will show through.

7.

Blending two colours together graduallyStart by using long strokes with one colour.Then begin changing the colours as you move down the page, brushing slightly over the last colour.

8.

PLENARY

Discuss as a class:Which techniques did you find easy/ hard?Which are your favourite?Which techniques could you use to create sky, grass, trees etc?