5th Grade Project: Impressionism - Watercolor 2: Washes

As part of their work in watercolor the 5th grade tried different styles of washes.  They experienced wet paper and dry paper, as well as wet brush and dry brush.  These showed the students the very different results and how much water can effect the final product.

To help the students with their control of the media, they traced circles into each of the four sections of their paper.  They then applied their wash outside the circle first.  As they finished the area outside of the circles, they moved onto the next section to let the first dry.  This they repeated until the outside sections were all finished.  Once the outsides were all complete the students returned to the inner-circle sections of their chart.
They would then duplicate the wash inside the circle; paying particular attention to not letting their new paint mix with their older paint.