Water color Assignment

The Assignment: Students will create a final watercolor project using a half sheet of Arches water color paper. Students will create a composition with a foreground, mid-ground and background wash with overlapping objects to create depth. The composition should break out in 3 or more areas from the background wash .

Students will be creating a painting in the style of watercolor artist Karlyn Holman. We will be working on developing composition and learning new techniques in watercolor. We will be working on an practice techniques together in class. Students will then move to a larger painting working with nature, fantasy or another theme of your their choice.

Karlyn Holman with her work

Here is an example of a painting in the style we will be creating.

Abstracted stones and water, with wax paper, gauze and negative painting

Resources:

We will be using the following sites and resources in class during this unit.

Wash techniques in watercolor

http://www.watercolorlearningcenter.com/watercolor-lessons-and-exercises.html

So what is watercolor paint made of...http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/pigmt1.html

Water Color techniques

Students will be graded on composition and overlapping(interaction of objects), use of source images to create highlights, midtones and shadows and shapes, and creativity.

Vocabulary:

Positive Painting

Negative Painting

Wash

Bleed back

Transparent Color

Opaque Color

Colors

Pigment

Palette

Hot press/cold press paper

Learning Targets:

Students will-

• learn how to use watercolor brushes to create washes

• learn how to use salt, sponges, plastic wrap and masking fluid to create textures

• use color theory practices to mix and create colors using watercolor pigment

Step 1:

Students will use a piece of cold pressed watercolor paper to practice washes, create textures and practice varying techniques.

The following techniques will be demonstrated in class:

Salt

Sponge

wax paper

Plastic wrap

rubber cement/masking fluid

washes

pull out techniques with the brush

Wet on wet

wet on dry

alcohol

negative painting

positive painting

Please see the resource websites for additional information concerning how to do the above techniques if you have missed the demonstration.

http://www.watercolorlearningcenter.com/watercolor-lessons-and-exercises.html