Capturing A Sunset

This week I would like to invite you to observe a sunset. Take a picture of it if you can. Notice all the colors that combine to create it's beauty. 

Update: Observe the snow outside and capture a snowy day in a jar. 

This lesson is inspired by Joanne Liu's "My Sunset Collection" where she recreated nine sunsets she had observed. I love that instead of a tradition sunset drawing she instead placed each sunset in a jar, this way she could collect them and keep them for her memory and to share with us. 

We are going to draw the sunsets we have observed/taken a picture of. 

Materials:

Paper

Pencil

Colored Pencils or Markers

Directions:

1. You can be inspired by Joanne Liu's Jars and draw your sunset in a Jar or you can make it look like a photograph. For mine I choose to make it look like a Polaroid. 

2. Draw your jar or photograph

3. Color your sunset in or snowy day.

4. Take a black pencil or marker and draw any objects you see over the top of the sunset

5. When your finished share it with me at ajjameson@graniteschools.org

I would love to see what you make!