Next the students had the opportunity to work with watercolors and look into the German Northern Renaissance painter Albrecht Durer.
- We tried to attempt a water wash technique (tying the lesson to the sunset in chapter 10 of Phantom Tollbooth) using only primary colors and watching them blend on the paper to make the secondary colors, but alas the quality of the paints didn’t allow for the effect…
- The student’s also were invited to use their abilities of observation by bird watching and painting a silhouette/outline of a bird, freehand, on a wire. When the paintings were hung in a row they created a great, long line of unique birds – just hangin’ out enjoying a sunset view.
- These Sunset Bird On A Wire paintings were framed before the holiday break and given as gifts from the students.
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— Jennifer Lonack
