Watercolor workshop for Homeschool Students at CCU
Maura Kenny’s Gallery Exhibit: Out of Hobcaw
ARTE 310 – Tuesday, March 25, 2014
10:50 – 11:15 a.m. – ARTE 310 students set up classroom / prepare supplies
11:15 – 11:25 a.m. – class meeting / verbal run through
11:30 a.m. – home-schooled students arrive, directed to gallery
ARTE 310 students lead workshop they collaboratively planned, including initial technology introduction to what they will see, gallery tour and discussion, studio activity (watercolor painting), student critique, digital documentation
11:35 – 11:50: individual tours of the gallery exhibit with your buddy
11:50: Grades 3 – 6 in Rm. 124, Grades 7 – 9 in gallery
11:55 – 12:00 – introduction to activity and materials
12:00 – 12:50 – assist your buddy in creating swatches showing 8 different watercolor techniques. Students will have roughly six minutes for each technique. Before beginning to paint, have students draw a few lines or shapes with the masking pen in #5, and draw a few shapes with EITHER warm or cool colored crayons in #6.
12:50 p.m. – clean up and closure
1:00 p.m. – home-schooled students leave; ARTE 310 debriefing and reflection
11:15 – 11:25 a.m. – class meeting / verbal run through
11:30 a.m. – home-schooled students arrive, directed to gallery
ARTE 310 students lead workshop they collaboratively planned, including initial technology introduction to what they will see, gallery tour and discussion, studio activity (watercolor painting), student critique, digital documentation
11:35 – 11:50: individual tours of the gallery exhibit with your buddy
11:50: Grades 3 – 6 in Rm. 124, Grades 7 – 9 in gallery
11:55 – 12:00 – introduction to activity and materials
12:00 – 12:50 – assist your buddy in creating swatches showing 8 different watercolor techniques. Students will have roughly six minutes for each technique. Before beginning to paint, have students draw a few lines or shapes with the masking pen in #5, and draw a few shapes with EITHER warm or cool colored crayons in #6.
- 1. Wet on Wet – paint space with water first, then drop in color, move around, see how it blends
- 2. Color to color – paint space with water first, then use only two primary colors, start adding one color to one side, pull into center, then add the other color from the opposite side, pull into center, where the colors should blend and make a secondary color
- 3. Salt – lay some colors down, then sprinkle some salt on top (do not remove salt until paper is dry)
- 4. Wet on dry / dry brush – do not wet paper first, add color onto dry paper, then for dry brush effect take water out of brush that may still have some color in it, apply to paper (will look scratchy)
- 5. Masking – once mask pen lines are dry, paint around it. Once paper is dry, peel mask pen lines off to reveal white of paper
- 6. Crayon resist – after crayon is added to paper, paint on top with complementary colors (if warm colors of crayon, choose cool colors of paint; if cool colors of crayon, choose warm colors of paint)
- 7. Experimental (spray) – First, cover all spaces except for 7 with newsprint. Then, use spritz bottles of color to add
- 8. Fade – one color in variations of saturation – add more water to lighten up as you go down or across the area
12:50 p.m. – clean up and closure
1:00 p.m. – home-schooled students leave; ARTE 310 debriefing and reflection
Gallery Etiquette
There are some rules when you go into a gallery. These rules are in place for your safety and to protect the artwork.
Gallery questions
Created by ARTE 310 students intended for kids in grades 3 – 9
1. Friendfield Village
2. Old Vereen House
3. Joshua’s Memories
4. The Wedding Party
5. Early Gator
6. Blue Flag, Iris Virginica
7. Thunderhead over Oyster Landing
8. Eight Point Whitetail Deer
9. Man and Swamp 2
10. ARTE 504
11. Bee Keeper
12. Maymester
There are some rules when you go into a gallery. These rules are in place for your safety and to protect the artwork.
- No eating or drinking in the gallery.
- No running in the gallery.
- Please stay an arm’s length away from works of art. Never touch a piece of art, no matter how curious you are. Oil from your hands will damage artworks.
- Pencils only in the gallery.
- Enjoy the artwork!
Gallery questions
Created by ARTE 310 students intended for kids in grades 3 – 9
1. Friendfield Village
- What do you see in this painting?
- Who do you think lives in this house?
- Does it look like an old house? How do you know?
- Does it look like a nice place to live? Would you live here? Why?
- What colors has the artist used in this piece?
2. Old Vereen House
- Can you describe this house and how it makes you feel?
- Have you seen an old farm building or house while driving around in this area?
- Can you point out the foreground, middle ground and background?
3. Joshua’s Memories
- What do you see in this picture?
- Why do you think this piece might be titled, “Joshua’s Memories”? Why do people share memories with one another?
- Do you have any special relationships with an older adult?
4. The Wedding Party
- What do you think is going on in this picture?
- Why are the people shown transparent?
- Why do you think the artist chose to stitch the image of the people on top of the painting?
5. Early Gator
- What kind of animals are you learning about in your studies?
- What do you know about alligators?
- Do you think you will ever see an alligator that is this color?
- How did the artist capture light and shadows?
- What would it be like to see an alligator this close up?
6. Blue Flag, Iris Virginica
- If you were able to touch this flower in real life, how do you think it would feel?
- How has the artist implied texture? Does the flower look delicate or rough?
- How do the colors make you feel when you look at it? What emotions?
- From looking at the background of the painting, what time of day do you think this is?
7. Thunderhead over Oyster Landing
- When you see this, what is the first thing that comes to your mind?
- Have you seen the sky look like this on a hot summer day?
- What are some of the colors that may have been mixed together in this painting?
8. Eight Point Whitetail Deer
- Have you ever seen a deer? If so, what was that experience like?
- What does it mean when we say this is an “eight point” whitetail deer?
- Why do you think the artist used such vibrant colors instead of realistic colors?
- Look at the plants around the deer. How might the artist have created those? (What techniques might she have used?)
- How do you think art and nature are related?
9. Man and Swamp 2
- Have you ever been to a swamp before?
- What do you think the man is doing in the swamp?
- Why do you think the man came to the swamp?
10. ARTE 504
- Do you like being outside? What about it do you like?
- What is it like to drive down a dirt road?
- What is it like to look at nature in an area that has been preserved from development?
11. Bee Keeper
- Have you ever seen a beekeeper?
- Why are bees important to people?
- How do they help the ecosystem?
- How can people protect bees?
12. Maymester
- Have you ever been caught in a storm?
- Have you ever gone fishing on a boat?
- These people are students and researchers studying the water and sea life. What can people learn from studying our ecosystems and habitats?