Exploring movement and rhythm with hard-edge painting.(Painting With Style And Fair)

Arts & Activities | April 1, 2005| | Copyright

My fourth-graders had been studying painting periods such as Romanticism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Abstractionism and Surrealism. We had looked at paintings by Wood, Miro, Picasso. Kandinsky, Matisse, van Gogh and Renoir. The students had fun guessing what kind of paint had been used in each instance. We discussed the similarities and differences of the paintings, and brainstormed about why certain artists chose certain mediums with which to paint.

Next, we concentrated on watercolor paintings. I demonstrated first and then had the students try ...

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