Fine Arts Mini-Experience

This morning was our first FAME (Fine Arts Mini-Experience) lesson of the year. Our primary instructor was Mrs. Thompson, and today the students in Room 16 learned all about watercolor. Mrs. Thompson took the class step-by-step through a watercolor creation of their very own of a snowy forest scene.

The students LOVED the lesson and their modern art masterpieces will be coming home as special holiday gifts to you!

Thank you, Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Lewis for your terrific lesson this morning. We are so privileged to have you as a special part of the class! We look forward to our next FAME lesson in 2012.

-Mr. McMurray

Mrs. Thompson introduces the art of watercolor.

Tables are prepped ahead of time in 

anticipation of our class watercolor project.

This special painting was the subject of discussion

regarding watercolor techniques.

This is the model that Mrs. Thompson 

provided. Each student created a similar

piece following her directions.

After painting the sky blue above the horizon line,

students painted a mountain line across the page separating

the sky from the snow and forest.

Following the mountains, students painted streaks 

of a snowy landscape and then a large tree on the

lower right-hand side of the paper.

We learned how to "dab" our paintbrushes 

and mix colors in order to get the picture just right.

The final touch was a flick of snow across the 

painting that Mrs. Thompson handled to avoid

any final problems or possible touch-ups.