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Mountain Landscapes
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Deep in the country of Mexico lies the Sierra Madre Mountain range. My 5th grade students created these beautiful mountain landscapes that included at least 3 landscape details.
The details suggested for their painting were: Horizon Line, Foreground with trees and plants, Middle ground with hills, smaller trees, rivers or streams, and Background with mountains, sky etc.
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Sketch
First, students used pencils to sketch out their drawings
Paint
Next they painted with premium tempera paints, I brought out the egg cartons filled with lots of colors. Students started with the warm colors then continued painting with the cool colors.
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It is all in the details…
Some added cabins with snow capped mountains, while others added streams and rivers.
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Outline
Once the vibrant landscape paintings were dried, students outlined all the details with black tempera paint.
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Texture
Last step is to use oil pastels to add implied texture.
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Admire
I love seeing the beautiful colors hanging in the hallway…
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Keep on Creating!
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