Dramatic Clouds

Romanticism is  important to history. Many artists of the 1800's used this to express emotion and glorification of the past or nature, in response to the industrial revolution. In this lesson students first practiced in watercolor. From a picture (choose clouds with unique colors, but grey is ok too) or looking at the clouds outside (weather permitting). After the watercolor practice students began painting on canvas and acrylic with lighter colors, white and yellow and progress to the darker colors. Sky Color by Peter Reynolds is a great story for younger students. 1/2019