Starry Skylines

The Kindergarten through third grades are currently creating Starry Night inspired skylines. I painted/primed the illustration board yellow, for the children using acrylic 2-3rd grades. In kindergarten and 1st they are using tempera, so I did not prime the illustration board. The results were exciting. We discussed texture, movement, motion, and emotion. I described what a skyline might include, types of trees, kinds of buildings, landmarks, or landscapes. We learned that it is the horizon, where land meets sky, or the sunrises or sets. In one class the sky was painted, in a second the skyline.