This fourth grade art lesson teaches students proper use of pastels, blending, shading, and utilizes creativity. Students learn what a landscape is and famous artists, such as Joseph M.W. Turner, who made these famous. Students select a picture of a landscape to create and begin with the sky, grass, and finally a "main point," such as mountains, the sun, clouds, trees, etc. Students blend, tint, and shade to create a realistic masterpiece! Students are not limited to their pictures, however, and encouraged to add, draw, or blend away until they create their desired landscape. Even the least artistic students can create a beautiful work of art with this activity.
An easy extension of this activity is in science or social studies. If students are learning about China they can be given pictures to blend of Chinese landscape. The same goes for mountain formation, lava in Hawaii, plate tectonics, river valleys, etc. Students could each draw separately and compare and contrast the Nile River versus the Missouri.
An easy extension of this activity is in science or social studies. If students are learning about China they can be given pictures to blend of Chinese landscape. The same goes for mountain formation, lava in Hawaii, plate tectonics, river valleys, etc. Students could each draw separately and compare and contrast the Nile River versus the Missouri.
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