Wednesday, May 6, 2015

2/3s Paint Chinese Scroll Paintings

Tying in to the classroom study of China, the 2/3s became familiar with traditional Chinese scroll painting, and tried their hands at creating their own scrolls. Watercolor backgrounds were painted on a vertical paper. Once dried, drops of black ink were applied to the bottom of the paper and lines representing branches were blown upward through a straw.  Names were then written in Chinese, and bamboo skewers were glued to the top and bottom to allow the scrolls to look authentic and hang straight.

Laying in the watercolor sky

Working around the moon shape

Practicing blowing out the ink for tree branches

Gaining control of the medium

Practicing a name in Chinese characters

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