Today the students
finished up their landscapes by painting over their drawings with watercolor. Because of the spelling bee, we
were a little short on time and a lot of students weren’t able to finish. Before painting, I talked to them for a
little about the Hudson River School art movement and showed a few examples of
American Landscape painting. We talked a
little bit about the motives behind painting these and discussed themes such as
the sublime, exploration, and settlement.
The students had some insightful comments and observations. I pointed out some of the perspective
techniques in the paintings to help the students apply those skills to their
own paintings.
Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California by Albert Bierstadt (1868)
Here's how some of their paintings turned out:
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