here comes the sun

watercolor paper, pencils, sharpies, rulers, pictures of masks,
images of works by paul klee, liquid watercolors, paint brushes

This 2nd grade project focused on using the facial features (from the student directly across from them) in a mask-like style to create a playful, sunny face. The stress was not in realism by any means. Pictures of masks help to give them fresh ideas. The students then used the line to move their drawings into abstraction with a 5-line formula and a ruler. Show images of Paul Klee's work. Armed to paint, I used this opportunity to talk about complimentary colors, they were given instructions to paint each section with a color and to think about placing a complimentary color next to it. It wasn't long before their sunny faces began to warm my heart. You can't help but smile.