PAINTING TECHNIQUES
REINDEER PORTRAIT

For this project, 3rd-grade students learned about different painting techniques and how using these techniques produces different results. Students completed a worksheet by following along with the teacher. After the students tried out all 4 painting methods, they practiced using these methods to paint the tree on the bottom of the worksheet (see link below for downloadable worksheet).

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On the 2nd and 3rd day of the project, students create a winter-themed reindeer painting. The first part of the project is a directed drawing. After that, students use different colored paints to create the fur and background of their paintings. Students were required to use a couple of different painting techniques during this project.

 

This project could easily be modified and changed to allow for ever more flexibility. Instead of painting a reindeer, students can try painting a landscape or a portrait of a historical figure using the learned painting methods.