Fall Painting

Cooler air has blown into Houston over the weekend and we are celebrating by blowing some fall trees into our world. Students are using India Ink and a brush to paint in the trunk and roots then blow the organic lines of the branches out where the wind my take them! We are learning to not be afraid of those magic moments that might happen in art when we allow the medium to take over. The branches are more natural and less structured than if they mechanically drew out each branch.
After the branches were created we are going back into our painting with watercolor techniques to add the bright fall colors.

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Multiple watercolor techniques were demonstrated: 
*wet on wet application   
*splattering of primary colors 
*spraying with water to blend
*plastic wrap to create texture

Once the watercolor paint has dried students were asked to outline the contour of the shapes formed in the paint. Slight variances in color and value can be outlined to help create the leaf groupings and shapes in the trees.

A simple painting project with lovely results highlights a variety of painting techniques and helps students  to understand organic shapes and recognizing different values.

We are starting to upload the finished fall foliage images to our Artsonia gallery. The Cardinal artists' hope you enjoy the paintings as much as we enjoyed making them!

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