Giants in the city take a while to finish, but they are really cool when they're done. Students looked at examples of cityscapes and landscapes to begin understanding how things can look when they are far away or close by (perspective). They then brainstormed 4 ideas for a "giant in the city", and picked their favorite idea. They drew everything out in pencil, outline it in fine line sharpie. I made sure to tell them to add a lot of details to their cityscape, to make it interesting. They then went over everything with watercolor. For a group that is higher skill level, this is challenging but fun. Watercolor is hard because it mixes easily. Some of my other classes had more trouble with using watercolor, but this class did pretty well! I love how funny they are, and imaginative. I also had them write a short story about their giant in the city, and those were great as well.
The story that went with this mouse painting was great. :)
"The Leading Mouse" by Sage
There was a little, tiny, brown furred mouse with blue eyes. He was wandering when he heard a big bang. He followed the noise. It led to a creepy old lady.
She said "Hi little mouse. Want something to drink?"
The mouse squeaked.
"Here you go."
She gave the little mouse liquid of some sort. The mouse drank it. He got bigger and bigger. He crushed two houses, ate a building, and fifteen trees, eight dogs and last but not least he crushed the old lady.
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