Grade 1 Farm Landscapes

First Graders looked at different artists including Andrew Wyeth, Vincent Van Gogh, Walt Curlee, and Claude Monet. Then we talked about perspective and learned that objects further away are smaller. We learned about the foreground, middle ground, background, and the horizon line in a landscape. Students had a fun time coming up to the Smart board and drawing the horizon line on the screen. They were amazed with how the "magic pen" changed colors on the screen. Then we drew our own landscapes. First we started with the horizon line and then drew our farmhouses.

Next, we used our rulers to draw perspective lines (rows of crops) that all started from the outside of our page and met our farmhouse. Students also learned how to draw a three-dimensional house.

After, we drew clouds in the sky with white pastels and then painted on top using watercolors. These first graders did an amazing job!