Peaceful, quiet, leisurely all describe the scene in Room 204 in Ansin. Painting with watercolors is not an exact process, however, it does require some pre-planning. Students must first draw or sketch what they intend to paint. They need to carefully mix the colors with water and each other to create the right shade to match the photo. On Tuesday, they were all painting a farm scene from a photo. Although not an exact process, many of their paintings "matched" the farm photo quite well.
For two weeks in March, the entire Lawrence Academy community shifts its attention from the regular academic routine to intensive courses of study that are dedicated to experiential learning. In small groups of eight to sixteen, students and teachers plunge together into the world outside the classroom (LA-Website).
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Painting Peace
Peaceful, quiet, leisurely all describe the scene in Room 204 in Ansin. Painting with watercolors is not an exact process, however, it does require some pre-planning. Students must first draw or sketch what they intend to paint. They need to carefully mix the colors with water and each other to create the right shade to match the photo. On Tuesday, they were all painting a farm scene from a photo. Although not an exact process, many of their paintings "matched" the farm photo quite well.
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