5th graders have been learning to create a sense of space (in this case, depth from foreground to background) through relative size and detail, as well as through color value, in these landscape paintings. This is a challenging lesson that requires students to create their own color values through mixing acrylic paints, as well as use smaller brushes for the first time to add their foreground details. In the lead up to this project, students also learned how early paintings of some of our country's most iconic landscapes changed American attitudes about wilderness and contributed to the preservation of some of these places as national parks.
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