Deer Watercolor
School: Shutesbury Elementary School
City/State: Shutesbury, MA
Grade(s): 6
Format(s): Visual arts
Subject(s): Visual Arts
Project Overview
This watercolor painting was done by a 6th grade student from the Shutesbury Elementary School, in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. Watercolor art was a class-wide study in the classroom, and students took on personal watercolor projects related to the artistic problems they were working on. This student turned this image into a note card, and created sets.
The student who painted this scene went on to study at the Rhode Island School of Design and became a professional glass artist.
How This Project Can Be Useful
- Exemplifies the process of allowing a student to work to his or her strengths
- Demonstrates powerful artistic work done by a young student
- A fine model of restraint and use of negative space in a painted image
- An excellent model of watercolor technique
- Highlights the many and varied ways that students engage in productive and meaningful work