It's all about perspective.

 

Fourth grade did a color study where they had to paint a sunset.  We discussed how this color order makes sense.  They showed good use of space as they painted the sun first and then added the other colors in order from there.  We then talked about perspective and how we want to make our composition seem like we are looking up.  We painted ink trees from different angles and diluted the ink to create ghost trees that appear further back.  Fourth grade got it!  

 

Chinese characters.

Second and third grade worked on Chinese Characters in class.  We discussed language and how it is very different in different places.  We used black paint rather than ink for these.  it was a good time!

2014 Year of the Horse.

My fourth grade students learned about the Chinese New Year and how it is the year of the horse.  We celebrated by doing some ink drawings of none other than, well, a horse.  I tried to teach them to be free flowing with their brush strokes.  They also demonstrated that they could ink "horse" in Chinese.