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Design Your Own Planet, Watercolor Painting

In this 40 minute art class, learners will paint & draw their own martian landscape. Learn fun scientific facts about outer space while exploring a variety of watercolor techniques. Get ready to be creative!
Ms. Amy, Art Educator
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1 live meeting
40 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

US Grade 1 - 4
Beginner Level
Design Your Own Planet Adventure! 🌌🪐

Hello, Outschool Artists! Get ready for an exciting journey into the world of watercolor painting and outer space fun. Join me in designing your very own planet!

What to Expect:
🚀 Introduction to Alien Landscapes: Explore diverse planetary terrains, from erupting volcanos to frozen oceans.
🪐 Step-by-Step Martian Landscape: Follow along as we create a martian landscape, discussing foreground, middle ground, and background.
🎨 Creative Expression: Add your imaginative touch with 3-D craters, volcanos, galaxies, planets, and comets.
🎨 Colorful Techniques: Define your landscape with crayons or oil pastels, exploring warm and cool colors. Incorporate stars with a white crayon or oil pastel.
💦 Watercolor Painting: Experiment with a variety of watercolor techniques like wax-resist, wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, color blending, and lift-off (blotting).
🌌 Art Terminology: Discuss essential terms like form, sphere, cone, variety, movement, texture, and contrast.

Class Highlights:
🎨 Small Class Size: Limited to 6 learners for personalized attention.
🤔 Questions Encouraged: Ask anything during the class.
🌈 Unique Artworks: Every drawing is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
🌟 Show and Share: Proudly showcase your beautiful martian landscapes with the class.

After-Class Exploration:
🎨 Continued Creativity: Some learners may choose to add more details to their paintings after class.
🚀 Extended Session: If the section is full or nearly full, the class may run an extra 5 minutes to allow everyone a chance to share their artworks.

🚀 I also have a 'drawing only' version of this class.  You can view that class here:
https://outschool.com/classes/design-your-own-planet-draw-comets-stars-planets-volcanos-3-d-craters-q3AQaP8Z

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Supply List
Watercolor Paper
Pencil 
Crayons 
Watercolor paints
Paintbrushes (small round brush, and large flat brush)
Cup of water
Paper towels
Circles to trace: coins, lids, small cup, roll of tape, etc.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Space Encyclopedia, National Geographic Kids, A Tour of Our Solar System & Beyond, By: David A. Aguilar
Joined August, 2021
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Bachelor's Degree from University of Central Oklahoma
I have been an art educator for over 25 years.  I earned my bachelor’s degree in Art Education (K-12) from the University of Central Oklahoma.  I have taught in public schools, private schools, as well as homeschool co-op groups and private lessons.  I am an Outschool ACE Educator and have been teaching on the Outschool platform since August of 2021.  

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Meets once
40 min

Completed by 10 learners
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Ages: 6-10
1-6 learners per class

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