Week 1
Lesson 1
Painting the Background for Sky at Night
Using blue watercolor paint, we will create a background painting using wet-on-wet technique to create the illusion of looking up at the sky at night. Students will practice drawing trees in preparation for the next class. To flatten paintings in between classes, once completely dry, students can place them under a stack of heavy books. Students will upload their paintings before the next class session.
 Week 2
Lesson 2
Painting the Landscape
teacher demo and student painting of stars in the sky, using white paint and back end of paint brush, as well as painting trees and foliage in black silhouette around entire edge of paper (all 4 sides). Paper will be set aside to dry, and then shared in the classroom before the next class session.
 Week 3
Lesson 3
Painting the Background for Underwater Scene
Using blue watercolor paint, we will again use the wet-on-wet technique, and applying additional techniques, this time to create the illusion that we are underwater, looking up at the surface. Once again, we will flatten dry paintings in between classes, under a stack of heavy books to flatten them. Students will upload their paintings and give each other positive comments on their efforts.
Students will select and practice drawing an ocean animal to paint next week, sharing their drawings in th
 Week 4
Lesson 4
Painting the Underwater Scene
Teacher demo and student painting of a coral reef around the edges of the paper, with additional details of ocean plants an animals, as well as main ocean animal to paint in/near the middle of the paper. This will be set aside to dry, and shared in the classroom for final comments.