Spooky Silhouettes

2nd grade students became familiar with collage and watercolor techniques by creating a mixed media masterpiece of a Spooky House at sunset. The class began by making comparisons between Ellsworth Kelley's "Spectrum" and the sky at sunset, talking about analogous and transition colors. They created their backgrounds using wet-on-wet watercolor techniques and salt application, using analogous colors to create a scale reminiscent of Kelley's work. When these were dry, they cut out silhouettes of images that they associated with Halloween.
Well done!