Sketchbook experimentation: water-like marks

Art and design

How has water been depicted by artists, makers and designers

Depicting water with watercolour and collage

Painting with water as a subject

Watercolour water collaboration

Make a collaborative mixed media collage

Through investigations and studies of a diverse range of artworks based on water, pupils will make their own observations and records of the subject. They will make collaborative temporary collages based upon the theme of water.

Reflections on water: introducing painting

Let it sit in paint until you need it again.

Clean it after you use it so it’s ready for next time.

Which is the best way to leave a paintbrush after using it?

Watercolour paints can be layered to show reflections on water.

a type of paint that you mix with water to make it look soft 

A tool used to put paint on paper is called a:

What should you do with a paintbrush after you use it?

Adding black to this colour will make it:

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.

Sketchbook experimentation: water-like marks

Lesson outcome

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.