combining colors, shapes, and patterns from nature, books, and your own experiences

using a variety of tools and methods to apply paint

Watercolour water collaboration

Art and design

How has water been depicted by artists, makers and designers

Sketchbook experimentation: water-like marks

Depicting water with watercolour and collage

Painting with water as a subject

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

What do we call the different ways artists use paint to create their artwork?

When artists work together, it is called collaboration.

When might an artist use a tissue with watercolour?

What do we call the painting technique where an artist uses a crayon to draw on paper and then paint over it with watercolours?

When artists work together, it is called ...

What paint colour do we mix to make a colour lighter?

Starter Quiz

What do we call the painting technique where an artist uses a crayon to draw on paper and then paint over it with watercolours?