The great wave art lesson for kids

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OCEAN WAVE ART LESSON can be used for grade K-8. Large or small painting surface, acrylic or tempera paints. Perfect for in class or studio art lesson.

Fifth grade artists are painting their GORGEOUS Hokusai-inspired Great Waves! Perfect use of oil pastel-watercolor resist to create texture and movement!

This week I introduced some of my kindergarten, first, and second grade students to the work of artist Katsushika Hokusai , Japan’s best known artist. Hokusai was born in 1760, in Edo (what is now...

Art Appreciation for kids – Take a look at Katsushika Hokusai's The Great Wave – a unit study on printmaking and Japanese art for kids

This is a watercolor lesson that is inspired by Hokusai's The Great Wave.

I have always been drawn to this wonderful image created in about 1830 by Hokusai as a woodcut. It was one of 36 views of Mt. Fuji that he published as a book. This woodblock was printed about 5000 times until the lines started to wear away and they couldn't create a good print anymore, that's how popular this art was and still is. Although the huge claw like wave is sometimes assumed to be a Tsunami, it is an okinami ("wave of the open sea"). Since I am doing an Ocean unit I decided to try…

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Original Painting by Hokusai Cute kid friendly video about the life and paintings of Hokusai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cebBWjgGAAQ -------- Mrs. Clanton's 4th grade class Andruw, Caesar, Mariah, kaylee, Tanya's & Megan --------------- Teacher Example Get it Drawn Warm sky (Red, orange, yellow & pink) Here I used tempera cakes Cool Water (Green, blue & Violet) Here I used watercolor crayons coloring in the direction of the wave. Finish With Water Great Lesson here from Deep Space…