Little Ashcan is traveling back to the present and learning about American contemporary realist painter, Joseph Raffael. A lot of his paintings are done in watercolor and feature various flowers. Last week, students experimented with a lot of watercolor-like natural pigments—from coffee to beet juice. This week, they are learning to use actual watercolors!
Little Ashcan is moving on from simplistic cave inspired art onto realistic paintings of flowers. Students will sketch these flowers from life, and paint. They will learn to paint from light to dark—so they can build contrast easily.