Seascapes and Pattern Fish

Students in grades one through three created these beautiful underwater seascapes. We began by painting the ocean during the first class. Students had to mix different tints of blue using white paint. We also used curvy lines to simulate the movement of the ocean. During the next class, students drew and painted their fish using several different patterns and brightly colored watercolor paint. During the final class, students attached the fish to their seascape, added seaweed, and used stamping to create little crabs on the ocean floor. Lower elementary students need to be able to identify seascapes as well as know art vocabulary like tint and movement so this is a great lesson to reinforce those concepts!