Second and Third Grade Learned about China and its Art

We began our unit of study on China with lessons on Chinese Brush painting  and Panda bears. We watched a video on brush painting and learned the traditional grip for the brush. Our first focus was painting bamboo with ink and then they were instructed the on the technique of painting Pandas.

The next lesson in the unit involved sculpting Pandas out of clay. After the Pandas dried and were fired it was time to paint them with acrylic paint. Stay tuned for a our final paintings of the unit when all the things we learned came together to create our finished work. Students in our classes benefited from the experience of Student Intern Clark duPont who came in a few hours either to Fleming or Summit Street once a week.