Windy Days

We have been talking a lot about wind and looking at how artists illustrate wind in their work. Today I read the book Goodnight Kiss by Amy Hest. The story is a sweet bedtime tale and the illustrations are a wonderful example of wind. At the end of the book students discussed what they might add to the illustrations to demonstrate wind even more clearly. We had a great conversation full of brilliant ideas! Next we looked at more work by Van Gogh specifically the tall bent grasses and trees in the wind in contrast to calmer illustrations where the grass and trees are standing straight.

Students then used oil pastels to create a windy background on an evening sky. Next, on a separate piece of paper they illustrated a house using oil pastels and watercolor. When they put the two together they came to life! Wait until you see the work come home!