Fabulous Sea Life Watercolors!

I have a new project- the sea life watercolors!!!! I had no idea these would be so fantastic.  Last Weds, students began drawing and coloring underwater scenes using oil pastels.  This week, we started with a 4 panel experiment (first picture) where students learned about 4 different watercolor techniques: plastic wrap textures, wet-on-wet painting, salt scars, and wax resist.  Then students applied these techniques to their sea life paintings.  Can you spot the techniques in the watercolors below?

Work in Progress: Sea Life Watercolors

My Wednesday elective is super awesome.  I have 24 kids who don't quite fit in the room but they make it work.  Over the past 2 Wednesdays they created a sea life watercolor.  Here are the first pictures of students looking at source materials and previous sketches to create an aquarium scene.  Get excited for their final results (to be posted soon...)!