Students continued to develop their skills working with pastels and water-colour paint.

First, students considered the idea of perspective and drew a horizon line to distinguish the wall from the tabletop. Then it was time to use lines and variety to design the background wall and the foreground table. After drawing first with pencil, then tracing over with oil pastels and adding a few more details it was time to put a paint wash over top. We talked about the idea of resist. We also looked at the colour wheel and examined the idea of complimentary colours.

Students designed a mug using the same technique with pastels and water-colour paint. Once the mugs were placed onto the tabletop a handle was added and a little “steam”.