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wet-on-wet watercolor of pyramids

 
This is a wet-on-wet watercolor of pyramids that was done part of a main lesson block on Egypt.

tile of Egyptian goddess

This is a plaster tile project done as part of a main lesson block on Egypt. Plaster was poured into a casserole dish (9" x 13"). After the plaster was dried, it was broken into two pieces. The pieces were sanded (with the uneven shape left intact) until they were smooth. Then the image of a goddess was lightly drawn using pencil. Lastly, the entire image was brought to life using watercolor paints of fairly muted colors. The tile is intended to be representative of a piece of artwork that may have broken off from a larger piece and discovered later in history. 

Athena

We had so much fun with creating a plaster image during our block on Egypt that we did it again during our block on Ancient Greece. This is a tile similar to the one that was done above, only of the goddess Athena. The colors used are intended to reflect the two-toned artwork (black and gold) often found on ancient Greek vases.
 
During this same block, we also:
  • visited a museum with artifacts from Egypt and ancient Greece
  • studied Greek mythology
  • studied ancient terrain, including the major mountains, rivers, and deserts
  • drew maps of ancient lands
  • introduced the concept of historical timelines (A.D. and B.C.)
  • focused on aspects of cultural geography, including people, clothing, shelter, family life, religion, and food
  • created and ate various food from different ancient cultures 
  • experimented in creating dried papyrus scrolls
  • read about ancient cultures, including India, Mesopotamia, and Persia
  • told the stories of Buddha, Gilgamesh, and Krishna