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