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It has been so hard to wait to share this student work! This project has turned into one of my favorites. It's the first time we've tried this, and I already can't wait to do it with next year's third graders! I love when Art can mesh so well with other subjects, like it does through this project.
Third graders have been studying various landforms and bodies of water- islands, peninsulas, mountains, rivers, etc. To support that learning, as well as gain some color-mixing experience, students made paintings inspired by Google EarthView images. These photos are satellite images of the earth's surface, and they are just beautiful! Each student chose a photo and spent about 5 weeks turning it into a painting. I wanted each student to be able to identify the landforms found in their photo, and then to recreate the image as accurately as possible. We spent one whole class period just practicing mixing colors! I also wanted students to truly LOOK at their photo and replicate even the tiniest details and textures. And here are the finished products! They are such close matches that it's hard to tell which is the student painting and which is the photograph! The student work is the top photo, and the image from Google is at the bottom.
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