CLOUDS!!!!!!-Assignment 7-Option 4

Recommended for grades K-5

Objective: To know and practice new ways to draw, paint, or create clouds in your artwork by looking at examples, watching a video, and experimenting. 

To know how clouds are formed by watching a video.

To know and describe different kinds of clouds by looking at an infographic. 

To be observant of the clouds you see in the sky outside at different times of day and on different days of the weeks by seeing how they can be different colors, shapes, and sizes.  

Materials needed: Lots of different options for this project, so you don't need anything specific. 

Hello Artists,

      We are focusing on clouds for this lesson.  I had so much fun making examples for this lesson.  There are so many ways for artists to make clouds and many more ways than the examples pictured here.  Clouds are fun to create because they don't have to look any certain way.  They are organic shapes meaning that they are not made up of perfectly straight lines or perfectly round edges. In 8th grade, I was challenged with having to memorize and describe all the different types of clouds.  For this, I drew all the different types of clouds and labeled them.  I had so much fun because I got to combine two of my favorite subjects together, science and art.  You do not have to do that for this art lesson, but I do want you to learn some more information about clouds, and experiment with making clouds in a way you have not done before. 

    In the coming days and weeks, I want you to really observe clouds in the sky at different times of day and on different kinds of weather days. Ask yourself these questions:

Are clouds always ALL white? What other colors make up a cloud?

Can clouds look like the color of the rainbow? 

Do some clouds look high, while others look low?

Can you see different kinds of animals, people, and places in the shape of clouds?

Below is a video on how clouds are formed. Please watch this video to understand clouds a little better.  Younger kids may need their parents to assist with explaining. 

Here is an infographic that shows the different types of clouds:

Here is an optional children's book to watch on the sky:

Here is a present-day artist that creates cloud art for a living...

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/06/suspended-cloud-paintings-by-joris-kuipers/

The following is a video I made on how to make clouds using oil pastel. THESE ARE SO CREAMY AND DELICIOUS TO CREATE!!! 

Now here are a bunch of different ways to make clouds(pictured below).  Most of these pictures I created and some of them I found on the internet.  I hope these give you some ideas on how you could make some of your own clouds.  After you've looked at the pictures, then I want you to experiment with making clouds in a way you never have before. You can make a full sky scene with clouds or just create clouds themselves.

Waterproof Pen

 Watercolor on old book pages, cut out in the shape of clouds

 White and Gray Oil Pastel Clouds with a Blue Watercolor Wash

Oil Pastel Cloud As Shown in "How To" Video I Made

Black Sharpie and Plastic Googley Eyes

White and Blue Tempera Paint

Clouds Made with Blue Tempera Using a Toilet Paper Tube 

Cardboard Painted with White Tempera and a Blue Watercolor Wash Behind It

Embroidery Thread and Glue

 White Puffy Paint

 White Buttons, Glue, and a Watercolor Wash

Blended White, Pink, and Purple Crayon

White and Gray Crayon

Oil Pastel-Many Different Colors

Old Book Pages Painted with Watercolor and Cut Out to make Clouds and Rain

Watercolor Clouds

Found Online

Magazine Collage Clouds

Cloud Patterns

Stuffed Paper Sewn Clouds 

       I could keep going with ideas, but I will stop here.  If you enjoyed learning about clouds, I would strongly encourage you to do more research.  Research often makes our artwork much more interesting, and helps one to think outside the box.