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Winter Landscapes

By Marcia Beckett | February 23, 2012 - 3:12 pm |July 5, 2024 American art, art history, first grade, winter

A colorful winter scene with children, trees, waterfall, house, and snowman. A bird flies in a snowy sky with mountains in the backdrop, capturing the essence of winter landscapes.

2^nd Grade Winter Landscapes

For this project, we read a book about Grandma Moses:

Grandma Moses (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists)

We discussed how to draw a river or road showing depth (by drawing it converging to a point in the distance). We talked about using size variation to show distance while drawing houses and other objects.

The students cut out mountains from gray paper and a snowy patch from white paper (I walked them through this step-by-step). Houses were cut from construction paper and details were added with crayons. Trees and snow were painted with watercolor cakes.

Child's drawing of a landscape with tents, a tree, a river, people, a camel, and faint mountains in the background.

Child's drawing of a winter village with mountains, tree, road, and various colorful houses under a blue sky with white spots.

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About Marcia Beckett

Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.

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