Winslow Homer Seascapes

First Grade students looked at artwork by Winslow Homer. Like many artists, he painted what was around him. He lived near the ocean so he painted many seascapes. He also liked to show the power of the ocean, so many of his seascapes show waves crashing into each other and on the shore. Students painted two papers, one for the sea, one for the sky. Then they ripped the sea paper to create a jagged white edge, for the waves. They glued these to the sky. Finally, they created a sailboat with cut paper. They glued these boats to a popsicle stick to actually "sail" it through the waves.