Lincoln Line Design Landscapes

Wouldn't it be fun to live out in the country? What if you could paint your fields? How about drawing patterns on them? First grade students created their landscapes with pencil. We talked about adding trees, a barn, silo, clouds and a sun.

Then the designs emerged.
Using two different sheets of paper with inspirational design patterns, students filled in their field sections with a variety of designs. 

When everything was drawn or traced with permanent marker, then the designs were colored with crayons. We wanted to use crayons because we knew they would resist the next medium added: water color glitter paint!

This was very challenging for first grade, but you can see that they were very creative and their finished products are gorgeous!