You first wet the desired area of the paper with clean water, then drop or brush wet paint into it, allowing the colors to spread and fuse for a dreamy, uncontrolled look. This method is ideal for backgrounds, soft skies, or achieving blurry, out-of-focus effects where crisp lines are not desired. 

• What it is: A smooth, even layer of color with no change in tone.

• How to do it: Load your brush with watery pigment and paint in horizontal strokes from top to bottom. Keep the paper tilted slightly so the wet edge carries the pigment down.

• Effect: Creates a uniform background (like a clear blue sky).

2. Graded Wash

• What it is: A wash that goes from dark to light, or from one color to another, by gradually reducing pigment.

• How to do it: Start with strong color at the top, then add more water (or blot your brush slightly) as you move down so the wash fades smoothly.

• Effect: Useful for depth, sunsets, shading, or creating perspective.

3. Variegated Wash

• What it is: A wash with two or more colors blending into each other while still wet.

• How to do it: Apply one color first, then quickly introduce a second (or third) color while the surface is still damp. Let the colors flow and merge naturally.

• Effect: Great for expressive skies, water reflections, or abstract effects.

4 .Tips for success:

• Work quickly while the paper is wet.

• Use a large, soft brush to avoid streaks.

• Always mix more paint than you think you’ll need—consistency is key.

• Tilt or move the paper to guide the flow.

Create a layered mountain landscape in watercolour, applying the different wash and blending techniques you have learned earlier.

Work on two separate papers: one A5 size and one A4 size.

Pay attention to quality, control of washes, and depth through layering.

Create a layered mountain landscape in watercolour, applying the different wash and blending techniques you have learned earlier.

Work on two separate papers: one A5 size and one A4 size.

Pay attention to quality, control of washes, and depth through layering.

Activity: Poster Making – “Be Their Voice”

This activity fosters empathy, creativity, and social awareness. It helps students understand the importance of respecting and protecting animals through visual communication. By learning about symbolism, design, and advocacy, students develop both artistic and critical-thinking skills.
Collaborative poster making also enhances teamwork and communication, encouraging them to become compassionate, responsible global citizens who can use art to make a positive change.

Key Concepts

• Perspective:
  We explore different views of leadership and how leaders can be represented in many ways through art.

• Function:
  We think about what leaders do, how they guide others, and how this can be shown using shape, pose and materials.

• Responsibility:
  We reflect on the responsibility leaders have and how working respectfully in a team shows leadership.

Learner Profile

• Communicators:
  We share ideas, explain choices and communicate meaning using only pebbles.

• Principled:
  We work fairly, respect others’ ideas and use materials responsibly.

• Risk-takers:
  We try new ideas, experiment with materials and accept creative challenges.

Approaches to Learning (ATL)

• Collaboration:
  We work in pairs, listen to each other and share leadership roles.

• Creative Thinking:
  We transform simple materials into powerful ideas and symbols.

• Decision-Making:
  We make thoughtful choices about composition, materials and meaning as a team.