Nighttime Landscapes

It was time to create a painting and students were excited!  We began our artwork by painting our moon and our ground. We added metallic silver to add a glow to the night sky. While our paintings dried a bit, we looked at Carnival Evening by Henri Rousseau and discussed the spatial components of the painting. Rousseau was self-trained and inspired many Surrealist painters, including Salvador Dali.  Students next painted trees using care to paint some trees in the background and some in the foreground. The final touches were added.  We included some fire flies and some metallic gold to mimic fire flies from a distance.  The end results are magical!  I saw this idea on line.