During our social studies unit on Japan, students studied the Japanese ukiyo-e artist, Hokusai. We looked at his famous landscape prints, "36 Views of Mount Fuji." As we studied his work, we also discussed the importance of Mount Fuji in Japanese culture.
For this project, we studied Hokusai's 36 prints, noticing what each print had in common. Students spent a couple days making different sketches, before they decided on the sketch they would use for their final project. Each picture had to have Mount Fuji as the main focal point of the picture, with at least one extra item added (e.i. cherry blossom tree, pagoda, hills, lake, etc.). The students also had to decide what season they wanted to depict in their painting. The entire painting was done using watercolors.
Here are some beautiful paintings done by first grade!
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