Sunset and Sunrise Silhouettes

Here's my art project from last week (I'm kind of slow about loading pictures onto my computer).

I used watercolours to create the backgrounds and then cut the silhouettes from black paper. I created the 'sunset' background first and then decided I wanted to play with more colours and made the 'sunrise' background. I had more fun by far using the watercolours, so I think this is something I will explore more in the future. I didn't have as much fun with creating the silhouettes and hence wasn't overly creative with them. I think this project would be fun to do with an intermediate or primary class, broken into two sessions in order to allow the watercolours to dry before moving onto the next step. Rather than cutting black paper, I might allow students to use black paint to create the silhouettes.