I was finally able to teach some fun clay lessons with all my students. There was a whole lot of pinching, rolling, punching, and coiling as each grade level explored and made gorgeous creations out of clay. I found an … Continue reading
My students had a blast creating these fun and colorful camouflaged lizards. We spent some time researching lizards on internet and looking at the patterns and colors. We then discussed a little about camouflage and the kids were anxious to get into the project and create their own cool lizard.
The first part was to practice drawing real lizards. They printed copies of their favorite lizards and after some guided drawing lessons, they happily went off to draw their own.
Next step was to think of a place where a lizard would not normally be found — after all this is an art class and the sky is the limit when it comes to imagination! This is a great time to introduce abstract art and look at some great works of Salvador Dali to get the kids inspired. Umbrellas, i pods, boots, etc were all drawn on large 18×12 paper and colored in.
The final step was to draw the lizards on thicker paper such as bulletin board paper. Once the lizards were drawn, they had to be colored in to mimic part of the object they drew previously so their lizard would camouflage. The lizards were cut out, bent along the middle and the feet folded so they would ‘stand’ on their object after being glued.
Don’t these look so much fun?
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Our school celebrated Chinese New Year recently so it was perfect timing to explore dragons! I had recently seen a dragon project in an old Arts and Activities magazine that would fit nicely with this art lesson.
We talked extensively about dragons and looked online for many examples. The students were more than eager to create their own unique dragon and wanted to get started. I gave out recycled paper so the kids could practice and draw 2-3 dragons from which they would have to choose one for their final piece.
I gave out 18 x 24 white contruction paper. Each student made a 2 inch border and them proceeded to draw their dragon at a much bigger scale. Wings and tails were allowed to come off the border so the dragons would look more dynamic and not closed in.
Next, the dragons was divided into sections and filled with different kinds of lines to create texture. The borders had to also have an interesting pattern.
I gave out watercolor pencils and the borders and dragon were colored in.
When the students added water to their sections colored in with watercolor pencils they thought it was neat that it turned into waterpaint. The main background behind the dragon was painted with regular watercolors.
Once everything was dry, the students outlined all the lines with black sharpies. This is a great lesson you can do with older kids too.
I loved how these turned out, what do you think?
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