I am collaborating with our wonderful computer teacher who has so graciously offered to scan in 3 classes of Art work and print it out for a card sale!
The second grade class has been learning the names of animals in Spanish class so this is a Los Peces Art project.
This project reinforced concepts of foreground, middle, background, line types, color theory warm and cool colors, variety, endurance, composition and creativity.
First students sketched the art in yellow remembering to add foreground middle and background lines.
Rocks in the foreground and background, a big fish, little fish, seaweeds. Then students used black marker to trace the yellow lines and add dots for sand and different kinds of squiggly lines on coral rock.
Then students colored water (not the bubbles) blue and used 2 different blues, after that they were told to use warm BRIGHT colors to color the fish and sand.
I find that students are able to focus much better when given one piece of a project and only allowed to complete on piece at a time, they are much less overwhelmed and pace themselves much better.
This project was a fun one that focuses on process and theory behind the process, but it is always nice when process and product align!
I just love to see the hard work, determination then the confidence gained by the students when they finish with a strong piece of Art.
Love love love the fish!
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