Plaid Bunny

 Plaid Bunny

This week we were able to work on complimentary colors---green with red, yellow with purple, and red and green.  We were able to discuss how "plaid" is made up of horizontal and vertical lines.  After our painting of our complimentary colors, vertical and horizontal lines were dried, we were able to draw out a bunny pattern out of it.  

An extension activity for this lesson could be using the bunnies to act out a reading/language arts play.  Or a classroom could use the bunnies as a counting method in math too!

Blind Contour Drawing/Bulletin Board

Contour Blind Drawings

This was my group's lesson for art.  We used white crayon/light colored oil pastel to draw flowers on the sheets of paper with blinders. After that we flicked the paper with some water, and then painted over the top of our drawings.   This art lesson was geared towards 1st graders.

An extension activity for this lesson could be in social studies.  They could use the same idea, but instead of drawing flowers, they draw hieroglyphics that mean a certain message for others to figure out.

*Our Bulletin Board*

~Spring into Drawing~

Hidden Safari

This project was done to introduce students to warm and cool colors.  This is a hidden safari picture that I did in class.  It is called "hidden" because you need special glasses to see the underlying picture.  The project is done by drawing a picture in a light cool color.  I used a light sky blue colored pencil to draw my animal and then used warm colors to draw shapes and swirls over top of my animal. We then wrote three clues to be displayed with our animals for others to guess what kind of animal it was.

An extension activity would be used in a science classroom talking about animals camouflaging themselves in their environments. Students will be able to design different animals such as butterflies, frogs, and bugs!