tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post8063892100822095185..comments2024-03-10T08:20:29.363-07:00Comments on MaryMaking: Polar Bears with Northern LightsMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01659049026365545639noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-68467096180946390932014-01-30T09:11:11.439-08:002014-01-30T09:11:11.439-08:00I pinned this photo on pinterest to lead the kids ...I pinned this photo on pinterest to lead the kids in a direct line drawing lesson: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/43699058853952434/.I have the children draw lightly with pencil starting with the curved line of the forehead. From there I go the ears and the sides of the face and so forth. Working on blue paper I think lends to the success of the project. After the drawing is complete I have the shade lightly with white chalk pastel. Charcoal is used to draw the mouth, nose and eyes. I have them add shadows under the neck, on the sides of the nose and inside the ears. Very light pressure is helpful as charcoal is very strong and a little goes a long way. To give a realistic touch I like to add one or two white dots inside the eyes. I always practice drawing a subject several times on the white board before any lesson. But I always encourage the kids by telling them every polar bear will and should look different and that's the beauty of art.<br />I hope this helps you! Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01659049026365545639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-22546131338582977492014-01-29T19:06:16.792-08:002014-01-29T19:06:16.792-08:00Can you offer any advice for drawing the polar bea...Can you offer any advice for drawing the polar bear? Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-49842305204246349362013-12-02T23:04:56.714-08:002013-12-02T23:04:56.714-08:00Very Beautiful! Picture LightsVery Beautiful! <a href="http://www.perfectpicturelighting.com/" rel="nofollow">Picture Lights</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115941918048786551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-1126624930794985242012-01-26T17:28:25.526-08:002012-01-26T17:28:25.526-08:00I just finished these with my 5th grade! They came...I just finished these with my 5th grade! They came out awesome!!! Thank you so much for such an inspiring lesson idea! Your students' work is great!Expression of Imaginationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293280125139241800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-56642086502541903682012-01-24T11:19:51.671-08:002012-01-24T11:19:51.671-08:00SO nice! mystical, even.SO nice! mystical, even.Leonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04681008708419197240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-56253700308969914962012-01-02T15:22:51.551-08:002012-01-02T15:22:51.551-08:00these are incredible! the kids did a really wonde...these are incredible! the kids did a really wonderful job. i adore the little polar bear faces. i tend to shy away from shading because it is not a strength of mine, but that is not fair to the kiddos....so i might have to steal this! LOVE IT! thanks for sharing.Mrs. Ott's Art Roomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12989744193731763679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-69084713260218139462011-12-11T10:01:04.222-08:002011-12-11T10:01:04.222-08:00These look amazing! 1st and 2nd grade!? Love the s...These look amazing! 1st and 2nd grade!? Love the shading with charcoal on the polar bears :]Renhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06578337622171162787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-36454109015705519462011-12-06T04:17:36.995-08:002011-12-06T04:17:36.995-08:00Incredible.Incredible.Swatihttp://ofmiceandkeys.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-55402185219759709772011-12-04T20:44:39.906-08:002011-12-04T20:44:39.906-08:00Oh my! Thanks so much for all the nice comments!If...Oh my! Thanks so much for all the nice comments!If you're like me, you never quite know what New projects will hit and which will miss.<br />Suzie K. - Thank you! Chalk pastels are of course by nature messy and smudgey. So they naturally might be difficult for some projects. But this would be a perfect choice for that medium. I honestly showed some pics of Northern Lights on Pinterest, made a few suggestions about using light pressure and blending with one finger in a singular motion and then stepped back. I did not over direct this lesson.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01659049026365545639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-3842072763641633282011-12-04T18:33:33.767-08:002011-12-04T18:33:33.767-08:00These are awesome! I have tried using chalk paste...These are awesome! I have tried using chalk pastels many times with my kids but I have so much trouble trying to keep them from smudging. Do you have any advice?Suzie K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-30656624099895839872011-12-04T17:45:43.068-08:002011-12-04T17:45:43.068-08:00Mary, these are stunning. I wish I could take your...Mary, these are stunning. I wish I could take your art class. :)silly eagle bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08176707208858920510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-65799988637224602032011-12-04T17:30:53.884-08:002011-12-04T17:30:53.884-08:00WOW. Very sophisticated work for such young kids....WOW. Very sophisticated work for such young kids. I'm so impressed. GORGEOUS!!Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482775924810462890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-28854575900843545612011-12-04T12:47:01.575-08:002011-12-04T12:47:01.575-08:00Mary they take my breath away, they are so incredi...Mary they take my breath away, they are so incredibly beautiful!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481951771573117224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-75141370159606411622011-12-04T11:54:50.470-08:002011-12-04T11:54:50.470-08:00These are beautiful. Thanks for sharing. I have be...These are beautiful. Thanks for sharing. I have been looking for an idea to try with my second grade students using a winter theme. I just might give this a try.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10758135782434922486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-51511970887793940162011-12-04T11:45:07.774-08:002011-12-04T11:45:07.774-08:00Wow- Mary, your little students did a fantastic jo...Wow- Mary, your little students did a fantastic job! Love soft, wintery scenes like these.Misshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505411826646402867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-38991241041681512052011-12-04T09:08:54.110-08:002011-12-04T09:08:54.110-08:00Mary - These are really amazing! I love the soft c...Mary - These are really amazing! I love the soft colors, the shaded polar bears and the colorful touch of the hats on some. I would have guessed that they were done by older kids -- this is really skilled work from "little ones"!! Bravo!Christie - Fine Lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10418114130566362780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-72180479673887800742011-12-04T07:27:48.369-08:002011-12-04T07:27:48.369-08:00These are fantastic, love the colors! I'm ins...These are fantastic, love the colors! I'm inspired to do these with my kids!<br /><br />TinaTinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830100511819776141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-36030530201749712662011-12-04T06:25:50.593-08:002011-12-04T06:25:50.593-08:00Very beautiful!Very beautiful!Paintedpaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600475537002937461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-44503906161047279232011-12-04T05:41:22.145-08:002011-12-04T05:41:22.145-08:00These are gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing wi...These are gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing with us.Hope Hunter Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15815277347271501092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764202135165479575.post-61903418357601635942011-12-04T04:29:01.524-08:002011-12-04T04:29:01.524-08:00These polar bears are adorable.
I love the silhoue...These polar bears are adorable.<br />I love the silhouette trees.<br />You can never go wrong with chalk pastels; beautiful colors.Chesterbrook Academy Elementaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11845027604668929113noreply@blogger.com