Well, it was week 3 in my Wings, Fins and Fur class. Wings - Tropical Birds (check), Fur - Raccoons (check) ....time for some "Fins." Thanks Natalie from smART Class for your great step-by-step tutorial for Koi Fish. After their fish were "sharpied", the children had the option of using washable markers and water (a great idea from Natalie) for the scales or watercolor for their entire piece. In thinking about composition, I encouraged them to fill up their space in a creative way (an extra cropped fish, lily pads going off the page ect..) The last step was to add liquid watercolor for the background. My K-4th group really enjoyed this lesson and were happy with their bold, colorful paintings.
Had to comment on these wonderful koi fish. Great job to all Doogal.
ReplyDeleteOh Mary, these turned out gorgeous!!! Such beautiful compositions, how they made them different sizes and running off the edge of the paper!
ReplyDeleteThis is an amazing idea! I like the colours and the compositions. You and your students did a great job, congrats! :-)
ReplyDeletevery gorgeous. I really love artworks with koi fish as the subject. I myself paint koi paintings.
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