Texture monsters

When you are drawing your monster think about different types of animals and mix them up to make something new and exciting!

This lesson began by me asking my kinders what they thought the word "texture" means? My favorite answer of all time - "Like when your mom sends a message to someone else on the phone?". Nope.. not texting - textURE. :) After telling them that texture means the way that something feels (which I have them repeat numerous times while rubbing their hands together), I asked my students which of the 5 senses texture would belong to? Taste? No. Hearing? No. Touch? YES! Then I picked up and touched…

How to draw 3 different monsters with a black crayon using a technique called crayon resist to paint the negative space around the monster and the monster itself using a complementary pair of colors.

I love the illustrations in Where the Wild Things Are. Mr. Maurice using such wonderful texture throughout the entire book! His monsters are morphs of all kinds of different creatures. I use my zoom on my Elmo Projector to read and show the kids all the different textures and parts combined in each monster. We fill out the worksheet together after reading. It has them observe and practice visual texuture, and then shows them how to create it with colors. I teach the kids about tints and…

I love the illustrations in Where the Wild Things Are. Mr. Maurice using such wonderful texture throughout the entire book! His monsters are morphs of all kinds of different creatures. I use my zoom on my Elmo Projector to read and show the kids all the different textures and parts combined in each monster. We fill out the worksheet together after reading. It has them observe and practice visual texuture, and then shows them how to create it with colors. I teach the kids about tints and…

Free Monsters.pdf

These free printable monster coloring pages are fun for kids of all ages! Two cute monster coloring sheets featuring fun & friendly monsters!

Dette forløb har indhøstet SÅ mange spontane udbrud fra særligt drengene i de folkeskoleklasser jeg har besøgt med mit roadshow gennem Åben Skole i Favrskov Kommune. Evalueringer som "Jeg troede slet ikke at billedkunst kunne være så sjovt", " Hvornår kommer du igen?" og "Det har bare været så sejt at have en hel dag til at male i - selvom jeg troede det ville blive kedeligt" får mig jo til at flyve derfra :-) Både samtidskunsten og gadekunsten er fulde af monstre og fantasidyr. I dette…

While we're still in Monster season (hello, Halloween!) I wanted to share these Monster Line Study Art Prints with you all. Though really, if your kids are anything like my daughter, monsters are a hit year round! Monster Line Study Art Prints These Monster Art Prints pair perfectly with the Monster print and