Penguin art project

Ella, 1st grade Reese, 1st grade Aven, Kinder Campbell, Kinder Izzy, Kinder Jolie, Kinder Kaden, 2nd grade Kate, Kinder Lauren, Kinder My classes looked at the illustrations in the children's book, Solo by Paul Geraghty. It's the story of a young penguin who is left alone in the icy Antarctic for the first time. My students drew their penguins on pale pink construction paper so they could see their white chalk pastel shading for the penguin face and body. Heads were done in Sharpie or…

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This week we talked the concepts of "collage" and "shadow", and used oil pastels, markers, cardboards, poster papersconstruction papers, design papers to explore and practice the concepts. Age 3-4/PS Age 4-5/PK Age 5/K

This week, we're finishing up day 1 of our precious lil penguins! I found this beautiful idea on Mary Making's blog! This project incorporates watercolor painting, drawing, value, and oil pastels. Here's how we created ours! Materials: Solo by Paul Geraghty Crayola Watercolors or Sax Liquid watercolors Sax 90lb paper Sax 70lb paper Crayola Oil pastel Day 1: Paint background and draw penguin! Before I gave them 90lb paper, I demonstrated how to turn their paper vertical, draw a line across…

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