This afternoon the Doodlebugs got to use some pretty cool painting tools. I brought out some paint rollers and scrapers to create some texture in this little art piece, needless to say they could hardly contain their excitement :P We used the rollers for the sky and the scrapers to create the effect of waves in the ocean. I pre-cut some shapes that could be put together to create a sailboat and placed them in the centre of the table for them to choose which ones they wanted to use. These are the results!
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Another cute lesson in collage that happens to be wrapped in a classic Aesop Fable. So of course we looked at a little video of The Tortoise and The Hare... this caused a lot of giggles and then we got right down to work! The little ones used templates to make both the tortoise and the hare and drew in the simple background using oil pastels. The whole picture was put together at the end... which took up a bit of time because of the many parts of the hare, but I think it was worth it :)
I must admit I was a bit nervous to do this lesson with my Doodlebugs because there are so many parts that come together to make this a success.
Painting the Background They didn't start off knowing what they were going to paint this time. I just set out blue paint with scrapers and told them to cover the paper and use the scrapers to make a pattern. Then asked them what they thought it looked like... they all guessed the ocean! Painting the Fish Once we knew we were painting the ocean the next logical conclusion was fish! So we brushed up on our fish facts and then started drawing one large fish on a smaller piece of paper. Next I had them put patterns on the fish (no colouring, just lines) and they finished him off using the paints. The Details Next we cut out strips of paper for seaweed and coral and stuck them to our now dry background. Moved back to mister fishy, cut him out and stuck him in place. |
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