My first grades just finished up some really cute owls. The inspiration came from some cute patterned owls from The Elementary Art Room.
This lesson covered several things... We reviewed drawing with shapes
to create the owls, they added patterns to the bodies, then learned
about visual and tactile texture and incorporated them into their
backgrounds. This lesson took us three 40 minute classes to complete.
During the first class the kids drew their owls. I demonstrated
several ways to draw their owls and discussed patterns using lines,
shapes and colors. The students drew them out in pencil, outlined them
with black marker and added their patterns with construction paper
crayons.
In
the second class I discussed visual and tactile texture with my first
graders. I showed them how to use our rubbing plates to create a visual
texture in their skies. Rubbing plates are always a fan favorite! I
gave them Crayola Color Sticks to
do their rubbings. I purchased a class pack for this school year and
had not used them yet. They are excellant for rubbings! The colors are
bright, they go on easily without a lot of pressure and best of all did
not have to peel a thousand wrappers off of them!
To
create the bark texture in their trees I had the students draw into
their paint with the opposite end of their paint brush while the paint
was still wet. They loved the process and it made a nice tactile
texture when the paint was dry.
In
our third class the kids glued on their owls, had a chance to add some
green leaves (if they wanted to) with some painted paper scraps and
students who were behind for one reason or another got a chance to catch
up.
The children loved their finished owls and couldn't wait to take them home!
