Chameleon's Colors

Kindergartners made these colorful chameleons in Art class after reading Chameleon's Colors by Chisato Tashiro. We began by drawing and painting our chameleons. On the following days, students used cut paper to make colorful flowers and leaves in the background.

Watercolor Works!

We just completed two very successful lessons from the inspiring blog, Deep Space Sparkle (www.deepspacesparkle.com).

Fourth graders were given a variety tropical fish images. They drew serveral fish and then began on layered backgrounds with seaweed, coral, rocks, etc. They painted with Crayola watercolor paints and outlined with black marker to finish.

 Fifth graders looked at pictures of chameleons and spent time drawing, painting, and outlining. The background for the chameleons were made with smeared chalk, a technique I re-discovered during an inspiring workshop with other art teachers!

I was impressed with how much the children could do with these projects and my students were equally excited about how many compliments their works earned!!