symmetry
Showing posts with label symmetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label symmetry. Show all posts

Watercolor Dragonfly

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I’ve found that symmetrical images generally make the best introduction to drawing and painting for young students. It also helps to have th...
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Finish the Wolf Face

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When students have a photo to refer to, I think they are often pleasantly surprised at what they can draw. I created this composite Wolf Pho...
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Watercolor Cow Face

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A piece of stock art inspired this simple watercolor cow with bold, colorful outlining. The trick is to trace the drawing of the cow many ti...
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Butterfly Collage

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Just about any Eric Carle book can make a good visual aid to this project. 1. It is important to begin with quality watercolor paper, one t...
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Symmetrical Jewels

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This project offers students a chance to drw and color in a symmetrical fashion. 1. Students make a center dot all four sides of their paper...
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Butterfly Specimen in a Box

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I was inspired by a painted butterfly over at Genine’s Art Blog, and simplified the look for kids with Sharpie markers and origami box. 1. I...
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How to Draw a Teddy Bear

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One last Valentine idea – a teddy bear holding a heart with message of choice. I loved how this worked out in my drawing class today. 1. Thi...
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Symmetrical Valentine Birds

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I showed students how to create texture in their watercolor paintings, just by sprinkling a little salt while the paint was still wet. The s...
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Tiki Faces

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Drawing a Tiki face is all about making symmetrical shapes, and usually captures the attention of some of the more “restless” students. 1. G...
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Watercolor Gingerbread Cookie

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My new watercolor project, Gingerbread Cookie Boy (or Girl, of course).  Kinders can concentrate on just drawing a large, symmetrical shape ...
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Positive / Negative Pumpkin

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One more Halloween project. This is short and sweet but makes a very graphic image. 1. Give each student a square piece of black paper and a...
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Funky Witch Feet

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Yep, another idea that originated from stock Halloween illustrations. I think it offers some colorful seasonal fun, and some good symmetrica...
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“Finish the Picture” Drawing

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I often find that if students have an image to look at when they draw, they tend to surprise themselves in what they can do. 1. I used the i...
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Gold and Black Greek Vases

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My quest for multi-cultural art continues, which has led me to a new media combo that I really like. It’s using food wrap paper like this , ...
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How to Draw King Tut

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This lesson can be a good supplement to a history lesson on Egypt. 1. Working with large paper (at least 11" x 17") have the stude...
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Polymer Clay Monster Face

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Polymer clay is pretty cool stuff to work with. It has this great ability to stick to itself and not fall apart. I’ve used it with smaller s...
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Alien Names

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I thought I would get a so-so response to this lesson, but found that the students were delighted to see how 'alien-like' their name...
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Watercolor Butterflies

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I plan to do this painting with my afterschool watercolor class tomorrow. For the first time in a long while, I painted directly with the Cr...
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