Supplies:
- Crayola Erasable Coloured Pencils - 24 Count
- Crayola Marker & Watercolour Paper - 22.9 cm x 30.5 cm (9" x 12")
- Laminated Leaves
Steps:
1
- Trace around the outer edge of a leaf.
- Place a different leaf on top of part of the tracing and trace around it.
2
- Continue to overlap leaves and trace them until you have filled the page with shapes.
- Choose a combination of warm and cool colours to colour in the shapes.
- Every time you use a colour, use it at least 3 more times in different parts of the design before changing colour.
3
- Be sure you have put a good, solid coat of colour in each shape.
- Give it a second coat if the colour is not intense.
- Use the eraser at the end of each pencil to erase different line patterns in each of the shapes.
4
- Look at your design with fresh eyes.
- What design elements do you see that move your eye in and around the picture plane?
- Give your design a title.
- What makes this a good title for your design?
Subjects:
Language Arts,
Mathematics,
Science,
Visual Arts
Grades:
Grade 4,
Grade 5,
Grade 6,
Grade 7,
Grade 8
