Nice job everyone! I had a feeling the frog drawing was going to be a big hit with our students. Keep emailing me pictures of those finished artworks!
My video is longer this week, because I surprise the children by reading them the book Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle. The fish in the story are the inspiration for our drawing.
Connecting students to science, reading, and social studies (art history)
Elements of Art: line, shape, color, space
Principles of Design: contrast, pattern
K3 & K4
tape your fish drawing to a window, tape your child's paper to the window on top of yours, allow your child to trace the outlines, remove their picture so they can add patterns & color to their shapes (skills: tracing, identifying shapes, coloring neatly, fine motor, focus, patience)
use your imagination to draw & color your own fish
read Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
watch the Disney movie Finding Dory, Finding Nemo, or The Incredible Mr. Limpet
read facts about fish:
K5-3rd Grades
choose from the above
draw a fish from any books you have at home like:
Hooray for Fish! by Lucy Cousins
Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
Fidgety Fish by Ruth Galloway
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
make a fish picture using only crayons, another in colored pencils, just markers, try oil pastels or paint
use your imagination to add your own colors and/or background details
4th-6th Grades
choose from all of the above
try drawing a realistic fish
draw or paint a still life with a fish
look up any of the following artworks by famous artists
Bottle and Fish by Georges Braque: https://www.wikiart.org/en/georges-braque/bottle-and-fish-1941
Still Life - Fish by Salvador Dali: https://www.wikiart.org/en/salvador-dali/still-life-fish
Fish by M.C. Escher: https://www.wikiart.org/en/m-c-escher/fish-2
Fishes and Scales by M.C. Escher: https://www.wikiart.org/en/m-c-escher/fishes-and-scales
Mess of Fish by Paul Klee: https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/mess-of-fish-1940
Goldfish by Henri Matisse: https://www.wikiart.org/en/henri-matisse/goldfish-1911
Still Life with Fish by Pierre-Auguste Renoir: https://www.wikiart.org/en/pierre-auguste-renoir/still-life-with-fish
Toy Fish by Andy Warhol: https://www.wikiart.org/en/andy-warhol/toy-fish
This week is a busy one with May Crowning, Teacher Appreciation Week, Cinco de Mayo, and Mother's Day. Remember to just breathe, keep trying, and know that you can do it! Thank you for all you are doing to help your children be successful in school and if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me. Have a wonderful week!