This project combined drawing from life with some technical watercolor skills. Leaves are plentiful this time of year, so I brought a bag full for students to choose from. We drew with pencil. The older groups went over their lines with pencil. The younger groups went over their lines with black glue. While some detail […]
At least once a year, I try do do a mixed media collage. I think there is a lot of value in having students see how they can combine several small projects into one final piece. This project took three weeks to complete, but I think it was well worth it. There is a whole […]
I normally don’t do Day of the Dead projects, but I decided to give it a shot this year. We started by reading a cute book, The Dead Family Diaz. It was light and humorous with great illustrations. We started out by drawing our skulls on black paper with white oil pastel. We painted the […]
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