I found an old art book in my room with a picture of this. . .
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| Example from old art text book. |
I had to try it with my "extra" 1/2 hour classes. We get a few classes for an extra 1/2 hour. I hate for those classes to get too far ahead of the others. It's also such a short amount of time (usually class is 1 hour) so I like projects that have little mess so they have a lot of work time.
Basically all you need is paper, a black marker and crayons (optional)
Here is my example. I will photograph the student work which I saved for a bulletin board next year.
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First draw a curved loopdy loop line.
That's the technical term for it! |
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| My example. |
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Aren't these fish happy.
A second grader made them.
More to come in the beginning of next school year! |
Overall, the kids got creative with their fish, added treasure boxes, seaweed, pirate ships, etc. and it was a very relaxing, zentangle (excuse the reference) kind of project. Hope this little project can come in handy for you one day when you need a creative lesson but only have marker, paper and a half hour!
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This would be good for a quick lesson for a substitute to do, too!
Yes this would work really well for a sub!
Thanks so much for this great idea. This will be perfect for the first day or two of school. Keep 'em comin'!
Sweet project my dear!
I will definitely do this in some of my classes. All of my classes are 1/2 hour, but I do see them every other day. I wish it was for 45-50 min. though.
Thanks for sharing,
Peace-
Boy I'm having weird problems posting comments today. Let's try again...
I think I said (in the comment that just disappeared) that these look very "Seuss-ical". Cute, easy, and fun - I'd like to add some watercolors or markers to them. My art classes are 40 minutes so I could still do it in one session.
I first thought "great sub plan" too, but I learned after being out this spring, with a great, but non-art sub, that sometimes the non-art certified sub doesn't know how to add that hard-to-define element of encouragement of creative thinking, that makes the kids come up with really creative and original solutions. So I think I'll keep this easy idea for myself! Thanks :-)
I like the fishy lesson. I agree it could be a great sub lesson!
I have been planning a lesson using the book "only one you" about a little fish and the great advice he gets from his parents. I was planning on buy 300 rocks and painting them but this is an awesome idea that I might just snitch. Thanks... Love the blog and when things just click!
Thanks for sharing. This lesson was really fun!!!
http://artwithmrssmith.blogspot.com/2012/02/doodle-fish.html
Since you suggested that this might work well for a sub, I posted a link to this over on my blog for art subs. http://artsublessons.blogspot.com/2013/01/loopy-line-fish.html
jan
Trying this with a Year 1 class and loving results so far, with drawing. How to finish? Water wash over black lines only?
1BK
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