Leaf Prints
Students made prints using leaves. A couple of students gathered the leaves from the ground under one of our tree's at KLA. Students painted the side of the leaf with the most texture with white paint and then pressed it onto a black sheet of construction paper. They made several prints and then waited for them to dry. The paint need to be watered down just a bit otherwise the prints looked like blobs. After the prints dried, the students colored the leaves using colored pencils. They then painted the background using a sponge and layering at least 2 colors.
Students made prints using leaves. A couple of students gathered the leaves from the ground under one of our tree's at KLA. Students painted the side of the leaf with the most texture with white paint and then pressed it onto a black sheet of construction paper. They made several prints and then waited for them to dry. The paint need to be watered down just a bit otherwise the prints looked like blobs. After the prints dried, the students colored the leaves using colored pencils. They then painted the background using a sponge and layering at least 2 colors.
One-Point Perspective Winding Cubes
Students learned how to apply one-point perspective to make simple cube-like shapes. They had to connect their shapes with some sort of cord in a creative manner and then add color using colored pencils. In one-point perspective you can usually track lines that all lead to a single point called a vanishing point. If you track the lines on the sides of the shapes students drew you will notice that they lead to a vanishing point. The vanishing point above is in the lower center of the paper very close to the dripping water shape. You can see a faint dot and a few faint lines leading to the point.
Students learned how to apply one-point perspective to make simple cube-like shapes. They had to connect their shapes with some sort of cord in a creative manner and then add color using colored pencils. In one-point perspective you can usually track lines that all lead to a single point called a vanishing point. If you track the lines on the sides of the shapes students drew you will notice that they lead to a vanishing point. The vanishing point above is in the lower center of the paper very close to the dripping water shape. You can see a faint dot and a few faint lines leading to the point.