One of my favorite projects we did was create monsters using oil pastels and watercolors. I got this wonderful idea from deepspacesparkle.com. This is a fabulous blog with so many art lesson plans. It is perfect for someone like me who is a little artistically challenged!
To start the lesson we read "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak. As we read, I asked the students to look closely at the illustrations in the book. They used ideas from the book to create their own monsters. I had them start by drawing a head and body with oil pastels. I made sure that they took up most of the page. Then the students created details with different colors of oil pastels. When they were finished with their drawing they used watercolors to complete their picture. I love how vibrant their pieces turned out!
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