We did a directed drawing lesson on ‘bears’ this week. The next day the students did a much larger version of this bear’s portrait. The lines were then traced over with China markers. Students had used these markers to outline their Remembrance Day poppy art. Today students had the opportunity of working with oil pastels. They were given guidelines on colour choices available for the different sections. The background needed to be one of the varieties (shades or tints) of either green or blue. They were also instructed in the ‘smudge-iness’ of working with oil pastels and were supposed to work from the inside to the outside in order to not rub the colours into each other.
I think the students should be very proud of their hard work. Many said that their hands were sore afterwards but they were troupers and I think that they did a great job.