As a tribute to Pablo Picasso, our Artist of the Month, we created these 18X24 chicken paintings in 1st grade.
I demonstrated how to draw the chicken step-by-step on the big white paper using black oil pastels.
In their egg-carton pallets (shared amongst about 4 students per table), I gave them red, yellow and blue tempera paint and a brush.
First, we painted a few things yellow...then we mixed with red to make orange...then we used straight red....(we didn't wash our brush between these hot colors). Remind them not to use all the yellow, we will need it for green later!!
I demonstrated and painted right along with them, on my own version at the front of the room.
THEN I let them wash out their brushes before we painted with the cool colors.
Blue on the rooster first; then we mixed with yellow to make green. Finally, we rinsed our brushes and made purple, mixing what was left of the blue and red.
Then they could finish off the painting with any colors they wanted, I just told them not to mix every color together (it would make gray).
Last, I squirted white into their pallets and allowed them to experiment with tints to finish the background.
Finally, when the paintings were done, we used oil pastels to 're-draw' some of our mistakes and add a bit of texture on the feathers.
I demonstrated how to draw the chicken step-by-step on the big white paper using black oil pastels.
In their egg-carton pallets (shared amongst about 4 students per table), I gave them red, yellow and blue tempera paint and a brush.
First, we painted a few things yellow...then we mixed with red to make orange...then we used straight red....(we didn't wash our brush between these hot colors). Remind them not to use all the yellow, we will need it for green later!!
I demonstrated and painted right along with them, on my own version at the front of the room.
THEN I let them wash out their brushes before we painted with the cool colors.
Blue on the rooster first; then we mixed with yellow to make green. Finally, we rinsed our brushes and made purple, mixing what was left of the blue and red.
Then they could finish off the painting with any colors they wanted, I just told them not to mix every color together (it would make gray).
Last, I squirted white into their pallets and allowed them to experiment with tints to finish the background.
Finally, when the paintings were done, we used oil pastels to 're-draw' some of our mistakes and add a bit of texture on the feathers.
***Edit: I had a comment requesting a step-by-step example on what I demonstrated for the drawing. At the front of the room, using a black oil pastel, I drew a big 'candy cane' for the top of the head. Most kids could do that pretty good. The paper was 18X24 so it is much larger than anything we normally use! From there, we added the face and details, adding the body and legs and tail at the end. My quick sketch above illustrates the basics. Hope this helps!
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