This
fun and colorful project is just right for finishing
the school year!
It's easy
enough for a 6 year old, yet can be worked into more
detailed compositions by students up through high school.
Materials
needed:
Colored
paper (pastel, charcoal or construction paper), cut to about
6" x 10"
#2 pencil
with eraser
Colored
pencil set
Directions:
1.
Lightly draw ovals of different sizes
all over your paper. Make sure that at least one goes off
the page on each side of the paper. This will create a "panoramic" feeling
to your composition.
2.
Using this tropical fish webpage as a reference, draw
fins and mouths onto the ovals to create fish.
3.
Now add all of the markings (stripes and
colored shapes) and the eyes. You may
also add a sea floor, if you like, with some starfish and
shells added.
4. Color
in your fish with the colored pencils. Be sure
to press hard so that it will show up nicely on the colored
paper.
5.
Rub some white highlights across the center
of each fish after coloring it to create a shiny effect.
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