The hidden safari project was one that not only kids would enjoy, but clearly college age students as well because I thought it was so cool! We began by practicing to draw parts of animals upside down; a technique that helps to draw more realistically than if it you were to draw looking at a drawing right-side up. Then, the class traced the red glasses cutout (picture shown above) and glued the other red transparent film behind to make 3D-like glasses. After this, we were to pick a safari animal to draw upside down in a light blue colored pencil, then fill the page over the top of the pencil with warm colored crayons (red, orange, and yellows) of different designs. Now, our original safari animal could not be seen with the naked eye...until we put the red glasses on! This project is neat because it shows how the warm and cool colors work to trick our eyes and it almost seems like magic to kids. It would be something that they would love to take home and try out with their friends and family.
An an extension activity, I would have students make several smaller pages of the same activity to create a book. This way, they would be able to practice more drawing of animals and not have to cover such a large space with the warm colors. Then, their book could be used to see a variety of safari animals with the special glasses on. They would have a lot of fun trading books with other students to try and determine all the animals they created rather than just one. This extension would also provide the opportunity to try different design making with the crayons and more fun with the cool glasses they make!
No comments:
Post a Comment