Ice Cream Cones, ages 7-9

I have some photo references of ice cream cones that we used for this step by step project. We talked about the simple shapes and how to divide and place the shapes on the 17x22 inch card stock.  Oil pastels worked great so that we could "mush" the colors together. Chocolate and strawberry were the flavors of the day!

 and my example.

Spring Chicks, ages 7-9

We used oil pastels on 17x22 inch card stock to draw these cute spring chicks.  The students used simple shapes; ovals, triangles, rectangles... to draw the chicks and then used short lines to make the fuzzy texture. They also made a nice shadow to separate the chicks.

Contour and Shaded Pumkins and an Apple, ages 10-12

We looked at photos of pumpkins and talked about how to start a complicated drawing. We also noted that things get smaller in the distance. Using contour lines they drew their "map" of shapes and then chose three to color and shade.

Oil Pastels and Acrylics, ages 7 - 12

Some of the students picked birds, some their own subject matter, but they all did a great job looking for the simple shapes that make up their images.

Colorful Animals, ages 7-10

The students chose an animal to draw and we talked about simple shapes. They found simple shapes to draw their animal and used black oil pastel over their pencil lines to outline the animals.
They used bright watercolor washes on 12 x 18 inch watercolor paper to finish.

Oil Pastel Turkeys, ages 8 to 12

Learning to work with simple shapes and  texture with oil pastel on 17x22 inch card stock. Happy Thanksgiving!