Yesterday
was Columbus Day in America and what better way to celebrate the “discovery of
the new world” than with art? Usually art falls on Fridays as a little reward
for working so hard all week, but last week was our first fundraiser for
Service Learning and my kids missed out on art. So, to make it up to them we
did art on Monday and had a blast with this great project. I got this idea from
Patty over at www.deepspacesparkle.com
and it was a ton of fun and SUPER easy to teach.
I
began the lesson with a brief story of Christopher Columbus and the explorers
at that time just to set the scene of what it would have been like to be one of
the first settlers of the new world. We had a great discussion about the
challenges and fears these adventurers must have faced at that time. Then, we
looked at a few drawings of Clipper Ships, or pirate ships as my kids like to
call them, and studied the basic shapes that make up the outline. Once we
played around with some practice drawings, we were ready for our good piece of
paper… I only allow students one thick sheet of paper for a final print to
reduce the waste and carelessness that can sometimes happen in art class.
Once
our pencil outlines were done, we busted out the watercolors and that’s when
the real fun started. I have to admit, this was a big project and one that I
don’t recommend trying to finish in one sitting, but we pulled through it and
they look beautiful. Here are the finished products:
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