All the Fish in the Sea - Multi Media

Following up on the success we had last week with our watercolor paintings of spring, today we began a multi media project called “All the Fish in the Sea”. This two class project involves: drawing, painting, printing and collage!

We began our morning with a quick lesson on drawing fish. The kids practiced in their sketchbooks. When they felt confident they could draw their fish, they moved on to exploring other under sea animals (jellyfish, starfish and narwhals (!) just to name a few. Then we moved on to making our printing plates. These are small, thin styrofoam boards. The kids drew their fish on the boards, making sure to press hard enough so that their lines made an indent in the foam.

Then we got out large sheets of white paper to create our undersea worlds. Beginning with oil pastels the kids added whatever details and shapes appealed to then. Many added bubbles and swirls. Some added undersea plant life and others added waves. Then we got out the watercolors and did our best to fill the whole page with the colors of water.

You can see the watercolor work below!

Next week will will have a messy class printing out fish. We will also use green tissue paper to create undersea plant life. When the fish are dry we will cut them out and glue them onto our pieces! Keep an eye out for this exciting work next week!