We had an exciting class this week! We finished our multi media peacocks!

We began by working on the black background paper. The kids drew a few curly, twirly vines up the sides of their paper with green oil pastels and then they glued leaves onto the vines to make them robust and lively.

After that the kids carefully cut out their peacocks and feathers, arranged the pieces and glued them to their backgrounds in whatever way was most pleasing to them. Then they designed and glued a few butterflies into the scene to keep their peacocks company.

I am delighted with these pieces! They came out wonderfully! I will be hanging them in the Bearville/Poohville hall at school for everyone to enjoy. Stop by and take a look at the kids amazing work. It's even better in person!

Peacocks!

Today we started a multi-class, mixed media project making peacocks!

We began with the body and face of the peacock. The kids were allowed to choose blue or green as their base background paper. Then we worked together to draw the shapes of the body and head, connected by a slender neck. We then added the details of the beak, eyes, legs and feet. Some children followed this up by adding unfolding wings and feathers atop the head. (Neat! Creative!) All the lines of the peacocks, which were originally drawn in pencil, were traced over in marker to make them dark and visible on the green and blue paper.

Then they had the fun of coloring their peacocks with a selection of oil pastels. As you can see, the oil pastels always look amazing over a dark paper. They really glow. The kids were delighted with the effect.

Then we set our peacocks aside and began work on designing and coloring their glorious feathers. For those children who wanted it, I did a demonstration designed give them a step by step way to approach the design aspect of the feathers. Some children were enjoyed the process of design, and some were more interested in pursuing color. Both work out beautifully in this project.

 Next week we will work on a habitat for our peacocks and then construct them within it. They should be bright, beautiful and inspiring. I hope to hang the finished pieces in the hall outside Bearville and Poohville late next week. Keep and eye out for them!