Second grade listened to the story, "If I Ran the Zoo" by Dr. Seuss. The students all agreed that is very easy to draw geometric shapes like circles, triangles, ovals, etc. They also decided it is not so easy to draw people, animals, birds, etc. that are organic shapes. I told them we were going to draw our very own tizzle topped tufted Mazurka from the story. They thought that would be too hard. We looked at the bird and they noticed his head was shaped like an oval or some noticed it looked like a peanut. They could do that! Next, they noticed his beak looked like a triangle, easy! Eyes looked like ovals, feathers made the shape of triangles and stomach is a circle. Before they knew it they had their own Mazurka! I helped them understand that I was not looking to copy exactly what I saw, but it was my inspiration for my own Mazurka and encouraged them to make feathers, faces, etc. with their own twist. Next we traced our pencil lines with marker and they went to town using colored pencils. They were told to show value in their coloring and be creative with patterns and the background.
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Mrs. Kendell
I was a graphic designer for many years, and then decided to make the leap into art education. I taught elementary art for 8 years. Archives
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