I remembered this project last summer, it is one I had to do myself as a child in art-class. I've searched and searched, but nowhere my drawing was to be found.
So I decided to let my 8th graders take a shot at drawing this cute Chinese dragon.
They had to draw the head of a dragon and lots of fabric behind it. It had to look like the patches were stitched together. That way they could draw people under the fabric of the Chines dragon;
Under the fabric they had to draw feet or paws, at least 5 pair! The crazier the better. The feet could be skateboarding or it could be an animal, high heels or flip-flops, all is possible.
They had to mix the colors using colored pencils.
It was kind of difficult to make them see that they had to adapt the hight too. Often the 'bump' under the fabric was too short to be able to fit the person under the fabric.
The times I said "that person can't have a head like that"... But in the end they all got it quite right.
Beautiful composition.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI love the way they drew the feet under the fabric.
What a fun idea! I love the opportunity for all the kids to use their imaginations and be inventive.
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