First grade painted these adorable lions. As we were drawing, we discussed shapes and showing emotion just by changing the shape of the eyes. Most students chose to create some pretty ferocious lions!
The students followed along with me in drawing the very basic parts of their lion using black crayon on brown paper. They were able to choose the emotion they wanted to express. Once drawn, the students were given small cups of various shades of brown tempera paint. We painted the lion's mane first, and the face last. Lastly, they traced with black crayon over their original crayon lines.
I just used this with my firstgraders and blogged about it. Thanks for a great idea!
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