Friday, April 20, 2012

Kindergarten "A Color of His Own" Chameleon Paintings

Kindergarten students LOVE to read books, so we read the book "A Color of His Own" by Leo Lionni and created a very colorful chameleon.  The students followed along with me to create the very basic chameleon shape.  Even though they watched me draw, notice how different the chameleons look!  Next, they added details inside the chameleon.  They used texture plates and crayons to give the chameleon a variety of textures.  We found that the textures didn't show up very well on construction paper, so we gave the chameleon a light coat of watercolor paint to bring out the textures.  This was a fun, quick project to do in between two larger projects! 







Thanks to Deep Space Sparkle for the inspiration for this project!

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