Yes, I'll admit it. I love penguins. And so do first grade students at Green Valley Elementary. It shows in their art work. We talked about these precious little guys and it was then time to get our art on! (The coolest thing is that they were talking about them in their classroom as well. Coincidence? Nope.)
We started off with some tempera paint and paper for our background. We talked about colors that would blend--COLOR THEORY!--and then set out to finish step one. The following class was spent cutting out the body shapes, which they can either freely draw or use a template. I used templates to ensure they were large and the emphasis of the piece. First graders do tend to draw quite small, because they are small? (That's another post.) Students added details like the wings, eyes and cute 3-D beaks-- cut out a rhombus and fold it, so cute and done.
The last step was to add some snow, stressing overlapping. We added snow using tempera and cotton swabs. They each have their own personality.
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