The Eye of the Dragon
I began planning this lesson after seeing a similar post on Pinterest.
Students began by viewing a google slide to review information about texture, and to learn different oil pastel techniques.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1btUPk4BNJphZ0WGopQ8h1gHMm6CDQOjH5OUysypQCEg/edit?usp=sharing
I have 6 tables in my classroom, so I made 6 boxes with oil pastel supplies:
Oil pastels
Qtips
Paperclips (for sgraffito)
Students began by practicing using oil pastels on the technique sheet I made.
After they completed the technique sheet, they began to plan out their dragon eye in their notebooks. I created this handout for them to use as inspiration for their eyes.
Once they showed me a completed sketch, they were able to begin on the project paper. We used 12x12" drawing paper.
They drew with pencil first, traced pencil lines with sharpie and then used the oil pastels to add color.
They were required to color each scale individually, I reminded them that they were not to color over top of the black lines. My students will rush through everything I give them so I told them they needed to slow down and color the scales one at a time.
I am more than impressed with their work and this is definitely a project that I will do again!
