The second graders recently finished their pop-out dinosaurs using watercolor and oil pastel techniques. We started the unit by learning about dinosaurs and watching some of the news clips about the triceratops that was found near by in Thornton. We then looked at the work of dinosaur illustrator Sergey Krasovskiy. We practiced drawing dinosaurs by looking at pictures and using whisper lines to make the sketches. Next, I demonstrated how to use salt, rubbing alcohol, and oil pastel to create some neat effects with the watercolor. I showed them how to blend and mix oil pastel. They picked a dinosaur that they wanted to create for their final piece and used the techniques to create their dinosaur. They used these same techniques to create a background. I showed them how to accordion fold paper to make their dinosaur pop out from the background. The work is pictured below.
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