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 Today kinder, 1st, and 2nd grade started their tissue paper turtles. We looked at "Clover" and examined all of the shapes on her back and the texture on her arms  The kids loved watching her slowly walk across their tables as they worked. I put her on each table for a few minutes while I monitored her. The kids used a large black Staonal crayon to decorate their shells with lots of shapes to do the tissue paper printing  1. paint small area with water 2. place tissue on the water and then paint a little water on top of the tissue to make sure the whole square is completely saturated or I tell the kids "see through" on their turtle shell   3.repeat until the whole shell is covered and no white paper is showing 4. when the tissue paper is dry, you can remove to reveal your beautiful print! We used green paper to draw the head, and legs. They drew the eyes on white paper and glued the eyes on the turtles Here are a few finished ones from second grade I have been playi...

This is an easy project you can do in one day . It is awesome because it covers many principals and elements of art and design. 1st it teaches composition,  the placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of art, as distinct from the subject of a work. It can also be thought of as the organization of the   elements of art   according to the  principles of design . The term composition means 'putting together,' and can apply to any work of art, from music, to writing, to photography, that is arranged or put together using conscious thought. In the visual arts, composition is often used interchangeably with various terms such as  design, form, visual ordering,  or formal structure,  depending on the context. It also teaches about OVERLAPPING shapes,  negative space, and the illusion of movement. Below are the steps I used to teach it. 1 .select 3 different color markers 2. Draw 6 shapes using only one color, ...