![]() ![]() Perhaps one color plus a color for a mat or pillow. To make the painting dramatic, keep the background color simple. If you don’t have metallic tempera paint, use a metallic oil pastel or perhaps add some rhinestones after the paint is dry. I set out a palette of bright colors plus one metallic paint. Once the dog is painted, the children can paint the crown and the background. The next class involves painting the crown and background: Encourage the kids to leave some areas white, add patches, etc. I demonstrate how to paint the dog using short smooth brush strokes and then, when the undercoat is dry, adding squiggles and short lines with a darker paint for the “hair”. Make sure to add two browns, black, grey, golden yellow, white and pure black. I used regular tempera paints but pre-mixed the paints using “dog” colors before pouring them into the muffin palettes. Draw three “boxes” on the white board, starting with a crown in each box (show three different crowns), then move to the shape of the face, etc.Īfter the drawing is complete, bring out the paints. If the child wished to draw the bull dog, they’d follow my bulldog drawing, same for the hound. My strategy is to draw the dog first so the kids know what to expect, then erase the drawing and start over as a directed line drawing.įor my Kinders, I did three direct line drawing instructions simultaneously. On the white board, I showed the kids how to draw the dogs, starting with the crown, then drawing the shape of the face, adding ears, then body, and finally the face. (The pillow picture was a huge help here!) I selected three dogs that had characteristics that would assist in producing an identifiable dog: French Bulldog, Basset Hound and Cocker Spaniel. ![]() I needed a lesson to carry my Kinders through the last two weeks of art class and although the Kingly Kanine lesson was designed for third grade kids, I was sure I could simplify my ideas to accommodate the skills of five and six year olds.įor the little ones who are ALL enamored with dogs, it was very easy to capture their attention. – Palette of background colors (blue, greens, reds, metallic paint for crown) – Palette of “dog” colored paint (black, white, tawny, brown, golden yellow and white) The pillow (from Pillow Pillow Pillow) featured graphic dogs stenciled on pillows.īetween the two ideas, I knew I had an appealing art lesson. I pulled it out after seeing a fantastic dog pillow in an O magazine article. I tore out the page, stuffed it in my “art idea” file. This lesson originated from the April 2007 article in Arts and Activities magazine, titled Kingly Kanines by Laura Lasker, an art teacher at Bethlehem Elementary in Connecticut. ![]()
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