I really enjoy using oil pastels with my kids, especially because they seem to really like how colorful and messy they are. I had been working on pattern with some of the other grades, so after some internet research, I came up with this project for my second graders.
Assignment Description: Create a cat face design filled symmetrical patterns, using oil pastels on brown parchment paper
Materials:
- parchment paper
- oil pastels
To begin this project, we did practice drawing a cat face, step-by-step, on a practice paper before working on final project paper. Students also had the opportunity to experiment with different patterns when they were finished drawing their practice cat face.
For the final project, they drew a cat face on a large piece of parchment paper, drew in their patterns with pencil, and then colored in their patterns using oil pastels. The last step was to cut out the cat face.
My second grade students loved this project! Many of them wanted to add a string so they could wear it as a mask, so maybe next time I would use thicker paper and make it a mask project. I really enjoy how colorful all their designs turned out and it certainly doesn't hurt that they loved creating them!
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