Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Mandalas






A Mandala is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Indian religions representing the universe. These mandalas were created by middle school students by repeating a design to create radial symmetry. Students then outlined these designs with black sharpie and used colored pencils. We learned different techniques with the colored pencils- like blending colors, shading light to dark and creating smooth coverage. More advanced students were able to incorporate more detail into their patterning as well.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Elephants of India




PreK and Kinder created these wonderful watercolor elephants! We began by doing a step-by-step drawing on an elephant. After we were finished, the students outlined with black or grey crayons and added details like wrinkles and toes. I had the students add a sunlike design to the head and back to give it an Indian flavor. The final step was painting them in with the watercolors. The results were an adorable twist on an animal portrait and they all look so cute!