Layered Marker Bread/Fish Drawing
We are doing this story this month. I was looking for something new and fresh as an art activity. I pondered the string art above -- really like it, but finally settled on this layered sharpie art drawing. I was inspired by the many images I saw of the iconic loaves and fishes as I searched the web and this site: https://artprojectsforkids.org. I get many ideas from her site by the way!
[Moderator: it appears the image Jaymie saw, called "Layered Marker Leaf Drawing" at Art Projects for Kids, is no longer on the site, but found the photo in an Art Pinterest here https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/513762269975633805/]
Anyway, we will see how it goes, but basically here's what we will do (I plan to demonstrate these steps on a flip chart as they work):
Supplies:
4X6 photo paper
Sharpie markers (different colors and metallic)
Extra-fine tipped black sharpie markers (for contour lines)
Black card stock (for mounting finished design)
Glue sticks
Optional: Label with memory verse can be put on card stock frame.
(sorry for the crooked photo!)
Directions:
Draw simple symbols from the story (5 oval shapes for loaves and 2 simple fish). We'll talk about good art design utilizing overlapping shapes and having some even go off the page. We're going to use photo paper (4 X 6) and sharpies (highlighters also work) to color in the shapes and add highlights. Next we'll outline the shapes and continue the lines between shapes with a fine-tipped sharpie, With older kids we might even talk about how that resembles contour lines that can be seen on maps -- and represent the hillside where the people were gathered. Then we'll use colored markers and make dots inside the contour lines. This will represent the crowds. 5000 is a hard number for kids to visualize... hopefully they'll begin to get the idea as they fill the page with all those dots.
Finished design will be mounted on black card stock.
It's different... We'll see how it goes....
Jaymie
See Jaymie's follow up notes below https://www.rotation.org/topic...0#549059653907580380