Crayons/Oil Pastels - Scratch Art

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Description

Before diving into the information of this lesson, we had to prep our project. First, we had to use oil pastels to color a sheet of paper in a rainbow pattern. We had to color it so that you could not see any white. Then, you taped it to a piece of construction paper. After that step was complete, you painted over the rainbow oil pastels with black paint. You had to paint the black thick enough so you could not see the oil pastels through it. Once that step was complete, you needed to allow it plenty of time to dry. Then, we started learning about Sally Maxwell and Eric Carle. Sally is known for scratch art and Eric is known for writing "The Mixed Up Chameleon," which is the book we were basing our art project on. Then, we got to draw our own chameleon. We first drew it with pencil on a blank piece of paper. We had to add many patterns onto it. Then, we traced it onto the practice piece of scratch art paper. Once it was traced onto that, we used a wooden stick to reveal the chameleon. This was our practice one. Once our oil pastel and painted scratch art paper was dry, it was time to trace our chameleon onto that. Then you used your wooden stick again to reveal the rainbow chameleon with its patterns. You then had your own homemade scratch art chameleon! 

Extension Activity 

An extension activity for this art project would be to read the book "The Mixed Up Chameleon." You could then write a small paragraph telling how your chameleon is unique and perfectly you. You could also incorporate science and talk about how and why a chameleon changes colors. 

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