This project was inspired by Keichi Nishimura and fabulous Japanese artist 🙂  The fun thing about the chalk is that if the students blend too much they can go back and retrace their crane again.  Enjoy!

Skill Learned:

Blending with chalk.  Making movement in art and tracing skills are utilized.

Materials Needed:

• 2 small crane cut outs to trace per student and glue onto piece at end
• large moon cut out
• Chalk pastels (I use the Sergent art set of 12 in class)
• White and yellow tempera
• Crane and moon cut outs
• 18 X 24 taped watercolor paper
• glue to adhere moon
• iridescent sparkles for moon
• black puffy paint or black sharpie for eyes

First talk to students about cranes and birds in general.  We are near the beach so we discussed how pelicans fly in V formation all going the same way etc.  This is so they think about how to lay out their bird pattern.  Then I have them trace 8 cranes (in the end they will have 10 total because they glue the Continue Reading »