As we prepared for our annual Fine Arts Festival my fourth graders had been creating some beautiful projects. This one has been a favorite. Students created a glue resist chalk drawing by first using pencils to draw their image; then applying glue directly to the drawing and coloring in the image with chalk.
Day One: Beautiful birds outlined in glue. I used Elmer's Glue All because sometimes the school glue has too much of a liquid consistency.
Make sure you have a flat surface so the glue dries neatly.
Day 2: The students were all smiles!
They love blending and shading their tropical rainforest birds. With all the vivid colors at their disposal
they went to straight to work.
they went to straight to work.
Toucans!
When blending I demonstrated how to use a different finger with each new color so the colors stay bright.
Parrots!
Sometimes the students just didn't want to go back to class.
They wanted to keep working! Like this one.
Butterflies and Dragonflies!
I just love how all these turned out!
Each 4th grade class created different rainforest creatures.
So go ahead grab some chalk and have fun!
Laura
These are really lovely....a wonderful idea I can't wait to try for spring. Would this work with regular chalk or chalk pastels ? Thanks :)
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I use both- Prang and Crayola chalk and prong chalk pastels.
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DeleteThese look great! I've done this before but always struggle with whether or not to spray. Spraying dulls the colors, but if I don't spray, someone will lean against the display and smear all the colors. So I wonder how others manage this. And if you don't spray, how do you send the home?
ReplyDeleteI use hair spray- very lightly. These are hanging in the hallway with no smears or smudges. All the teachers are monitoring the hallways as well for fingers to touch :) I have to say the students LOVE using chalk and are very respectful of the projects. :) I will be sending 18 x 24 inch portfolios home soon and everything is neatly tuck away.
DeleteI I love them. Well done. Fabulous photos too thanks.
ReplyDeleteLove those colours, they're so intense!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! I have also used Gel Glue on the black paper and oil pastels. I may have to try using the chalk again. I agree on the spraying. I try to spray very lightly!!
ReplyDeleteI do a glue project every year because I just absolutely LOVE the results! The kids love the pastels and they always turn out amazing. Last year we did rainforest animals because the theme for the art show was the rainforest...I have to say the poisonous frogs were my favorites! (I always spray...otherwise its a bit of a mess and things get smudged.) (hair spray)
ReplyDeleteI love each one.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes from arctic Finland
we wait birds and flowers here.
Beautiful! Can I ask what kind of paper they used? Is it construction paper?
ReplyDeleteTru Ray Construction paper. It holds up well to the wet glue. :)
DeleteNever thought to use the black paper! I have always added black tempera into the glue. Thanks.
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