Storybook Art at Live Oaks Public Library!

 

Storybook Art at Live Oaks Public Library!

Storybook illustrations provide lots of inspiration for art teachers. There are so many different syles and mediums to look at! Tues. Oct. 2 we will begin our twice monthly free art classes at Southwest Live Oaks Public Library. In case you wanted to try out our Wild Things lesson at home here's a breakdowm of the lesson!

Printout:

Materials You'll Need:
*Wild Thing Monster Print Out
[Click Here to download our drawing sheet!]
*Pencil
*Black (or similiar crayon)
*practice paper
*Bristol paper
*oil pastels
*watered down acyrlic or tempera paint
*glue
*fabric scraps, yarn, buttons, etc.
*Scissors

Step 1:

Practice drawing the simplified wild thing monster. It's best to start out with the basic head and body shape (feel free to provide connect the dot shapes as a starting point) and build from there, adding facial features, arms/legs, and claws! Emphasize the SHAPES that make up the body, this usually takes away some of the intimidation.

Step 2:

Once the practice drawing is complete, re-draw on Bristol paper. Next outline monster in different color oil pastels. Make sure to explain outlining is different than filling in.

Step 3:

After drawing is completley outlined, it's time to paint! I love watered down acrylic paint. It retains a bright color, covers easily, and is transparent enough to preserve a line drawing. A huge deal to art teachers who hate to see wonderful line work completley covered by thick paint.

Step 4:

Decorate with fabric and embellishments!