In this project, we went on a safari in our classroom. We watched the Lion King to see different animals. We learned about warm colors and cool colors and even contour drawing. We did some practice with drawing and then had to turn our paper upside down to draw them from the wrong side up. I thought it was a lot easier to draw this way. We made special “Ruby Red Glasses” in this project too out of construction paper and red cellophane paper.
We had to draw an animal that we would see on a safari. We drew these animals in a sky blue colored pencil. After we were done drawing, we started to draw different patterns over top of our drawing with the warm colors. Warm colors include red, orange, and yellow. I drew a triangle checkerboard with yellow, a square checkerboard in red, and circles in orange. I then went over those things with red squiggles and orange hearts. The only way that you can see my animal is if you use the “Ruby Red Glasses”. Using them takes away the warm colors and exposes the cool colors. My animal was drawn in a blue color which is a cool color. Other cool colors are purple and green. It is really neat how you can only see your drawing if you use the special glasses. We also gave three hints of what our animal was and are displayed with a pair of “Ruby Red Glasses” in the hallway for people to look at them.
In an extension activity, I would have the children learn about the different animals. They could learn about their habitat, their diet, and other different facts about the animal. This way they are integrating science with their art work as well. They could even show other peers what they found out about this animal through science.
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