I love the way oil pastels look on a sheet of acetate, backed with a nice black piece of construction paper.1. Create or buy grid paper and show students how to draw a simplified city skyline with lots of squares, rectangles and triangles.
2. Have the students tape a piece of acetate to the front of their grid drawing and show them how to trace their drawing to the acetate with a black Sharpie marker.
3. The students are to color in the building shapes with oil pastels on the back side of acetate.
4. Lastly, the acetate drawing is placed in front of a piece of black paper to be displayed and enjoyed!
2. Have the students tape a piece of acetate to the front of their grid drawing and show them how to trace their drawing to the acetate with a black Sharpie marker.
3. The students are to color in the building shapes with oil pastels on the back side of acetate.
4. Lastly, the acetate drawing is placed in front of a piece of black paper to be displayed and enjoyed!
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I've never seen that one before. Great idea.
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regarding the acetate:
is this the glossy on both sides? I'm assuming not since you say use the "back" side to draw on. I'm not sure what or where to buy what you are using?
Thanks so much for the blog and ideas here. Love it!
It's been awhile, but I think I found the acetate at Staples. It's really just those old, clear plastic sheets that were once used for overhead projectors. When drawing on it with pastels, it doesn't matter which side you use. Either will give you the same results. I just liked to display the art with the shiny, uncolored side on top.
Oh, I just tried this at home after discovering a whole pack of overhead projector paper in my desk at school---it's a truly fabulous idea!! I know my 4th graders are going to be totally enchanted by it. Kathy, how do you attach the plastic to the construction paper? Or does it just stick from friction? THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS SUPER COOL IDEA!
-Laura
You're welcome Laura,
I just used a small amount of clear scotch tape to wrap around the top corners. The smaller and neater the pieces, the better.
Thanks, Kathy. I discovered today at school that when I put a piece of construction paper behind it the friction kept it together :) I adore this project! Great technique I'll be using on many things!
Hi Kathy,
This project looks fabulous! Do you think it would work with markers instead of oil pastels? I am organizing some artshops for homeschoolers and we try to use materials everyone would already have at home. I'm not sure how many families would have pastels on hand.
Hi Amanda,
I'm pretty sure that watercolor markers would rub off, but permanent markers (like Sharpies) would work. Hmmm.... I may have to try that myself.
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