Raindrops 'n Bees

Draw bubbles in your visual journal http://www.busywomen.com.au/visual_journal.htm using cool colours. (Blue, Green or Purple)

We do this by drawing circles all over the page any old where.
And then colouring dark around them. (This creates contrast)

When you have done this go over the edges very lightly and gently. Do this on just one side and it will make it look like the light is shining on the other.
(We will call this shading.)

Now draw an insect

You can copy one from Enchanted Learning. Don't forget if you can't get it to look right draw it upside down (lesson one)
Don't print it out though - draw it about half the A4 size - so that you can cut it out and fit it on to the other page.

Colour it very warm colours.

Don't forget to rescue your outlines by going back with black at the very end and carefully going over them.,with a fine tip black felt pen.

All you have to do now is cut out the insect out very, very neatly and stick it on top of the background of bubbles!

You will see that I tried fancy edged scissors in this one and it didn't work well. That is how we learn art.

Try things out see how they look and if they aren't very good.
Change the plan and try something different.

Use your scanner like a composition tool.
This means shift things around and see which place for the insect looks good.
Shift the insect from place to place and put the back ground on top of it.
Scan the two pictures at once. (Bee is placed on the scanner glass and the background is placed on top of the bee.) and the lid is closed. No mess no fuss no glue.

Of course if later on when you have the picture away from the expensive equipment

you can glue it into the position you thought was best for it.

I have decided that this will be the composition I will choose..
So I have copied it and saved it.

I have tidied it up on the graphic software. (Photoshop) If you are happy with your picture take it to the school library or the stationary shop and ask for it to be laminated.
This will seal and protect it.

Have a good time kids and let me know how it goes!

Jo