To help students create an organic line to base their dragon's body position, students were given a piece of yarn to place on their paper. Once students found the way they preferred the yarn to be arranged they then glued the yarn down.
After the yarn has been glued down the drawing portion of the project begins. Students are guided through a process that teaches them to use simple shapes to create an elaborate finished drawing. Students are allowed to choose their own shapes to make each dragon unique.
In this project after our pencil drawing is complete we then outline our dragon with black crayon. This outline protects the edge of the dragon as the students will be adding color with water-based paint. This technique is known as wax resist.
In the finishing stages of this project color is added to both the dragon and the sky. Students choose their sky color after we discuss the different colors the sky can be. Other details like clouds, sun, moon, or other things that belong in the sky can be added as well.
This project really gets the students excited, especially as they see their dragon and painting taking shape.
