POLAR BEAR PAINTINGS are a fun winter art lesson for mixing variations of blues. You can even take a step further and make it a value lesson- mixing a single color from light to dark.
These polar bears can be taught in a classroom, at home, or for remote learning. Acrylic paints are not necessary for this winter art lesson. Any art medium can be used to add in color: watercolor, color pencil, crayon, pastel.
A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD of “POLAR BEAR PAINTINGS” is available on ETSY & TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS
DOWNLOAD includes 2 levels of instruction for this lesson. It also includes step by step drawing and painting instructions, with photos.
This art lesson can use the following art terminology & techniques:
Drawing from simple shapes, creating a foreground, middle ground, and background, As well as, mixing various values of blues.
It makes a great WINTER ART PROJECT, that steers clear of any Holiday theme. It can also be used in as STEAM ART project, to go along with learning about the Arctic.
This is a great activity for grade levels K-6. An excellent resource for homeschoolers, teachers, and parents. I have done this in class, and I have this POLAR BEAR ART LESSON remotely. The digital download has step by step drawing instructions, that can be printed out, or digitally sent to students for them to follow on their own, or the drawing instructions can be used as a guide to take students from start to finish with their POLAR BEAR PAINTINGS.
YOU’LL NEED paints, brush, paper, black marker
A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD of “POLAR BEAR PAINTINGS” is available on ETSY & TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS
YOU’LL NEED:
- PENCIL & ERASER
- PAINTING PAPER
- BLACK SHARPIE
- PAINT: white, blue, turquoise & gray
- BRUSH
- PAPER TOWEL
EXPERT TIP: Each student should have a paper plate with a squeeze of white, turquoise, and blue, for mixing variations of colors. They only need a paper towel for wiping their brush. A water cup is not necessary, only for cleaning brushes at the end of the lesson. With lessons like this, I just have everyone bring their brush to a soapy waterfilled cup at the end of class.
Use simple shapes and start the drawing with an oval body shape and a circle head. Add on legs. Once you have those large simple shapes you can add on smaller shapes, such as ears, feet, face. Create the background and add a few icebergs in the water.
Paint in various blues from light to dark in the background. The polar bear can be left the white of the paper and no need to paint it in. Optional to use some gray for shading on the legs and above the nose.
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