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This week we have been studying about Salvador Dali. I was inspired by the beautiful elephant projects done by Mary at http://marymaking.blogspot.com/
and she got the ideas from these awesome blogs below!!
http://funart4kids.blogspot.com/search/label/elephants
http://paintedpaperintheartroom.blogspot.com/2010/10/festival-elephants-of-india.html
We started by watching this great video about Salvador Dali
and I showed them how to draw the elephant in these 6 simple steps! We talked about the Indian elephants and how they are adorned with fine linens and jewels! We talked about the endangered elephants species.
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We used washable markers and then painted them with water! We made shadows behind their feet and then they had to draw a horizon line and create a background with chalk pastel
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Then we added fabric
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and jewels!!
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They were allowed to use drawing books and create other surreal creatures as well! I will post more when they are finished!
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