LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONS
COLOR
TROPICAL FISH
Lesson Objectives: Students will learn about color and chalk pastel techniques.
Time Required: 1 hour
Artist: Paul Klee, Golden Fish, 1925 (available online)
Materials:
Plain fabric, white or beige
Chalk pastels
Milk or buttermilk
Iron
Scrap paper.
Butcher paper to cover desks
Examples of tropical fish
Presentation:
Discuss color and how colorful Hawaiian fish are.
Procedure:
- Pass out scrap paper and examples of tropical fish and have students draw their own fish.
- Pass out fabric wet with buttermilk and set it on butcher paper.
- Draw their fish on the fabric with chalk pastel and color in.
- Let dry.
- Parents: Place fabric between 2 pieces of scrap paper and iron. The heat from the iron heats the protein in the milk, setting the chalk so it doesn’t dust off.
