Hidden Safari

 

Description: For this activity, we learned how it is easier to draw upside down since you are focusing on the lines and not on the entire picture. We first had to select an animal that is found in a safari. We then had to lightly draw our selected animal upside down with a blue colored pencil. Once we finished drawing our animal, we used warm colors (red, orange, yellow) to draw at least three different patterns over our drawing of the animal, so that our animal was hidden. It's important to draw the animal in a cool color and use warm colors for the patterns over it because we then used red glassees to look at our work, and the patterns would 'disappear' and you can vividly see the animal drawing. After we finished our patterns, we had to write three clues about our animal on an index card.  

Extension Activity: An extension activity that I can do is, have students research about the animal that they drew for this project. They will have a list of requirements that they will need to find about their animal such as, where the animal can be found, what food does the animal like to eat, and how old the animal usually lives. Once students gather all their information, they will write it all out on paper and present it next to their drawing project.