Saturday (September 1) was the first day of Spring, so it seemed a good time to create a light and lively dragonfly picture. Looking at pictorial examples we observed the basic structure of the insect body - the three main sections of head, thorax and abdomen, and how the legs and wings attach to the thorax. Then we looked at how simply a basic insect template can easily be changed into various types of insects simply by altering the shape and size of the wings and body component parts.
We created the background of our pictures with leaf texture rubbings of flourescent oil pastel and watercolor wash . While our backgrounds dried we drew our insects, starting with the 3 basic body sections and then altering them to create insects of our choice - many chose dragonflies or butterflies, while others went for bees, preying mantis and a variety of other insects. We traced over all lines of the insects with sharpies and finer permanent black markers before adding color with the flourescent oil pastels, then cutting them out and gluing onto our backgrounds.
Our pictures are shimmering with a lovely iridescence, and are very Spring-ish!
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| Candice N (Year 6) |
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| Faith H (Year 1) |
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| Kira M (Year 2) |
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| Libby E (Year 2) |
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| Emily W (Year 5) |
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| Liam R (Year 3) |
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| Maddison P (Year 2) |
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| Chan N (Year 2) |
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| Charliz C (Year 2) |
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| Jordan O (Year 3) |
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| Kane B (Year 2) |
It is so funny reading Sept 1st is the beginning of Spring! Here in the US summer is ending and we are heading into Fall! The paintings are so nice! The colors are beautiful and bright! Love the dragonflies! :)
I like all of the insect pictures and the leaf rubbing technique. The bright colours we used on the pictures were great. Tasman
I love how Maddison P has done the wings on her dragon flies. They look so lacey and thin just like the real thing. The dragon flies stand out on her pale background.
I really like Candice N has done her dragonfly. I love the patterns on the wings and also the variety of colours she has used. I like how it is cartoon!
Charlotte :)
Love the dragonflies, especially those with detail on their wings.
I like how Candice made the dragonfly look cute and the leafs make it look kind of 3d. Juliana.k
I wouldn't have thought of that background and it is really pretty! My classes will love doing these. Thanks!
These are so fun and bright and colourful! The background paper is brilliant! Neon oil pastels are so hard to find, in my experience. What brand do you use?
Hi Miss, thanks for visiting, I've long been a fan of your site :) Sorry I can't help with the oil pastel brand - they were bought long ago (I only bring them out occasionally), re-boxed into disposable food containers for ease of transport, and have long since had their wrappers removed!
These are so very very lovely! Thank you so much for sharing your ideas. This is a great blog.
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