Vocabulary Words: line patterns, still-life

Materials: large white paper (I used old fingerpaint paper, tempera, oil pastels, q-tips, cooking or baby oil

I set up several teddy bear still-life arrangements for students to paint. We got out the tempera and students painted what they saw. The teddy bears were sitting on a table in the color of choice, and the wall behind them was to be one solid color. The next class period we outlined our teddy bears in oil pastels, then softened them with q-tips and oil, blending the pastels until they were soft and muted. We then drew a line pattern on the wall and softened it with oil as well.