Fish under the Sea

Kinder: Fish Under the Sea

Kinder students explored mixed media in this project quite a bit. This was quite a long project but well worth it. Students put a lot of effort into these and I think they really enjoyed the creative process as they were using so many different materials. 

The first step was painting the background with liquid blue watercolor paint. Students painted the bottom half with blue paint. The top half was "water painted". Students spread water onto the paper and the wet pigment from the bottom half spreads a little to the upper half creating light blue. This is a good introduction to basic values.

They also learned about recyling! Students covered an old c.d with tissue paper pieces (these were pre-cut into squares). Warm colors were used for this. Students added gold glitter to the fish (lots of supervision here with the glitter!) Students also created tails and fins with orange colored paper and added line designs with oil pastels. This was great review on the many lines we'd learned up to this point. Fins and tails were drawn by students through a step by step instruction. These were glued onto the underside of the fish. Students stamped the sandy sea floor with texture stampers.( I have gotten so much use out of these. 1st graders recently used them on their Thiebaud Pop Art for added texture). Back to Kinder though! On another day, students stamped fish bubbles with old glue bottle lids and yogurt cups. The last day involved creating sea plants/seaweed with green Kraft paper. I demonstrated how to "squish" (crinkle) the paper with their hands. This was then glued to the ocean. Students had to really press these down pretty hard onto the paper but then they stuck marvelously. All in all, a great success!