One Fish, Two Fish Dr. Seuss Art for Kindergarten

We spent some time today creating some fish, inspired by One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss. 

What a great way to spend Dr. Seuss's birthday!

We read some excerpts from the book, then looked carefully at the illustrations of the fish. Students noted the  curvy lines, the details on the fish's bodies, and the expressions on their faces.

My students had to decide if they were going to draw a fish that was swimming or standing. For swimming fish, the paper was placed horizontally, and they drew only one eye {profile view}. For standing fish, students turned their papers vertically, and they drew two eyes {front view}.

They drew an outline of their fish's body, using black crayon or black pastel. The outline had to be quite dark, as it was covered over with paint.

After the outline of the fish was done and the added details were complete, students took a paintbrush and used red, blue, green, or yellow paint to cover their pictures. 

As you can see, some students got pretty creative:

curly tailed rainbow fish

a polka-dotted wonder

When the pages were dry, the fish were cut out and mounted onto a background page.

The background page is a large piece of paper painted with red & blue stripes.

 Red and blue glitter was added while the paint was still wet, to help it stick.

*sparkly*