Grade 3 Tropical Still-life

I enjoy teaching still-life to 3rd graders who respond very well to the lesson. We talk about perspective, overlapping, composition, breaking it into shapes and looking at values; highlights and shadows. This year we completed a Tropical still-life reflecting the theme of Grandparent's Day. I demonstrated on the white board and then asked each child to choose a neutral colored chalk and sketch out their drawing. Then we talked about color, contrast and opposites and I demonstrated coloring and blending the fruit in my still-life drawing. We spent two class periods filling the drawings with color, shadows and highlights; carefully spraying in between layers. I am proud of their drawings and success with chalk!