Project Koi Fish

For Chinese New Year I really wanted to do a new project.  I found this Koi Fish art project from Blue Moon Palette.  I loved the idea of it and I wanted to also take it up a level.  We started with the basic sketch after watching a you tube video on how to draw the basic shape of the fish.  Then they added the seaweed and lily pads. Some of them also added waterlilies to their painting.

The next day we used liquid watercolor for the water and added salt to add that water effect and texture.  The only colors we used were blue, turquoise, and purple.  Students really had a hard time with the liquid watercolors.  Combining the water and the paint was hard for them.  Some of them also don't make wise decisions on what size brush tips they need.

We let the water dry and then students filled in the rest of the painting with watercolor using just palette paints.

Since students are not allowed to use Sharpies, I did the final outlining for their projects.  Of course, I forgot to take a picture of the final project and the bulletin board display.  That will have to be on a different post, probably a month later knowing me.