Pumpkin Perspective Pastels

Final pumpkin/fall project of the year!  Hooray!  This was an easy, fun, and successful project for Mrs. Dodds first grade class.  It would be suitable for all ages and easily adapted to the current season.  I copied the idea from www.oodlesofart.blogspot.com. 

 

I had a finished sample up on the board, and I also used the overhead and did a step by step with the kids.  To do it any other way would have been difficult. 

 

All of the supplies were in the workroom art mom cabinets and were easy to find.

 

As we progressed through the project I would take a few moments to explain simply the concepts of perspective, the use of chalk pastels, blending and shading, and then the leaf rubbings.
 

 

Everything cleaned up with a little soap and water, and Clorox wipes. 

 

 Pretty good for first graders, right? 

 

 

I would say it was a success, the students really enjoyed it!

Items used:

• white paper
• chalk pastels, orange, yellow, greens, brown
• sharpies
• leaves
• hairspray to set the chalk after final tap-off

The hairspray does make the paper curl but it was NBD. 

In 2 weeks I will be doing this art project from deepspacesparkle!  Wish me luck!