Colorful Contour Shoes

This is a fifth grade project which is a collaboration with the physical education department. Students learned about the technique of contour drawing and practiced on their shoes. Using this slow, line drawing technique students practiced until they were confident with the new technique. Contour drawing combines close observation with slow line drawing. After the students drew a final draft on white paper, color was added through tissue paper squares. Students overlapped tissue paper and added water to get the colors to bleed onto their paper. We talked about color theory and what happens when different colors combine to make new colors. The students could choose to use a color scheme of warm or cool colors or experiment with all of the colors. The finished product will be displayed in the gym in two different sections. One section will be the shoes that are appropriate for P.E. The other section will be footwear that is not appropriate in P.E.

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