Swimming Art

Today my class created an swimming image.

I found this terrific lesson on the blog 'Kids Artists''.

You need:

1. white drawing sheet A4 size
2. coloured paper for background 
3. crayons
4. liquid water colour, blue and green
5. brush
6. jar with water

Look at artwork of David Hockney, especially those with swimming pools. Discuss with the students how people look like under water -flowing hair, lighter skin. What causes the shimmering
surfaces on the water and what do they look like?

The students draw one or more people in swimsuits and colour themwith oil pastels. Use white oil pastel to draw a water pattern in the background, consisting of wavy horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines.
Paint the picture with blue and/or green diluted coloured ink. The swimmers and the white lines will not resist the ink.