Kindergarten -- Klee Fish

We began this project by reading a book on Paul Klee.  After learning about Klee and the style of his work, we observed his painting "The Goldfish".  We noticed how the colors really contrast each other because of the dark black water and the bold colors of the fish.  We started brainstorming as a class what lives under water..  From there the students drew their underwater scene and used oil pastels to color in their objects.  We used a black wash over the paper to fill in the background.  This allowed us to see how the oil pastels resist water.