The 4th Grade learned a little about the Northern Lights before we even started on the mixed media painting of Polar Bears. They created the backgrounds of the artic landscapes with chalk pastels on beautiful colored paper. The students were asked to include the Northern Lights in their artwork.
Then they drew their own unique polar bear, (no tracing here!) on a separate paper and cut out the inside of the bear, creating a stencil - very difficult to do! Finally, they placed their stencil on the composition and sponge painted the polar bear onto the paper. Details were added with black oil pastel.
