3rd Grade- Children's Grove Art Contest - Butterflies

We participated in a local art contest. Each child made an artwork influenced by butterflies and 3 artworks from our school were selected to be entered into the competition. The overall winner will have have their artwork transformed into a sculpture or be the inspiration for a sculpture at a local park.

On day one we looked at different examples of butterflies. We then used watercolor paper and drew our butterflies with pencil. Next we colored in the butterflies with oil pastel. We discussed blending and that we should use colors that are similar so they blend nicely.

On day two, we water colored the background and sprinkled salt on it to get a spontaneous look.