The sun will come out! Do you need to reintroduce a warm and cool concept in a colorful way? Here is a fun lesson that incorporates line and color. My students really enjoy creating these adorable suns.
Here Is What You Will Need:
Adding the Lines
With a sharpie, create lines to represent the rays of the sun and waves in the sea.
HINT: Using a straight edge or a ruler will help create straight lines when making the rays.
Add wavy lines to represent the water.
Adding the Paint
With a good premium tempera paint and a medium flat brush start painting the rays. I suggest to start with the color yellow and proceed to fill the rays with the WARM colors: orange and red. Some students painted in a symmetrical pattern while others did a different pattern. The waves were painted with COOL colors: Blue, Purple and Green.
Let dry.
Adding The Sun
Draw the shape of the sun on the back of a piece of previously painted paper. Cut out and glue down. With a wide angled black sharpie, redefine the lines of the rays and sun.
Display for all to enjoy!
Keep on Creating!
Laura
15 Comments
ellen landskroener
February 20, 2018 at 5:10 pmHi Laura!!❤️❤️❤️
What grade would you suggest with these beauties?
Laura
February 22, 2018 at 7:20 amI did these with 3rd and 4th.
De Knutseljuf Ede
March 10, 2018 at 6:27 pmHello Laura! It is beautiful! Bijlenie (The Netherlands) made the suns also, she was inspired by your blog. Maybe you like it to see it: https://yoo.rs/bijlenie/blog/tekenen-met-de-knutselvriendinnetjes-1520722707.html?Ysid=88861
Mrs. B
March 21, 2018 at 4:39 pmWhat brand of paint do you use to create such bright opaque hues? I use Crayola and Sargent Art TIme, but find them more transparent and very chalky when dry. Any advice?
Laura
March 30, 2018 at 9:50 amMostly Blick premium tempera paint but also Faber Castell and Crayola premium. Premium tempera is like painting with acrylic. 🙂
Mercedes
July 8, 2018 at 4:51 amAMAZING!! Thanks for sharing.
Barb
August 5, 2018 at 12:30 amThese are really beautiful!
Laurent
October 3, 2019 at 2:25 pmVery goog job. I’ll try it with my pupils.
Greatings from France
Tahir
April 20, 2020 at 4:29 pmNice but is there a way to make it with regular paint…you know without the color
Laura
May 8, 2020 at 10:24 amGreat question. I have never made paint. 🙂 Laura
J. Hutton
November 10, 2020 at 11:40 amHow did you create the textured effect on the painted sun? Did you use sponges?
Laura
November 17, 2020 at 4:38 pmyep! 🙂
Erin
June 23, 2022 at 7:49 amWhat type of paper did you use? I don’t want the project to curl and would like to keep the cost down.
Laura
June 28, 2022 at 8:51 amI use heavy weight drawing paper 80 – 90lb sulphite paper.
Celeste
April 18, 2023 at 12:27 pmLove all your projects! So inspiring! Did you read a book with this project? Thanks!