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
Hi Laura!!❤️❤️❤️
What grade would you suggest with these beauties?
I did these with 3rd and 4th.
Hello 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
What 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?
Mostly Blick premium tempera paint but also Faber Castell and Crayola premium. Premium tempera is like painting with acrylic. 🙂
AMAZING!! Thanks for sharing.
These are really beautiful!
Very goog job. I’ll try it with my pupils.
Greatings from France
Nice but is there a way to make it with regular paint…you know without the color
Great question. I have never made paint. 🙂 Laura
How did you create the textured effect on the painted sun? Did you use sponges?
yep! 🙂
What type of paper did you use? I don’t want the project to curl and would like to keep the cost down.
I use heavy weight drawing paper 80 – 90lb sulphite paper.
Love all your projects! So inspiring! Did you read a book with this project? Thanks!