3D Lily Pads

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We started this project by talking about Claude Monet, and his lily pad series of work. We talked about different techniques he used, but also about how we can use the 3D effect to add dimension to our art. 

Background: We first taped down our water color paper so it did curl up, then covered the paper in a layer of water with a paint brush. We used blue, purple, and green water color paint to create our lake, and then sprinkled salt over the paper to give it a different texture. 

Lily pad: We precut our lily pad shapes for the students. We used a blue marker to make veins on our lily pad, and then different shades of green and blue to highlight our lily pad and add detail. 

Flower: We first took a paper, white, circle, and drew a flower shape on it. The students cut these out and used their pencil to roll the petals of it to make it 3D. We took a long pink strip of paper and colored half of it (the long way) orange. Then, cut little slivers half way through the pink slip of paper, and rolled it up. We hot glued these to the white paper for our students. Then, the students use glue to glue the flower to the lily pad. 

Putting it together: After the background is dry, we had students brush off the salt into a garbage can so it wouldn't fall off later, and then we glued the lily pad down. 

Extension activity: Students could use a cardboard box, and glue this to the bottom. They could create a bigger, 3D scene using the box by adding in a sky, birds, butterflies, a bridge, dragonflies, etc. They could also write a couple sentences about what is happening in their 3D model. 

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