6th grade fauvist animals

The following are examples of my 6th graders first gridding project. First we practice on a grid worksheet I created to help them understand the concept. In the 6th grade we do not enlarge the photographs. Students simply trace their ruler on the photograph and the corresponding 81/2 x 11 sheet of drawing paper. For this assignment we looked at the fun bold colors of the fauvist artists. We discussed how color effects the entire mood of the piece. Students were encouraged to to choose color pallets that were outside of the box. I gave students the option between oil pastels and colored pencils. Some of the animals had such delicate features I allowed colored pencils so the students would be pleased with their final result. Some of the most successful projects used colored pencil on the animal and oil pastel on their backgrounds.