What could be better than intense color, rich pattern and funky animal drawings? Well...if you add a QR code that shares a recorded student reflection with who ever scans it, that will top it!
Here is the outline of our most recent work- Zentangle Watercolor Animals (with QR code reflection)
1. Begin with demo of/practicing watercolor techniques
The techniques we focused on were:
2. Practice drawing a large scale animal or animal head. Outline in Sharpie- remember to vary the thickness of the lines!
3. Break up the animal shape with lines to create multiple spaces. Paint various watercolor techniques within the spaces.
4. Draw Zentangle patterns over the dried paint spaces. Discuss why it's important to put contrasting patterns next to each other.
- Dry Brush
- Wet-in-wet
- Rubbing Alcohol
- Salt
- Scrape
- Crayon Resist
- Wash
2. Practice drawing a large scale animal or animal head. Outline in Sharpie- remember to vary the thickness of the lines!
3. Break up the animal shape with lines to create multiple spaces. Paint various watercolor techniques within the spaces.
4. Draw Zentangle patterns over the dried paint spaces. Discuss why it's important to put contrasting patterns next to each other.
5. Use Croak.It! app to record a 30 second reflection about art making process. The questions we answered were as follows:
6. Use QR Code Maker app to turn the Croak.It! recording into a scan-ready QR code. Print and post on completed artwork.
Students enjoy all the aspects of this project- especially practicing all the various watercolor techniques. Adding the QR code was a nice way to wrap up the work and reflect in an unconventional way.
