Drawing Dragons – watercolours and metallics

Alongside our playful work on emotions our little artists have been learning to use metallic and watercolour pencils to make intricate studies of dragons.

They made observational drawings from toys.

Gave their dragons names and characteristics

We used watercolour pencils on lovely water colour paper, to create careful patterning and details.

Water colour pencils mixed with water and careful brushwork made our drawings sing and come to life.

Transferring designs onto black paper with metallic pens and pencils made them look extra special.

These skills will be used in a project on illuminated lettering

We also used our ideas in dragon puppets in time for Chinese New Year

We cut dragon parts from sheets of paper decorated with wax resist.

Joined them together with split pins and made them move with straws We can use them as shadow puppets too.