Camouflage in 4th Grade Art Class!
In 4th grade, students learn about different animal adaptations and ecosystems. We integrated these topics into our art class for one of our most exciting projects! Students discovered how camouflage works as a valuable adaptation and how texture is important for camouflage to work best. Students painted their animal or plant print and then camouflaged their hand to blend in with their artwork so their final art piece was a digital photograph of their hand in their art. Can you find the camouflaged hands?? Animal Adaptations – Adaptations help animal species survive in their environment. They can be physical or behavioral. Many animals have developed different things to help them survive like sharp claws or thick fur. Camouflage is a major animal adaptation that allows animals to blend in to their surroundings. Some animals blend in to hide from predators, while others use camouflage to sneak up on prey. Learning Target – Choose an animal that uses camouflage to survive in its ecosystem (or a plant that insects camouflage to look like) and paint its design and implied texture on a large zoomed-in scale. Then, choose an area to camouflage the artist’s hand with paint and take a digital photograph as the final artwork. Texture – Refers to the surface quality of an artwork. It is how something feels or how it looks like it feels. Texture can be real (tactile) or implied (visual). Real texture is how something actually feels to the touch. Implied texture is how the artist makes a smooth artwork look like it has been textured. |
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