Project Title: Fish/ Sea Animal Sculpture Part 2
Medium: Recycled cardboard, masking tape, acrylic paint, embellishments
Grade Theme: Oceans and Fish

Overview: Students will embellish their sea creature sculptures that were made in the previous lesson. Embellishments may include: eyes, scales, fins, claws and/or anything the students can think of that is possible with materials handy.
Art Skills: design and construction
Process: Students will cut, fold and arrange all embellishments on their sculptures.  Teachers will hot glue all heavy parts, like google eyes, students will glue light weight embellishments.
Materials: buttons, tissue paper, construction paper, pipe cleaners, google eyes, mylar, etc.
Tools Provided by Classroom: scissors, white glue
Vocabulary:, Embellishment: Embellishments in art are thoughtful, specific details that are added by the artist on top of the existing work
Multiple Subject Integration: Environmental Science, anatomy, engineering

*Please note that samples were made by teaching artists.  Students will be encouraged to make their own versions of this project. Please DO NOT show students these samples in advance of the art lesson.

 Description Summary: Today students had the second of a two-part special art lesson making sea creature sculptures.  They cut and folded and glued all the surface details of their animals with colors, shapes and textures.