Colorful Lizards

One of our younger artists recently suggested that we could make Lizard Art.

So we did! 

Beautiful, colorful, weird LIZARDS.

First we looked at pictures of lizards. 

Wow! Lizards are really colorful and unique and interesting!

Next, we gathered our supplies: 

  dark-colored construction paper (9" x 12")

  black oil pastels, 

  a set of soft pastels

  one soft dry cloth, one slightly damp cloth                                 (for wiping  fingers). 

We started by sketching the basic shape of our lizard lightly on the construction paper with white soft pastel. (Mistakes can be be wiped away with the dry cloth.) Some artists also added background details, such as a rock or a limb for their lizard to rest on. 

Then we went over our lines with black oil pastel, and added a pattern within the body of the lizard.

Next, we filled in the patterns with soft pastels and rubbed them with our fingers to soften them. 

We also added color to our backgrounds and other details.

To finish, we went over our black lines once again with black oil pastels to re-define our shapes.

You may have noticed that these last two lizards were converted into dragons! 

You can see more Lizard Art in our previous weblog post, Leapin' Lizards!