Art Class, Level 3: Thai Green Peafowl
$6.00
Students will create their own scratch art paper and then they will use a wood carving of a Thai green peafowl as inspiration to draw (scratch) their design of the bird. The lesson helps students understand principles like balance and emphasis.
For grades 5 and up | This is a digital resource.
Published by ArtAchieve.
Product Description
Most people have seen Indian peafowl, the kind commonly raised in the United States, so you likely already know about the gorgeous tail that the peacock displays. It’s huge, measuring 3’ from beak to tail. However, the Thai green peafowl makes the more common Indian peafowl seem . . . well, . . . just plain common.
The green peafowl measures about 3 times the length of the Indian peacock, and both the hen and cock display magnificent, enormous tails. The Sudaluc Furniture factory in Chiang Mai, Thailand, produces some of the best Asian wood carvings, and we were happy to discover a complex version of the peafowl carved in teakwood.
This art lesson uses the carving as inspiration for a scratch art project. You will learn to create your own scratch art paper and will draw an original design of the green peafowl onto the paper you have made. Along the way you’ll learn to use important art principles like balance and emphasis.
This lesson includes both POWERPOINT and VIDEO versions of the lesson, plus 2 downloadable printouts: a warmup and a drawing of the peafowl.
Approximate Time to Complete the Lesson:
- Creating the scratch art paper: 30 minutes
- Drawing the picture: 30-45 minutes
Families will have access to the online lesson for one year from the date of purchase.
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