cc cycle 1.week 19.science.ocean zones

materials: see art tools in the menu for details

watercolor book or watercolor paper
extra sheet of watercolor paper or white card stock
blue watercolor paint
large paint brush
blue water watercolor pencil
black thin felt tip pen (optional)
3M mounting tape
scissors
marker for text

step no.1 paint zones

draw zones with blue watercolor pencil
paint zones different shades of blue from light at top to dark at bottom
refer to watercoloring clouds demo (week 18 history) for the sky
trace over blue lines with watercolor pencil again

step No.2 draw creatures

use a separate piece of water color paper or white card stock
draw and cut out creatures
I found this website helpful for learning which sea creatures live in each zone.
https://oceanworlds.wordpress.com/2015/06/25/ocean-zones-and-animals-who-live-there/amp/
(optional) outline creatures with a thin, black felt tip pen. i drew light with my pencil so i needed go over mine with a black felt tip pen. my girls have a heavier hand and pencil was dark enough for their creatures. (see art tools in the menu for a link to my favorite black, felt, razor tip pen by pilot)
we decided we liked the contrast of the white sea creatures against the blue and kept them white for a more graphic look.

We love Art for Kids Hub drawing tutorials! We used a few of their tutorials for drawing our sea creatures. They have posted many sea creature tutorials on You Tube. Below are some that we used. My littlest enjoyed the cartoon style while my oldest and I did the more realistic tutorials. Search Art for Kids Hub on You Tube and find the tutorials you like the best!

art for kids hub: how to draw a dolphin

art for kids hub: how to draw a CARTOON dolphin

art for kids hub: how to draw an octopus

art for kids hub: how to draw a CARTOON octopus

art for kids hub: how to draw a sea horse

art for kids hub: how to draw an angler fish

art for kids hub: how to draw a CARTOON fish (my littlest turned it into a “cute” angler fish.)

step No. 3 mount and label

mount sea creatures with a single layer of 3M foam tape
label: we made a little tutorial showing how even the youngest artist can letter nicely with a brush pen and make copy work a lot more fun! see our tools page in the menu for the Tombow brush markers we use.