Under Water World Scratch Art

For this project, students were able to choose a picture of a sea animal to base their picture on. We then folded a white 8.5 X 11 paper in half and drew the picture on to the white paper. Once we finished drawing our pictures, we placed the black scratch art paper in between the white paper. We then used the wooden scratch tool to trace the outline of the animal on to our black paper. Once we had the outline drawn out, we removed the black paper from in between the white paper, and used to wooden tool to scratch the outline of the animal. Once the animal was drawn, we then used the wooden tool to add characteristics/details and texture to our animals by using different lengths of lines and pressure . To finish our project, we added different objects in the background that would fit into the animal's setting.


Here is a photo of my scratch art:

An extension activity for this project could be a lesson on the middle ages, and students could draw things that associate with the middle ages, for example: a castle, knights, a jousting tournament, or kings and queens. They could then hang their drawings around the class to create a middle age setting in their classroom.




Our bulletin board before projects hung up:

After projects hung up: