Hidden Safari

This was one of my favorite art projects! The Hidden Safari! First we were given different animals from the wild that we could use as a guide to draw, but we had to draw looking at the picture upside down. This was to help our eyes focus on the line we needed to draw instead of the whole picture. To draw the picture, we needed to use a cool blue colored pencil color so it would be easily disguised. After drawing our animal, we then had to use warm colors such as red, orange or yellow to make a repeating pattern over our picture. This would help distract our eyes from the drawing. Once we had our picture covered in patterns, we used our safari glasses we created to see the hidden picture! It was fun trying to see everyone else's safari animal.

An extension activity that could be done with this project would be included in Social Studies. As the class is learning about different continenets around the world, when we come to Africa, we can learn about the culture there along with different animals native to that land. Then students can pick an animal and create their own hidden safari!