Sun With Rays

The sun will come out! Do you need to reintroduce a warm and cool concept in a colorful way? Here is a fun lesson that incorporates line and color. My students really enjoy creating these adorable suns.  

Here Is What You Will Need:

Adding the Lines 

With a sharpie, create lines to represent the rays of the sun and waves in the sea.

HINT: Using a straight edge or a ruler will help create straight lines when making the rays. 

Add wavy lines to represent the water.

Adding the Paint

With a good premium tempera paint and a medium flat brush start painting the rays. I suggest to start with the color yellow and proceed to fill the rays with the WARM colors: orange and red. Some students painted in a symmetrical pattern while others did a different pattern. The waves were painted with COOL colors: Blue, Purple and Green.

Let dry.

Adding The Sun

Draw the shape of the sun on the back of a piece of previously painted paper. Cut out and glue down. With a wide angled black sharpie, redefine the lines of the rays and sun.

Display for all to enjoy!

Keep on Creating!

Laura