Elementary Art Project

1. Elementary
SHOE FISH

2. Materials
•Shoe
•Oil Pastels
•11” x 17” White
Drawing Paper
•12” x 18” Black
Construction Paper
•Scissors
•Color Markers (Dark
and Light Green/Blue)
•White Glue
•Black Permanent
Marker
•Pencil, Eraser and
Sharpener

3. Step 1: Trace Shoe
Use a shoe to trace in
the middle of the paper
with a drawing pencil.
Be careful placing and
removing shoe as to not
damage paper.

4. Step 2: Fish Features
With the drawing pencil
begin to sketch out
features on shoe to turn
into a fish.

5. Step 3: Tracing
Finish drawing by
adding seaweed, waves
and bubbles for the fish
surroundings.
Once image is complete
use a black permanent
marker to trace each of
the pencil lines.
Go back over image
with an eraser to
eliminate any extra
pencil lines.

6. Step 4: Marker
With the dark and light
blue markers begin to
color in all of the water.

7. Marker Continued
Be careful not to color
into fish or seaweed.
Create any patterns or
effects with markers to
make it looks like water
flowing around fish.

8. Marker Continued
Use the dark and light
color green markers to
fill in the seaweed
below the fish.
This time be careful not
to color into the fish or
the water.

9. Step 5: Oil Pastels
Use one color oil pastel
in each section without
mixing colors.

10. Oil Pastels Continued
Be careful when
applying oil pastels for
smudging into water
surrounding fish.

11. Step 6: Cut and Finish
After fish is completely
colored in cut out area
above wave.
Use white glue to
attach to a piece of
black construction
paper to create a
nighttime effect for
background and a nice
frame.