Hidden Safari

We began by selecting an animal that could normally be found on a safari. After choosing, we sketched the animal upside down using a colored pencil. Once the outline was finished, we filled the animal with different warm-colored patterns we were required to include at least three different patterns. Next, we created our own ruby-red glasses using red construction paper and a piece of red film. We traced the frame using a stencil, cut it out, and glued the film onto the paper to form the lenses. When we looked at our artwork through these glasses, the red film filtered out the warm colors, allowing the cool-colored outline of the animal to become visible again. To finish the activity, we wrote three clues on an index card that would help someone guess which animal we had drawn.

I choose to draw my animal blue, and it was an elephant. My patterns were used with dark purple, orange, and pink. The patterns were circle like wind and zig-zag patterns to hide the elephant. 

An extension activity to go w/ this could be to have students create a simple background that matches the natural habitat of their safari animal—but they draw the background only in warm colors so it also disappears when viewed through the ruby-red glasses.

Here is my artwork