What do you already know?
How many pieces are in a tangram?
Can you name the shapes?
Watercolour and Tangram Animal Art
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| Start with a background. Here's an idea. Tape out a border (small or large) and paint a scene of ground and sky. |
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| Here's a different border idea. Tape where the white is to get an interesting border and have fun with the colours. |
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| Collage a lion on using seven small tangram pieces. |
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| Collage a turtle on using seven large tangram pieces. |
Make this project your own. Change the way you make the border. Use small or big tangram pieces. Make up your own animals. Create more than one animal.
Change the background.
Now write a story about your tangram animal.
Read these stories before or after you create your work of art.
Grandfather Tang's Story (A Tale Told With Tangrams) by Ann Tompert
The Artist Who Painted A Blue Horse by Eric Carle
