"we're now a quarter of an inch tall. ."

isn't this just awesome?

". . and 65 feet away from the house. That's an equivalent of three-point-two miles. That's a long way.  Even for a man of science."  When I showed clips from the movie, Honey! I Shrunk the Kids!, you should have seen the laughter coming from my students at the how cheesy those realistic, shrunken scenes appeared to them.  It was almost as funny as the giant shrink ray I created and pretended to shrink them all with. (ok, maybe they didn't think that was that cool)  Needless to say, movie-making has made its progression in the realms of realness, and although Honey I Shrunk the Kids could use some updated effects, it still portrays a fun new view on our world to express through art making. 

By imagining they were minimized down to the size of a tiny bug, my students began first by drawing in pencil what their world or scene would look like.  Overlapping and having objects "run off" the paper were big points to discuss through their drawing.   They saw through using those two tricks that they could really add more interesting views to their drawings.

Once the drawings were completed, oil pastels were used to add color to the shapes found in their tiny worlds.  Like always, we discussed the importance of blending colors to make them unique to our work.

Finally, these "Bug's Eye View" projects were finished up by creating the background using watercolors.

Check out some of the awesome ideas and finished products my students created: