5th grade Oil Pastel and Watercolor Sea Turtles

These are done in watercolor with an oil pastel resist. First, students draw the turtles, then they create a design on the shell. Next, they color it with oil pastels. Finally, they paint the background with watercolors in blue and green to get that ocean like water. I've also done it where they crumple their paper up before they paint. I've omitted that step the last few times they have done this because some students are a little bit rough on that step. My 5th graders did these with my long term sub when I was gone! I think they turned out great!