X-Ray Hands

Fourth and fifth graders learn to show depth with value - the lightness or darkness of a color. First students looked at images of the bones in the hand and forearm and then traced the outline of their hand and drew the bones of the hand with a white pencil. Students then selected a color and used three different oil pastels - a light, medium and dark shade of the color for the bones. The final step was to use a chalk outline to illuminate the hand.