These wonderful fish were constructed out of corrugated cardboard. We sketched many different fish shapes and decided on the one we liked. The children re drew the fish onto the cardboard and cut it out.
I then demonstrated how to apply a texture paste to their fish and spread it around with a knife. Once it was in place they used the back of a plastic teaspoon to indent the paste to make scales. We also use a toothpick to make lines in the tail or fins.
Once that had dried we selected colours for our tropical fish. This took 2 or 3 different colours and I showed them how to load their brush with two colours and 'double dip'.
They added black paint for any detailing including the eye. I sprayed them with varnish to give them a shine.
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