Patterned Hands

In kindergarten and first grade we spent some time identifying patterns around us, in paintings in the studio, on fabric swatches etc and how they contribute to making artwork look interesting and cool.

Five and six year olds traced their left hands, and I did their right ones (with a few exceptions ;))

Then each child drew lines and circles in their hands to create designs.  

Lastly children filled them in with colored pencil.  

It's tricky to stay in the lines and not to let the white paper show under the hands.