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Supplies:
- Crayola Fine Line Markers
- Crayola Marker & Watercolour Paper - 22.9 cm x 30.5 cm (9" x 12")
- Sketchbooks - 1 per student
- Pencils
Steps:
1
![Step 1](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/b0c3e12e3321bb63a9177e1403c6818b-stepSml.png)
- View an image from the Codex Canadensis by Louis Nicolas.
- Describe what you see.
- written words
- repeated lines
- lots of patterns
- scratchy looking
- realistic but also imaginary (whiskers on owl)
- drawn with ink
- different kinds of lines - thin, thick, zigzag
- lines close together to show dark spaces and far apart to show light areas
- several animals on one page
2
![Step 2](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/6c039eb723d484c581d4ef89ec0d96c4-stepSml.png)
- Choose the Canadian animal you want to draw.
- Find a photo of the animal to use as your source.
- Draw your animal in your sketchbook using a similar style to that in the Codex.
3
![Step 3](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/c71a08a5953f8b2745813fe8d9dba80f-stepSml.png)
- Use your sketchbook drawing and the photo to draw your good copy.
- Make sure the image fills the page.
- Start with pencil to make a light outline of the main shapes.
- Add the lines and patterns with brown fine line marker.
4
![Step 4](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/03c3a10f57565ccdb554c28fd9923792-stepSml.png)
- Add written information about your animal the way Louis Nicolas did.
- View your work with fresh eyes.
- Ask yourself:
- Does it have lots of different kinds of lines?
- Are the lines repeated to make a pattern?
- Does it look realistic and a little imaginary?
- Does it look similar to the style of Louis Nicolas in the Codex Canadensis?
Subjects:
Language Arts,
Social Studies,
Visual Arts
Grades:
Grade 5,
Grade 6,
Grade 7,
Grade 8