Central Primary School Arts Day Third Grade: Scott Nash- Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp

Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp Written by Carol Diggory Shields Illustrated by Scott Nash First picture book Scott Nash illustrated

Scott Nash Illustrator, author, designer, and media mind Has done independent work for Disney and every other player in the kid’s media market over the past 25 years

Scott Nash Illustrator of Flat Stanley Responsible for designing many of the icons and logos we see every day from companies like Nickelodeon, PBS, Disney, and American Girl

Thoughts on Illustrations… Completely visual and detail oriented, and he likes to add little treasures for kids to discover throughout his books Illustrating a character makes the character very real; a sketch of a character will actually conjure up a lot of details about that character

Time to Read While reading, point out the dinosaur drawings, taking time to note the colors and patterns.

Examples of Color and Patterns

Art Project: Watercolor Painting

Supplies Needed 12” x 18” white watercolor paper Crayons Liquid Watercolor paints Paint brushes and water containers Salt and rubbing alcohol How-to-draw a dinosaur handout Photocopies of pages from the book

Set-up Have students write their name on back of paper. Spend a few minutes on the white board demonstrating different ways to draw dinosaurs. Refer to handout for how-to-draw techniques.

Part One: Drawing the Dinosaur Encourage kids to draw lightly with their crayons Once they like their lines, they can trace over it with a heavier hand

Part One: Drawing the Dinosaur Encourage kids to fill in small areas such as party lights, stripes, teeth, etc (add many details) with crayons

Part Two: Painting with Watercolors After the drawing is complete, use a tray of liquid watercolors to paint the background. Save painting the dinosaur until last to give background a chance to dry.

Part Three: Adding Texture Sprinkling a few granules of salt over wet watercolor imparts a magical quality to the painting.

Part Three: Adding Texture Demonstrate by dipping a cotton swab into a small container of rubbing alcohol and then applying it directly to wet watercolor paper. The effects are magical. Suddenly, a funny looking dot will appear— almost rubbery or lizard-like.

Completed Project