The 6th grade class is focusing on art from India. They just finished working on these decorated elephants seen at the Elephant Festival in India.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_Festival The texture of the elephant skin was achieved with paint and plastic wrap.
Next they will be working on the art of Mehndi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehndi It's the practice of applying detailed temporary tattoos to the hands,arms,feet and legs during religious ceremonies. We will be doing this with black ink on paper though.
