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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