Invisible Illustraton with crayon and marker.


Minnesota K-3 Visual Art Standards Used in This Lesson:

  • 1. Identify the elements of visual art including Color, line, shape, Form, Value, texture and space.

  • 2. Identify the tools, materials and techniques from a variety of two- and three-dimensional media such as drawing, printmaking, ceramics or sculpture.

  • 3. Identify the characteristics of visual artworks from a variety of cultures including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

  • 4. Create original two- and three- dimensional artworks to express ideas, experiences or stories.

  • 5. Share and describe a personal artwork and reflect on a presentation based on the feedback of others.

  • 6. Compare and contrast the characteristics of a variety of works of visual art.

    • Additional Tie-ins

  • Invisible Ink
  • Wax Resist
  • Tracing
  • Vocabulary: Illustration/illustrator

    • Using a dark colored marker, the teacher demonstrates this project by coloring over a pre-done White crayon drawing.

    "See, there's nothing on this page... But if you color over it with our special magical markers, Abrakabam! a special magical illustration appears."

    After handing a "blank" paper to each student they are able to color over the paper with a marker and see what kind of invisible illustration they get. (Three to five different white crayon drawing variations have been done for the students to color on so each person on the table may see something different after markering the page. click here for the character sheet that the teacher traces with white crayon.)

    Students then try making their own invisible drawing --or they can trace over a given character with their white crayon and marker over it. Click here for a page with guidelines for their drawings.