Symmetrical Bugs

Bugs not Slugs


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

  • Insect Anatomy
  • Creative thought
  • Symmetry



    • After students have had a chance to practice blending and shading with crayons and oil pastels, they move on to this project.

    Students are shown a images of symmetrical bugs as inspiration.

    Printouts of a dozen bugs are set out on tables for students to look at while drawing. (Or lots of printouts are available for students to choose from for their individual drawings.)

    Students select a bug image and, using white crayon, draw the outline of it as accurately as they can on large black paper. Oil Pastels are used to color the bug afterwards.




    Click here for the definition papers:
    audacious
    bodacious
    flirtatious
    ostentatious
    predacious
    voracious