Chinese Dragon Scrolls

For our latest Art project, we tied it in with our unit on China and made Dragon Scrolls.  

Before we began we learned a little bit about the dragon and the dragon scrolls.  We learned that in Chinese culture, dragons are considered kind and helpful.  They also control bodies of water and ward off evil spirits. 

We also learned that Chinese dragons are often painted with a flaming pearl.  This pearl is what gives them their magical powers.

For our scrolls, we didn't paint, but instead designed them using several examples as our guide, then did our colouring using pencil crayons.

Here are a few examples of some of our finished products.