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Mosaic Frescoes

A drawing of an orange fox with red and yellow tiles arranged around it, resembling a mosaic, and a yellow sun in the background.
Hand-decorated tile featuring a painted blue dolphin, a flower, shells, and mosaic square tiles along the edges.
A blue and purple octopus painting surrounded by small, colorful, square, and round mosaic tiles.
The 4/5s (4th/5th graders) learned about Greek and Roman mosaics and frescoes.  We poured mosaic cement onto masonite boards and then placed our mosaic tiles onto the cement.  When it dried, we painted with watercolors on top.  A few of them cracked a bit, so next time I will probably try using plaster.

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About Marcia Beckett

Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.

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