creat[ed]: Faux Stained Glass | Winter elementary art lesson

I find myself telling the kids,"Slow Down. Art takes time. It's not a race." Four weeks later, we are trying to complete our Chagall inspired paintings. Do I make them rush or stay on the slow and steady course of quality not quantity? I opted to encourage them to continue to do quality work. In our fast paced world, it's often quite difficult for students to stay with a project over a long period of time, returning to it with the same interest and vigor in which they started is often a challenge for teachers and parents. I am most impressed with their commitment to their pieces. Visit the Chagall Lesson post to see our work in progress and completed masterpieces.
As a supplemental project for those who had finished, we studied Stained Glass. We discussed the traditional means of creating a stained glass window and observed the shapes -- were they geometric or organic?

For our version we used the following materials:
Printer paper
Pencil
Ruler, compass, protractor (optional)
Copier transparency sheet
Marker
Tempera paints and brushes
Elmer's glue with black paint mixed in or black sharpie
Hole punch ( optional )
Ribbon ( optional )

Steps One-Three. Student is working on Step 3 with a clear transparency over her drawing

#1. Sketch out a winter themed subject on plain printer paper. Keep it large and not a lot of detail.

#2. Divide the background into shapes, drawing wiggly organic shapes or use a ruler, compass, or protractor for geometric shapes.

Step 4 - painting on the transparency

#3. This step is optional but most students chose to do this instead of keeping the paper and transparency lined up together while painting. Place the transparent copier sheet over the drawing. Using a marker, trace the drawing. This creates the map to follow while painting.

#4. Using primary colors ( to practice color mixing) of tempera, paint in the shapes.

#5. To complete the effect, use a black sharpie to outline the shapes and/or subject. The black tinted Elmer's glue will create a raised effect mimicking the lead framework of traditional stained glass.