I did this lesson with 2nd grade, first we talked about how to draw fish, we looked at different fish drawings on the internet, ( I saved several pictures and put them in a power point to show the students.) We then talked about filling the picture plane with our drawing. Then we talked about how we needed to divide our fish into 7 sections so we would have enough spaces when mixing our colors. We labeled our sections so we didn't have any mix ups when it came to painting. Students were then given a paint trey with only the primary colors. They were instructed to paint the primary areas first and then go back and mix their secondary colors. We talked about trying to keep straight edges when painting. When they were done painting they finished the fins, mouth,eyes and background in crayon. I thought the kids did an awesome job and they had a great time doing these.
