I believe I missed the deadline you were facing, but why not cut enough black felt silhouettes of a Newf for each of the class students. Then have them draw and colour a background such as a lighthouse, seaside with brightly coloured outport houses as shown in Sailor, wharves etc. Then they can glue their Newf onto their picture.Just a suggestion and you may be pleased with the creative backdrops they come up with and the bonus is they will all be different (except for the Newf inserted.)
Gloria in Nova Scotia (grade 4, and 7, 8 and 9 art teacher)