Owl Art

We have begun our research unit on Owls which I love, not because I love real owls (although they are amazing, I just have a fear of all birds), but because of all the cute crafts and art projects that we can do! Owls are everywhere! Our mixed media owl project turned out really great, and I love seeing them all together! Here is a step by step of how we created this project!

First they drew the owls on watercolour paper with a pencil. We followed the step by step drawing guide from The Elementary Art Room blog. We talked about expression when we drew in the eyes and how drawing lines straight across makes the owl look sleepy, on a diagonal makes him look sad or mad depending on the direction of the diagonal. They all chose different expressions which added to the uniqueness and the loveliness of the project.

Next, the students used oil pastels to trace over all the pencil lines and colour in the eyes white. This will help the paint resist sticking to those areas. They also added designs to the owl's breast.

After they copied all the lines with the pastel, they used watercolour paints to fill in the rest of the owl.

Once the owls were dry, they cut them out and added them to the background page. For the background they cut out a branch shape from brown construction paper, glued it onto black construction paper. They cut out a moon shape, and used oil pastels to make stars.

And that's it! Super cute and fun!