Winter Cardinal

It's time for winter themed artworks in our school. Second grade is learning about value and drawing from life.  We started out painting a value-colored background using black, white and blue.

Even though the kids thought it was tricky, we sketched cardinals from still lives set up at their table.

This week, students worked on gluing on a frame, adding branches and pine needles onto their artwork.

They also continued to work on drawing cardinals.

Today students worked on gluing on a black frame, finishing their background and creating their cardinal. The kids were given choices on how they could color their cardinal. I had out crayons, colored pencils, oil pastels, sharpies and watercolors. 

It was fun to see the variety of mediums used. After the cardinal was colored, students cut it out and glued it onto their background.