I have had a bit of a bird obsession over the last year or so, and this is the latest in a series of bird inspired projects!
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1. We used some pictures of different birds to help us do a pencil drawing.
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2. We then outlined and shaded our bird using a black wax crayon.
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3. We used an overhead projector to trace our birdcage over our bird.
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4. We went over the pencil lines of our birdcage with our black wax crayon (although this photo doesn't show it!)
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5, Finally we painted an ink background over our entire background except for the bird. I will be uploading some student examples in the next few days!
Beautiful :) The contrast between the B&W and bright color is great!
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Thanks Elizabeth....I was really happy with how they turned out :-)
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