I LOVE snow, but we are still waiting for it here in Maryland. I figure if we paint enough snow, maybe mother nature will get the hint. Anyway, for this project I had my students paint cardinals. I began by teaching the students how to draw a cardinal. Then, I showed them how to draw branches. After this, we began painting. We painted the blue background first, and then we painted everything else. Lastly, we splatter painted the snow onto our paper. Of course the splattering was the students favorite part.
These turned out very nice. It certainly makes me want to see some real snow. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
I LOVE snow, but we are still waiting for it here in Maryland. I figure if we paint enough snow, maybe mother nature will get the hint. Anyway, for this project I had my students paint cardinals. I began by teaching the students how to draw a cardinal. Then, I showed them how to draw branches. After this, we began painting. We painted the blue background first, and then we painted everything else. Lastly, we splatter painted the snow onto our paper. Of course the splattering was the students favorite part.
These turned out very nice. It certainly makes me want to see some real snow. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. 
These are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteit worked for me 2 snowdays! hope some come your way!
ReplyDeleteI love these little birds!
I love this project! I think I would do it with 4th grade though (with higher expectations, of course), since we are in NC and cardinals are our state bird!
ReplyDeleteThese are great! We have snow in Pa but not enough!! Send some our way to!!
ReplyDeleteHey Holly, I love these I was just contemplating lesson ideas for the New Year and considering Cardinals when I discovered yours...terrific!!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year