Owls: From Drawing to Painting

What a wonderful day in Kindergarten Art! 

We began our morning with a warm-up worksheet. Although it is not the most enjoyable part of the project, it was important as it featured many of the shapes we would be utilizing to draw the owl. After the kids had practiced their shapes, we moved on to drawing the owls. Step by step the kids followed along with my demonstration. They were incredibly focused and persistent. I was also very pleased to see that many of them felt comfortable and confident adding their own creative details.

After our initial drawing (done in pencil) the kids traced their owl in permanent marker. This not only gave them a chance to continue improving drawing skills and artistic confidence, it also allowed them to alter and perfect anything they weren't quite happy with the first time. We then added some blue, purple and white oil pastels to our skies and moons.

Then (finally! What we had all been waiting for!) we got out watercolors and began to paint. The kids were encouraged to use the watercolors to fill their whole page with color. They were allowed to mix their own colors and did wonderfully when it came to sharing our beautiful art class materials! These owls are amazing! It is always incredible for me to watch as the children receive identical instructions and then produce such remarkably varied and beautiful work!