After practicing some bird and "tree of life" sketches, we finialized a design on our crumbled-then-ironed paper. We also worked on Ombré paint effects and finished with some 3D paint for added detail.
Showing posts with label Birds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birds. Show all posts
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Wowza! Roadside Birds are finally coming to an end!
Lots of work went into this project...almost 9 class days! One of the longest projects we've done at BMS (Mrs. Hare's attention span isn't that long).
We began with drawing realistic birds found in MN road ditches (see other posts here and here). Watercolor techniques such as wet-in-wet and salt were then added to create texture and detail to the bird's feathers. We also outlined with Sharpie to create more depth and detail within the birds. The next step was creating the bird's habitat from a collage background of construction paper and printed images of native MN grasses and flowers. We made the printed images from cut cork printing plates, brayers and block ink.
Five of these works will be submitting to the MN department of Natural Resource's "Roadsides are for the Birds" poster contest. Check out the link here for more information.
We began with drawing realistic birds found in MN road ditches (see other posts here and here). Watercolor techniques such as wet-in-wet and salt were then added to create texture and detail to the bird's feathers. We also outlined with Sharpie to create more depth and detail within the birds. The next step was creating the bird's habitat from a collage background of construction paper and printed images of native MN grasses and flowers. We made the printed images from cut cork printing plates, brayers and block ink.
Five of these works will be submitting to the MN department of Natural Resource's "Roadsides are for the Birds" poster contest. Check out the link here for more information.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
"Roadsides Are For The Birds" posters are coming along!
We are wrapping up gouging and started to print on our backgrounds today. We can't wait to get everything glued together!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Cork plate image transfer video and plant list
7th graders- If you need to review how to draw and transfer your images to the cork printing plates watch this.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Roadsides are for the BIRDS!
Practice drawing is underway for our multi-media posters. This project will combine some realistic watercolor birds on a collage/printed background. It will also fulfill the requirements for the MN department for Natural Resources contest, Roadsides are for the Birds. This contest is for 7th and 8th graders in MN.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Practice drawing birds!
7th graders- Here are a few step-by-step directions to help you practice your realistic bird drawing skills. Have fun!
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