Owls in the Night

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2nd grade students embarked on a twilight themed picture based on this fall's super moon and illustrations from the book, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by, Jane Cabrera.  Students began by making a painterly background using long brush strokes of blues, purples and white for the sky.  It was encouraged to let the mixing of the paint happen on the paper rather than their pallets to achieve and expressive brush stoke that resembles wind or movement in the sky.   Next, students focused on making owl feathers using the same brush stroke techniques.  We wanted to make the brush strokes resemble individual feathers instead of one solid color.

On day two, students began their collage making.  They manipulated brown paper by crumpling to create texture for the bark of their tree branches.  Then, students drew gigantic letter "U"s onto the feather print paper to make the body for their owls.  After cutting the "U" out, any scrapes of paper was then used for wings.  They then traces concentric circles for the owls' eyes and jazzed them up by using oil pastels to make designs.  

 I just love how focused these students are working!

The final touch was adding stars to the night skies.  I can't stand how adorable these owls are!!!