Owl Silhouette Paintings - Kids Art Class

My art class started our new fall session with this owl silhouette painting.  We did an abstract background in sunset colors and then did our branches and owls or birds in black. 

Crafty Owl Book Bags - Kids Art Class

This was a super fun and easy project for my kids art class.  We sketched our owls onto canvas book bags (with foil liners inserted to keep from gluing the bags shut!) using fabric markers. Then we cut 1" squares of fabric to make our "feathers" and circles of felt for eyes. I had pre-cut little orange felt triangles for beaks also.  They used fabric glue to attach the feathers in rows starting at the bottom and overlapping upwards. Buttons were used to embellish. Those who finished early were shown how to make fabric circle "yo-yo's" that were then glued down as flowers or eyes.  The fabric markers worked great (much better than the hugely messy fabric paint tubes).  They turned out really cute and personalized!

Owl Zentange Pen & Ink Watercolor

My after school art class did some adorable owl "zentangle" pen & ink watercolor paintings today.  The girls did an awesome job!  I showed them two different ways to draw their basic owl shapes, then let them fill in with random patterns.  Once they finished inking their drawings, I showed them how to do a wet-on-wet blending technique with watercolors.  They turned out beautifully!

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Funky Feathered Friends Fabric

Here is my entry for this week's Spoonflower contest.  The theme is birds and it has a limited palette of 4 colors (black, white, light blue, and artist choice).  I have wanted to do a whimsical owl fabric for a while now so this seemed the perfect opportunity to have some fun!